Denmark to push for stricter EU migration policies – Denmark’s strict migration policies have slowly spread across Europe and the country will now push for harsher EU-wide regulations during its upcoming EU presidency, including on asylum handling and legal appeals.
France 24
Denmark to push for stricter EU migration policies
Denmark's strict migration policies have slowly spread across Europe and the country will now push for harsher EU-wide regulations during its ...
Children’s rights group urges probe into deportation violence – Children’s charity Defence for Children has expressed serious concern over reports that 10 children were subjected to violence or placed in restraints such as body cuffs and tie wraps when being deported from the Netherlands in 2024.
DutchNews.nl
Children's rights group urges probe into deportation violence - DutchNews.nl
Children’s charity Defence for Children has expressed serious concern over reports that 10 children were subjected to violence or placed in r...
Germany suspends refugees’ family reunification – Parliament has approved government plans to stop family members of individuals with subsidiary protection status from moving to Germany. The controversial move will affect Syrian families in particular.
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Germany suspends refugees' family reunification
Parliament has approved government plans to stop family members of individuals with subsidiary protection status from moving to Germany. The contro...
EU admits Libyan authorities are ‘dodgy’ – but ramps up support anyway – The comments on Thursday [26 June] were made by EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner, ahead of his upcoming visit to Libya along with officials from Greece, Italy and Malta.
EUobserver
EU admits Libyan authorities are
The European Commission says it has no choice but to work with the
Saudi Arabia executed Turki al-Jasser last week, the first high-profile killing of a journalist since Jamal Khashoggi. Al-Jasser had two Twitter accounts, including an anonymous account that "was in the crosshairs of the Saudi government,” said Abdullah Aloudoh. #JournalismIsn'tCrime
the Guardian
A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government – and was executed for ‘high treason’
The death of Turki al-Jasser was the first high-profile killing of a journalist since the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Italy cuts ties with Israeli spyware firm Paragon amid surveillance scandal – Italy has terminated its contracts with Israeli spyware company Paragon, after revelations that the surveillance technology was used against critics of the government – including journalists and migrant rescue workers – prompted political uproar and calls for a full investigation.
Al Jazeera
Italy cuts ties with Israeli spyware firm Paragon amid surveillance scandal
Italy severs links with Paragon spyware after allegations of targeting critics and migrant rescuers spark outrage.
Humanitarian vessel on aid mission to Gaza rescues 4 migrants at sea; dozens returned to Libya – A ship carrying activists, including Greta Thunberg, to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid rescued four people on Thursday after they had jumped into the sea from another vessel to avoid being picked up by Libyan authorities.
AP News
Humanitarian vessel on aid mission to Gaza rescues 4 migrants at sea; dozens returned to Libya
A ship carrying high-profile activists including Greta Thunberg to Gaza rescued four migrants on Thursday who had jumped into the sea to avoid bein...
Frontex wants greater intelligence access as EU mulls expanding powers – Frontex, the EU's border agency, wants more access to data and intelligence as part of a wish-list of expanded powers.
EUobserver
Frontex wants greater intelligence access as EU mulls expanding powers
Frontex, the EU
"Research shows that hundreds of people seeking safety in the UK have been imprisoned for arriving on a small boat. Among those imprisoned are refugees, victims of torture &children prosecuted as adults. This practice breaches international law."
Faculty of Law
“I told them the truth”: New research on the
Research presented in a new report 'I told them the truth: An update on the criminalisation of
Technologies that promise to track, manage, and supervise workers, increasingly using artificial intelligence, are getting entrenched in the developing world, according to a new report by Coworker.org, a labor rights nonprofit based in New York.
Rest of World
VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech
A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in countries with little regulation.