According to the latest official data, Greece is hosting 4,779 unaccompanied minors, but just over 1,200 are in secure structures. The data also shows that the number of unaccompanied minors has surged in recent months, reaching its highest point since the start of the refugee crisis in 2015. Meanwhile, the number of daily arrivals of …
Read the full post →“Most unaccompanied minors not housed in secure shelters”
Migrants making their way into Croatia from Bosnia are now greeted with a hard-hitting advertising campaign stating: ”Welcome to Croatia – Country of torture.” A local NGO, ‘Inicijativa Dobrodošli’, or Welcome Initiative, is behind the campaign which aims to support refugees and protest against restrictive and abusive migrant policies. With winter approaching, thousands of migrants, …
Read the full post →“Migrants seeking a path to the EU face “Country of torture””
As Greece grapples with a rising number of refugees and migrants arriving at its shores, the country’s conservative government is pushing for tougher asylum legislation. In the early hours of Friday, the Greek parliament voted in favor of a controversial bill introducing sweeping changes to the national asylum system, including cutting some options for appeal and …
Read the full post →“Greece toughens asylum rules as migrant arrivals rise”
Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleges the troops “committed summary executions and other grave abuses without accountability”. These include extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances and attacks on healthcare facilities. The BBC has contacted Afghanistan’s government for comment. Both the UN and the New York Times have previously highlighted allegations of abuses by Afghan strike teams. This latest …
Read the full post →“CIA-backed Afghan troops ‘committed war crimes'”
A group of irregular migrants allegedly pushed back forcibly to Turkey after being beaten by Greek soldiers are being nursed back to health in Edirne, northwestern Turkey, near the Greek border. The 68 irregular migrants caught by Turkish border guards in a forbidden military zone — including Afghan, Pakistani, Algerian and Bangladeshi nationals — had …
Read the full post →“Turkey treats migrants allegedly beaten by Greek troops”
A seemingly small ruling in Denmark is alarming refugee advocates that a new precedent could be set for Europe to send Syrians seeking asylum back to their war-torn home. On Tuesday, Denmark’s Refugee Appeals Board denied asylum requests by three Syrian women, arguing that they didn’t face any individual dangers in returning to their hometown of Damascus, …
Clashes broke out Thursday between police and a group of migrants at a refugee camp on the eastern Greek island of Samos, prompting the local mayor to shut down a nearby elementary school and kindergarten. The clashes came as about 200 people began protesting conditions in the dramatically overcrowded camp and demanding they be allowed …
Read the full post →“Clashes break out in migrant camp on Greek island of Samos”
There is an epidemic of self-harming in children between the ages of 12 and 17, with some of them attempting suicide in the Greek camp. Nearly 18,000 people, including 7,000 children, are currently living in the camp, which was built to house just 2,000, BBC News reports. Angela Modarelli, a child psychiatrist with Doctors Without …
Read the full post →“‘We Want to Die’: Kids at Greece Migrant Camp Speak About Miserable Life”
German weekly Der Spiegel published video footage Thursday showing masked Greek law enforcement officers forcibly sending dozens of refugees to an area in Turkey near its border. Two masked men wearing camouflage suits were seen putting refugees on a small boat, crossing the Meric River and forcing them to land on Turkish soil. Several retired …
Read the full post →“Greece’s illegal ‘pushback’ of refugees caught on video”
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi faced calls for Myanmar to “stop the genocide” of Rohingya Muslims as she personally led her country’s defence at the UN’s top court on Tuesday. Myanmar’s civilian leader sat through graphic accounts of mass murder and rape as the west African state of The Gambia set out its case at …
Read the full post →“Myanmar’s Suu Kyi told to ‘stop the genocide’ in UN court showdown”
