Med: Search and Rescue Operations Under Pressure from COVID-19, Interceptions and Return to Libya Continue

19th March 2020 | News

In a statement the platform for civil society conducting search and rescue operations in the central Mediterranean, Mediterranea, regrets that it has to suspend rescue operations due to practical and health challenges resulting from the Corona virus. Departures have...

Report ‘Follow the Money III’ Solidarity: The use of AMIF funds to Incentivise Resettlement and Relocation in the EU

6th March 2020 | News

The third ‘Follow the Money’ report maps and assesses the use of financial incentives (lump sums) allocated under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) to EU Member States (MS) participating in refugee resettlement and intra-EU relocation. The four case...

ECRE Working Paper: Civil Society Input to EU-Africa Cooperation on Migration: The Case of Senegal

28th February 2020 | News

Author: Badara Ndiaye, Migrafrique* This working paper assesses the EU’s cooperation with Senegal on migration and finds that a focus on fighting irregular migration and facilitating returns has been paired with an excessively restrictive visa policy towards...

Balkans: New Protests Along the EU Borders

21st February 2020 | News

A new round of marches and protests have taken place in the Balkans along EU’s external borders. In Bosnia and Herzegovina 700 people were prevented by police from breaking out of the Miral camp, protesting their conditions as well as abuse by authorities across the...

Med: Death Toll Mounting, NGOs Rescue, Returns to Libya Continue

21st February 2020 | News

At least fourteen people have died trying to cross the Western Mediterranean when their boat capsized on Monday. They were reportedly part of a group of five boats setting off from the Western Sahara with a total of 143 people. After fishermen alerted authorities the...