EU Eastern Borders: Poland Opposes EU Migration Pact Amid Permanent State of Emergency Along its Border — MSF Concludes its Activities in Belarus After Two Years — Migrants Manage to Reach Finland Despite Tight Border Controls — Human Rights Defender on Trial in Latvia for Assisting Migrants — Lithuania Closes Two More Border Checkpoints while Austria Calls for Talks over Repatriations to Afghanistan and Syria
A new report on the situation along the Poland-Belarus border has highlighted the ineffectiveness of the fence while the government looks to secure exemptions from certain elements in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. After two years of providing essential services...
Op-ed: Two years since the triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive: The dilemma of unity over fragmentation for the transitioning phase
By Viktoryia Vaitovich Two years after the first-ever triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) – a collective and unanimous move to provide safety and immediate access to rights to those displaced by the war in Ukraine – the EU and its member states (MS)...
Balkan Route: Increasing Numbers of Syrian Migrants Along the Balkan Route ― Worrying Conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Reception and Detention Centres ― Frontex and European Commission Ignore Human Rights Violations Along Bulgarian-Turkish Border ― Violent Pushbacks Continue on the Serbian-North Macedonian Border
Reports indicate an increase in the number of Syrian refugees moving along the Balkan Route to seek asylum in Europe. Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to receive migrants despite the dangers of the journey and the state of its reception centres. Documents reveal that...