The Member States and European Parliament, the EU’s co-legislators, are moving forward with a reform of EU asylum law in the form of the Pact on Migration and Asylum which reduces protection...
Asylum seekers in Italy report prison-like conditions in reception centres amid increased arrivals as well as rescue efforts in the Mediterranean, where 40 people are missing following another deadly...
(Brussels) – The decision on December 8, 2022, by the Council of the European Union to admit Croatia into the Schengen area despite substantiated reports of frequent breaches of EU and international...
Maltese authorities continue to ignore distress calls resulting in interception and return to unsafe Libya by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard. Civilian rescuers continue to save lives while the...
As number of refugees have passed four million and other millions are internally displaced or trapped in Ukraine, aid agencies are challenged and facing criticism and women and children fleeing are...
While Greece and Turkey continue their stand-off in the Evros region the death toll of people on the move in the region continues to mount, as does evidence of systematic violent pushbacks. The Greek...
A confidential EU report calls for the EU to continue training and equipping the so-called Libyan Coast Guard intercepting and returning people to widespread abuse. The UN Secretary-General warns of...
Civilian search and rescue vessels Aita Mari and Geo Barents have saved and disembarked hundreds of survivors in Lampedusa and Sicily in the latest week of January. An Italian Court has acquitted...
A five-fold increase of small boat crossings of the channel in January 2022 compared to the same period of 2021 is according to experts is mainly the result of push factors. The Home Office has been...
In 2021, three times as many attempts to cross the Channel were recorded as in 2020. France is calling for an EU-UK treaty to open up "legal means" of reaching Britain, while UK officials say the...