EU External Partners: Tunisian Security Forces to Receive EU Funding Despite Involvement in Human Rights Abuses — Dozens of Migrant Bodies Found in Mass Grave in Libya — Parliament’s Scrutiny of EU-Egypt Deal Overstepped — Calls for Immediate Ceasefire and Increased Flow of Humanitarian Aid into Gaza Continue Amid Israel’s Expansion of Settlements in West Bank

EU External Partners: Tunisian Security Forces to Receive EU Funding Despite Involvement in Human Rights Abuses — Dozens of Migrant Bodies Found in Mass Grave in Libya — Parliament’s Scrutiny of EU-Egypt Deal Overstepped — Calls for Immediate Ceasefire and Increased Flow of Humanitarian Aid into Gaza Continue Amid Israel’s Expansion of Settlements in West Bank

29th March 2024 | News

The EU plans to provide €164.5 million to the Tunisian security forces despite their mounting record of refugee rights violations. 65 bodies were discovered in a mass grave in Libya amid the ongoing interception of migrant boats and abuse of intercepted migrants. The...
EU External Partners: Another EU ‘Cash for Migrant Control’ Deal Sealed with Egypt ― Civil Society Organisations Call on EU to Review Association Agreement with Israel Amidst Forced Famine ― EU-Tunisia Deal Outlines Different Measures Addressing Migration by Tunisians & Non-Tunisian Nationals ― EU-Funded Libyan Coast Guard Endangers Lives of Survivors

EU External Partners: Another EU ‘Cash for Migrant Control’ Deal Sealed with Egypt ― Civil Society Organisations Call on EU to Review Association Agreement with Israel Amidst Forced Famine ― EU-Tunisia Deal Outlines Different Measures Addressing Migration by Tunisians & Non-Tunisian Nationals ― EU-Funded Libyan Coast Guard Endangers Lives of Survivors

22nd March 2024 | News

The European Union has signed a €7.4 billion agreement with Egypt amid efforts to expand its externalisation strategy and despite concerns over the EU’s possible complicity in human rights abuses. With famine imminent in the Gaza Strip, EU leaders have reiterated...
EU External Partners: Another EU ‘Cash for Migrant Control’ Deal Sealed with Egypt ― Civil Society Organisations Call on EU to Review Association Agreement with Israel Amidst Forced Famine ― EU-Tunisia Deal Outlines Different Measures Addressing Migration by Tunisians & Non-Tunisian Nationals ― EU-Funded Libyan Coast Guard Endangers Lives of Survivors

EU External Partners: Commission President Backs EPP’s Proposal to Offshore Asylum ― So-called Libyan Coast Guard Continues to Violate Migrants’ Rights Amid Ongoing Co-operation with Frontex ― MEPs Accuse Commission of ‘bankrolling dictators’ ― Egypt to Receive €4.6-€6.5Bn from EU for Migrant Control ― European Parliament Calls on Israel to Lift Blockade on Gaza Amidst Ongoing Atrocities

15th March 2024 | News

The President of the European Commission has expressed support for proposals made by the European People’s Party to offshore asylum procedures amid concerns. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) continues to report the presence of migrants at sea to...
EU External Partners: Another EU ‘Cash for Migrant Control’ Deal Sealed with Egypt ― Civil Society Organisations Call on EU to Review Association Agreement with Israel Amidst Forced Famine ― EU-Tunisia Deal Outlines Different Measures Addressing Migration by Tunisians & Non-Tunisian Nationals ― EU-Funded Libyan Coast Guard Endangers Lives of Survivors

EU External Partners: EU Continues its Co-operation with Repressive Regimes ‘to reduce irregular migration’ ― Commission Refuses to Release Information on its ‘Do No Harm’ Policy in Libya ― Parliament Calls for Unconditional Ceasefire in Gaza and Commission Releases Further Funding to Palestinian Refugees

8th March 2024 | News

The European Commission has transferred €150 million to Tunisia and launched a €210 million new migration partnership with Mauritania despite concerns over human rights violations. The European Ombudsman has reproached the European Commission for a lack of...
EU External Partners: Another EU ‘Cash for Migrant Control’ Deal Sealed with Egypt ― Civil Society Organisations Call on EU to Review Association Agreement with Israel Amidst Forced Famine ― EU-Tunisia Deal Outlines Different Measures Addressing Migration by Tunisians & Non-Tunisian Nationals ― EU-Funded Libyan Coast Guard Endangers Lives of Survivors

EU External Partners: NGO Accuses Türkiye of Forced Relocation of Syrian Refugees While UN Reports Gross Rights Violations on Their Return to Syria ― Italy’s Highest Court Rules That Handing Over Migrants to the Libyan Coast Guard is Illegal ― Mauritania Denies That It Will Host Migrants for the EU

23rd February 2024 | News

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has accused Türkiye of forcefully relocating Syrian refugees to areas under its control in Syria while a new report by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has revealed that many of them suffer gross human rights violations...