Last week, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, published his report to the Human Rights Council that is dedicated to addressing the human rights impact of pushbacks of migrants on land and at sea. The publication draws...
News broke this week of an unexpected success for the Portuguese Presidency. Making progress where the Germans failed, they have persuaded the southern Member States to allow elements of the asylum reform proposals to move forward. The so-called Mediterranean 5 (soon...
During a meeting with EU Home Affairs Commissioner, Ylva Johansson to discuss “illegal” immigration and human smuggling, Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba confirmed that the so-called Libyan coast guard has intercepted more than 9,000 people in 2021....
During an official visit to Italy on 31 May transitional prime minister of the Libyan national unity government, Abdulhamid Al Dabaiba reiterated Libyan commitments to counter ‘illegal’ migration, while Italian prime minister Mario Draghi urged “rapid and...
On 22 May 400 people rescued by SEA-EYE 4 disembarked in Italy. However, more than 600 people are confirmed dead or missing on the central Mediterranean route and almost 10,000 have been returned to Libya, where the bodies of babies and toddlers washed up over the...