Balkan Route: New Violent Tactics of Pushbacks Across the Region, CJEU Finds Hungary in Violation of EU Law, Frontex to Operate In North Macedonia Despite Allegations of Complicity in Pushbacks

30th September 2022 | News

Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) latest regional update confirms that systematic pushbacks continue across the Balkans with new tactics of violence used against people on the move. The European Court of Justice (CJEU) again finds that the Hungarian asylum...

Mediterranean: Death Count from Latest Tragedy Passes 100, Civilian Rescuers Save Lives While Facing Non-Response, Delays of Disembarkation and Crack-down, Italy Takes A Step to the Far-Right

30th September 2022 | News

Lack of alternatives and economic crisis are driving attempts to cross the Eastern Mediterranean where more than 100 lives were lost in the latest tragedy. Civilian rescue operators continue to save lives in the face of non-response tactics, delays of disembarkation...

Central Med: More Death and Many Bodies are Unrecovered, Hundreds Disembark in Italy as Maltase Non-response Claims the life of a child, New Evidence of Widespread Abuse in Libya 

9th September 2022 | News

At least eight new deaths confirmed and more than 1,000 lives have been lost on the central Mediterranean route and many bodies are still unrecovered. More than 700 survivors disembark in Italy as Malta’s non-response tactics claim the life of a child. Brutal video...

Editorial: Asylum reforms: Ukraine Stimulates a Rethink at the Restart

9th September 2022 | News

The usual busy September restart of political work in Brussels is compounded this year by awareness that time is running out for legislation to be passed before the end of the mandates of the Commission and the Parliament in 2024. Even more so, given that,...

Joint statement: One year after the country’s takeover by the Taliban – How did Europe welcome Afghans in need of protection?

9th September 2022 | News

As civil society and Afghan diaspora organisations, we are deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and the treatment of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in Europe. One year after the Taliban takeover, the country is in a state of...