Thirty years ago, the first two young men from West Africa arrived on the shores of Fuerteventura – one of the Canary Islands – on a wooden boat and then requested political asylum. An anniversary that the Spanish islands celebrate at the end of August each year. The Canary Islands route is one of the…
Irish Deputy Prime Minister Michael Martin has announced that Ireland will receive 50 refugees from Afghanistan under the Irish Refugee Protection Program 2024/2025. The Irish politician emphasized the severity of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, which he described as one of the worst in the world. His comments were made on the third anniversary of…
Members of the Green Party in the European, federal, and state parliaments have written a letter to the European Commission. In the letter, they are urging for an end to fixed border controls on Germany’s internal borders. They claim that not only Germany but seven other European countries are in violation of Schengen rules. The…
The Social Court in Hamburg has ruled that setting fixed cash payments on a payment card for refugees is illegal. The court determined that these fixed amounts fail to account for individual circumstances. The ruling came after a refugee family challenged the legality of the fixed payments, leading the court to urgently declare them unlawful….
Italian authorities are searching for a truck driver who assaulted Eritrean migrants near a rest stop at the French border. A video circulating online shows the driver whipping the women with a cargo strap as they exited the truck. The smugglers had transported the twelve women onto the truck while the driver was having lunch….
The European Council has criticized Greece for its treatment of migrants. In a report, the Committee Against Torture (CAT) has called on Greece to improve the living conditions for refugees. The committee described the conditions in certain deportation centers as appalling. The report highlighted several issues, including poor hygiene, the presence of insects like bed…
Nearly 300 people participated in a demonstration against right-wing extremist Martin Sellner after he announced his intention to read excerpts from his controversial book, “Remigration.” According to the Austrian police, about 3,000 people gathered in Marburg to protest the scheduled reading by this Austrian right-wing extremist. Some 2,500 people participated in a rally organized by…
The International Olympic Committee’s Refugee Olympic Team has arrived in Paris and settled into the Olympic Village. The team consists of 37 athletes from various countries who will compete in the upcoming Olympic Games, representing over 100 million refugees worldwide. The refugee team honed their skills at a preparatory camp in the historic town of…
Ahead of the European Parliament’s first plenary session, ninety human rights organizations called on the EU to reject member states’ plans for deporting refugees and outsourcing asylum processing to third countries. They called for upholding the right to asylum and the rule of law. The organizations strongly condemned attempts by certain European nations to circumvent…
The new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the suspension of the project to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. An announcement that followed Starmer had chaired the first cabinet meeting after winning the elections, Starmer said after the government meeting; “The Rwanda program is dead and buried before it starts. He mentioned as well that…
Médecins Sans Frontières MSF has called on the Polish government to help provide the necessary assistance to asylum seekers detained on the border with Belarus. The organization also announced its concern regarding the consequences of the approval of the Polish parliament of a law that allows the exemption of police officers, border guards and army…
Prime Minister Starmer has unveiled a new migration strategy that focuses on addressing the root causes of migration. Under this strategy, the government will invest GBP 84 million in projects across Africa aimed at tackling the underlying factors driving migration. This funding will support initiatives in job creation, education, and humanitarian aid. Additionally, the policy…
