An immigrant boat sailing from Libya to Europe called for help more than 1.5 days ago on the grounds that it was in trouble at sea. Despite being reported to Italy and Malta, it is stated that he did not send assistance to the boat during this period and that about 95 immigrants were at …
European Court of Human Rights condemns France over ‘inhuman’ living conditions for asylum-seekers
The Strasbourg-based court ruled that authorities “had failed in their duties” with regard to the three asylum-seekers, finding France responsible for the conditions in which the three men – an Afghan, a Russian and an Iranian aged 27, 33, and 46, respectively – “had been living for several months: sleeping rough, without access to sanitary facilities, having …
14-year-old Syrian commits suicide after Netherlands rejects asylum request
Ali Ghezawi was one of the millions of Syrians who fled their country during the nine-year-long brutal civil war that has devastated his country. His family immigrated to Europe after long desperate years in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Yet, the journey only exacerbated the Ghezawis’ grief, as 14-year-old Ali committed suicide after the Dutch …
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Investigation: African migrants ‘left to die’ in Saudi Arabia’s hellish Covid detention centres
Saudi Arabia, one of the wealthiest countries on earth, is keeping hundreds if not thousands of African migrants locked in heinous conditions reminiscent of Libya’s slave camps as part of a drive to stop the spread of Covid-19, an investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has found. Graphic mobile phone images sent to the newspaper by migrants held inside …
Moria refugee camp: Germany to take in up to 150 children
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced ten EU countries would take in a share of 400 unaccompanied minors from Greece. The EU is also set to propose a new agreement on migration and asylum in the bloc. Germany is expected to take in 100 to 150 unaccompanied minors, after a fire left thousands homeless at the Moria …
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Far-right activists filmed hassling asylum seekers in hotels
Anger is mounting over a series of videos posted by far-right organisations in which activists enter hotels where asylum seekers are being held, knock on their doors to interrogate them and accuse them of wasting taxpayers’ money. A video by Britain First, circulated widely on social media, shows a group of far-right activists entering a …
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EU border agency Frontex director ‘aware of illegal refugee pushbacks’
European border security agency Frontex’s director Fabrice Leggeri has been aware of systematic refugee “pushbacks” from Greece to Turkey in the Aegean Sea. In a “Serious Incident Report”, Frontex officials have recorded incidents violating fundamental rights, incidents that implicate their own border officials, German Der Spiegel news website reported. Spiegel said Leggeri was aware of …
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Greece: Lead Poisoning Concerns in New Migrant Camp
Thousands of asylum seekers, aid workers, United Nations, and Greek and European Union employees may be at risk of lead poisoning in a new migrant camp that Greek authorities have built on a repurposed military firing range on the island of Lesbos, Human Rights Watch said today. Firing ranges are commonly contaminated with lead from munitions, nevertheless …
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Refugees and migrants largely forgotten in Covid-19 vaccination drive
If you are not a citizen where you live, for whatever reason, you will likely be low down on the vaccination list. If you are stateless, have migrated to another country or are a refugee due for security or political reasons, you know how it feels to live in a state without full legal rights. …
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Pregnant Afghan woman sets herself on fire to be relocated from Lesvos to Germany
A 26-year-old pregnant woman from Afghanistan will testify before the Prosecutor’s Office for the accusation of arson. The Afghan woman set herself on fire on Sunday morning in the Kera Tepe migrant on the island of Lesvos, Sto Nisi reported. Asylum seekers, police and the fire brigade intervened, but the heavily pregnant woman already had …
