Migration

Spokespeople recently returned from Samos camp available for interview  Asylum-seekers staying in a new EU-funded refugee camp on the island of Samos are being detained illegally by Greek authorities following a yet unpublished decision from the Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum, based on information received by Amnesty International.  In line with the decision, since 17 November those without valid government-issued IDs (asylum cards) are barred from leaving the camp for an indefinite period of time. The decision applies to individuals who […]

The chaos at the Belarus-Poland border is partly of the European Union’s making.

Un certain flou entoure la notion de migrant climatique, qui ne dispose pas d'une définition internationalement reconnue. Invitée de La Matinale, Caroline Dumas, spécialiste de la question pour l'Organisation mondiale des réfugiés (OIM), rappelle que ces personnes restent en majorité dans leur pays.

Cop26 in Glasgow, a migrant caravan in Mexico, refugees trapped on the border between Belarus and Poland and floods in Bangkok: the most striking images from around the world this week

As poverty and lost livelihoods fuel threats in the home, those who have found refuge still risk their lives walking miles in search of water‘No place is safe’: Kenya drought sparks rise in violence against women

Vienna (Austria) 04 October 2021 – Victims of human trafficking are accommodated or forced to stay in locations prior to and during their exploitation or between periods of abuse.

Greece said on Friday it had completed a 40-km fence on its border with Turkey and a new surveillance system was in place to stop possible asylum seekers from trying to reach Europe following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.

PEPLO, Greece (AP) — As the world begins to travel again, Europe is sending migrants a loud message: Stay away! Greek border police are firing bursts of deafening noise from an armored truck over the frontier into Turkey.

Fifteen-month-old Artin had been missing since the boat his family were travelling in sank last year.

A Moroccan boy who used empty plastic bottles to swim to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta this week said he would rather die than go back to Morocco, according to the Spanish soldier who translated for him before he was escorted away.

La moitié des 8 000 personnes ayant franchi illégalement, depuis lundi, la frontière qui sépare le royaume chérifien de l’enclave espagnole ont été contraintes de rebrousser chemin.

Au total, 8 000 migrants ont traversé la frontière espagnole en provenance du Maroc, depuis lundi. Yves Zurlo, hispaniste, explique à franceinfo les raisons de ces arrivées soudaines.

Le gouvernement espagnol a annoncé mardi avoir renvoyé au Maroc 4000 des 8000 migrants qui ont gagné Ceuta à la nage depuis lundi. Le ministre de l'Intérieur a précisé que des soldats avaient été déployés dans l'enclave.

En la imagen difundida por la propia Guardia Civil, se ve al agente Juan Francisco cargando al bebé; según los medios españoles, el pequeño tiene dos meses y se encuentra en buen estado de salud

Beatings, thefts and dog attacks are just some of the border police practices migrants say they face when pushed back from Europe’s frontiers

Le nombre de migrants et de migrantes qui tentent la traversée de la Méditerranée est "très inquiétant", selon le Haut-Commissariat de l'ONU pour les réfugiés (HCR). Leur nombre est désormais en hausse, alors que la tendance était baissière depuis la grande crise migratoire de 2015.

A Guardian analysis finds EU countries used brutal tactics to stop nearly 40,000 asylum seekers crossing borders

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New research from anti-extremism charities reveals ‘unexpected patterns’ of opinions towards feminism across Europe

Australia declared in 2013 that asylum seekers who arrive by boat would never settle here. Hundreds of people’s lives are still on hold to prove that point

Many Greeks have grown frustrated as tens of thousands of asylum seekers languished on Greek islands. Now, evidence shows, a new conservative government has a new method of keeping them out.

Some mistakenly believe that deaths from covid-19 have created job openings in Europe

Le ministère de l’Intérieur espagnol refuse de transférer les clandestins dans des centres d’accueil de la péninsule, donc de l’Union européenne. Plus de 18 000 personnes ont été recueillies en mer depuis le début l’année avant d’être transférées vers l’archipel, raconte El País.

Special rapporteur on racism and xenophobia believes there is a misconception that biosurveillance technology is without bias

Depuis le début du mouvement de contestation en Biélorussie, les gardes-frontières polonais voient affluer des hommes et des femmes fuyant le pays.

Among the 235 people who landed in Kent were children and a heavily pregnant woman.

Almost 80 million people are refugees or internally displaced, with the number doubling in the past decade

Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar looks at how the pandemic might change the way globaldev professionals do their work.