EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Human Rights NGOs Warn Against Repression of Media and Free Speech in Tunisia ― EU Commissioner Says Migration Deals Were ‘Not Voted On’ ― EU Considers Reactivating Rafah Border Mission – Italy Announces Resumption of Aid for UNRWA – EU Maintains That Syria is Unsafe for Refugee Returns While Lebanon Sets Up Committee to Facilitate Repatriations

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Human Rights NGOs Warn Against Repression of Media and Free Speech in Tunisia ― EU Commissioner Says Migration Deals Were ‘Not Voted On’ ― EU Considers Reactivating Rafah Border Mission – Italy Announces Resumption of Aid for UNRWA – EU Maintains That Syria is Unsafe for Refugee Returns While Lebanon Sets Up Committee to Facilitate Repatriations

31st May 2024 | News

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have flagged the escalated restriction of free speech in Tunisia. The European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights has claimed that there was no consultation on the EU’s migration deals with Egypt and Tunisia. EU...
MEDITERRANEAN: Council of Europe Reports ‘Prison-Like Conditions’ in Migrant Centres in Cyprus ― Large Increase in Unaccompanied Minors Arriving in Trieste in 2023 ― Setback for Italy-Albania Deal as Opening of Reception Centres Delayed ― Pylos 9: Charges Dismissed But No Freedom Yet

MEDITERRANEAN: Council of Europe Reports ‘Prison-Like Conditions’ in Migrant Centres in Cyprus ― Large Increase in Unaccompanied Minors Arriving in Trieste in 2023 ― Setback for Italy-Albania Deal as Opening of Reception Centres Delayed ― Pylos 9: Charges Dismissed But No Freedom Yet

24th May 2024 | News

A monitoring report by the Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has revealed worsening conditions in migrant centres in Cyprus. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has revealed a...
Italy: Prime Minister in Libya for Discussions on Further Migration Co-operation ― Joint Italian-Finnish Proposal on Migration Presented to EU Member States ― NGO Monitoring Aircraft Banned from Using Airports Near Migrant Routes ― Almost 23,000 Unaccompanied Child Migrants Missing in Italy in Three Years

Italy: Prime Minister in Libya for Discussions on Further Migration Co-operation ― Joint Italian-Finnish Proposal on Migration Presented to EU Member States ― NGO Monitoring Aircraft Banned from Using Airports Near Migrant Routes ― Almost 23,000 Unaccompanied Child Migrants Missing in Italy in Three Years

10th May 2024 | News

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has travelled to Libya for discussions about strengthening migration co-operation with both of the North African country’s rival administrations. Italy and Finland have presented a joint ‘non-paper’ on ‘countering instrumentalisation of...
Italy: Prime Minister in Libya for Discussions on Further Migration Co-operation ― Joint Italian-Finnish Proposal on Migration Presented to EU Member States ― NGO Monitoring Aircraft Banned from Using Airports Near Migrant Routes ― Almost 23,000 Unaccompanied Child Migrants Missing in Italy in Three Years

Italy: New Reports Highlight Violations of Basic Refugee Rights Including Detention of Minors ― Prime Minister Signs Three Agreements with Tunisia to Curb Migration as EU Ombudsman Launches Inquiry Into EU-Tunisia Deal ― New Plans for Migrant Workers Launched to Fill Labour Shortages ― Interior Minister Vows to Increase Number of Repatriation Centres ― All Charges Against Iuventa Crew Dropped

19th April 2024 | News

The digital system launched in 2023 has shifted the barriers to accessing the asylum procedure and made them less visible to the public, according to a new report by the International Rescue Committee. Following the Prime Minister’s fourth visit of the year to...