Report on Illegal Pushback and Border Violence

Report on Illegal Pushback and Border Violence

The Border Violence Monitoring Network has published a report which includes updates and a summary of recent policy developments related to violence and practices of push-backs at the borders of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Hungary, Slovenia and Serbia....

Legal Submissions

Litigation Direct legal challenges ECRE, ICJ v Greece, Collective complaint no 173/2018 before the European Committee on Economic and Social Rights Interventions The European Court of Human Rights A.D. against Malta, Application No 12427/22, October 2022 A.D. against...
Mediterranean: Deaths, Rescues and Political Manoeuvres Continue

Mediterranean: Deaths, Rescues and Political Manoeuvres Continue

Tragedy continues to unfold across the Mediterranean with another week of drownings, rescue operations and obstruction of disembarkation. According to the Turkish coast guard, 12 people died and 31 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank in the...
Germany Rejects 75% of Greek Requests for Family Reunification

Germany Rejects 75% of Greek Requests for Family Reunification

In 2019, the German Federal Office for Asylum and Migration (BAMF) rejected three quarters of requests for family reunification under the Dublin III regulation from Greece. The high rejection rate draws criticism from NGOs and MPs who say the BAMF imposes exceedingly...
Growing Trend of Criminalising Support for Migrants Across Europe

Growing Trend of Criminalising Support for Migrants Across Europe

An account from Open Democracy documents how hundreds of Europeans have been criminalised by offering support to migrants. The findings confirm a growing trend of criminalisation across Europe also revealed in a recent report of The Institute of Race Relations (IRR)....