The forest between Belarus and Poland at Europe’s eastern frontier has become a corridor of cruelty, allege some humanitarian organizations working in the region. In mid-March, the latest report on this region was published by the NGOs Oxfam and a Polish grassroots organization Egala, which works on the ground with migrants. Their report, entitled 'Brutal Barriers,' alleged incidents of pushbacks, violence and the violation of human rights at the border with Belarus.
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'Brutal barriers'? A closer look at the EU's eastern border
Since August 2021, the EU's eastern border has become a fought-over focus of EU&#x...
Knife is said to have been granted asylum in Canada, where he now owns a barber shop. In Libya he made a living from torturing migrants in order to extract money from their families. ‘Every morning you’re on a phone calling your family. You tell them: I’m dying, send me the money,’ Even told me. His mother sold her jewellery to pay the ransom of $4500 He calculated that since leaving Eritrea 3 years earlier, he had shelled out $11,500 to people smugglers and traffickers.
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Jérôme Tubiana · Diary: Safe and Unsafe Ports
In 2019, I made several visits to Dhar al-Jebel, a Libyan detention centre better known as Zintan, after the nearest...
Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders unveils a 10-point plan to slash migration in the Netherlands – Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders announced a 10-point plan Monday [26 May] that aims to radically slash migration, including using the army to guard land borders and turning away all people seeking asylum.
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Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders unveils a 10-point plan to slash migration in the Netherlands
Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders has announced a 10-point plan that aims to radically slash migration, including using the army to guard land...
Greek coastguards charged over 2023 migrant shipwreck – A naval court in Greece has charged 17 coastguards over the deadliest boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade.
Greek coastguards charged over 2023 migrant shipwreck
Seventeen coastguards have been charged by a Greek naval court over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade.
France sees immigration shift as more educated Africans arrive than Europeans – More people coming to France have degrees – and most now come from Africa rather than the rest of Europe, new figures from the country’s statistics bureau show.
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France sees immigration shift as more educated Africans arrive than Europeans
More immigrants coming to France have degrees – and most now come from Africa rather than the rest of Europe, new figures from the country’s s...
Council of Europe defends human rights court amid tensions over migrant returns – The Council of Europe has pushed back against calls from nine member states to revise how the European Court of Human Rights interprets migration-related cases. Secretary General Alain Berset warned against politicizing the court, stressing that its independence is essential to protecting fundamental rights and democratic stability across Europe.
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Council of Europe defends human rights court amid tensions over migrant returns
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11 Sudanese refugees died in Kufra Desert, 15 others rescued – The Director of the Emergency and Ambulance Service in Kufra city, southeast Libya,, Ibrahim Balhassan, announced the death of 11 Sudanese refugees stranded in the desert, while local citizens found 15 others alive.
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11 Sudanese refugees died in Kufra Desert, 15 others rescued
The Director of the Emergency and Ambulance Service in Kufra city, southeast Libya,, Ibrahim Balhassan, announced the death of 11 Sudanese refugees...
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High court judge in Eritrea, refugee in Switzerland
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Habteab Yemane: high court judge in Eritrea, refugee in Switzerland
Habteab Yemane became a lawyer because he believed in a constitutional state, but his journey led him somewhere else entirely.
Ethiopia deported another group of Eritreans back to Eritrea again yesterday, the group of around 300 Eritreans arrived in Assab and were taken straight to the same prison where the deportee from 3 weeks ago are being held. How do you call them illegalls when there is no way for an Eritrean to ask asylum while anyone else can easily ask asylum? Makes you wonder if Abiy is anti Issaias or anti Eritreans who fled from Issaias.