EU – Africa Relations: New Commission, Same Toolbox

EU – Africa Relations: New Commission, Same Toolbox

13th December 2019 | News

New President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen and Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen visited Ethiopia to strengthen the EU’s partnership with the major refugee hosting country in the horn of Africa. For North Africa, new...
Med: Mounting Death Toll while NGOs Struggle to Keep up with Rescues

Med: Mounting Death Toll while NGOs Struggle to Keep up with Rescues

29th November 2019 | News

Over the course of the last week at least 41 people have died in two separate shipwrecks, one off Lampedusa and one between Morocco and Spain. After disembarking a total of 353 people in Italian ports in the beginning of the week, NGO ships rescued another 213 people...
Italy: List of 13 Safe Countries of Origin to Boost Return Policies

Italy: List of 13 Safe Countries of Origin to Boost Return Policies

11th October 2019 | News

On October 4 the Italian government signed a decree establishing a list of countries designated as “safe countries of origin”. The concept was introduced for the first time in the Italian asylum procedure following the 2018 legislative reform and its implementation...
Op-ed: The Birth Defect of EU Migration Diplomacy

Op-ed: The Birth Defect of EU Migration Diplomacy

20th September 2019 | News

By Christian Jakob (@chrjkb) is editor for the German daily taz, die tageszeitung in Berlin. With Simone Schlindwein, he co-authored Dictators as Gatekeepers for Europe: Outsourcing EU border controld to Africa, which was filmed by arte, ZDF and Deutsche Welle....