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EU: New Council “strategic guidelines” frame the next five years of EU justice and home affairs policy
The Council of the EU is moving towards the adoption of its next five-year set of strategic guidelines for justice and home affairs policies. Read More
Greece: Nationality-based Detention in the Moria Refugee Camp
A new report criticises the Greek policy of automatically detaining asylum-seekers of certain nationalities. Read More
Shots Fired, Arrests and Violent Push Back Reported at the Serbian Hungarian Border
"Warning shots were fired by a border guard on January 28 when a group of 60 people tried to enter Hungary from Serbia through the Röszke crossing. Witnesses reported violence by the Hungarian police during Read More
NGO rescue boats do not receive Frontex alerts
"The NGO rescue boat Sea-Watch says it does not receive any alerts of maritime distress from the EU's border agency Frontex, whenever the agency spots people in trouble in the Mediterranean." Read More
EU aid increasingly taken hostage by migration politics
A new report from Oxfam examining the diversion of development aid to migration control projects. Read More
Niger: The European chase for Saharan smugglers
European money has poured into Niger in an attempt to reinforce state security authorities responsible for dealing with migrant smuggling. Some of the funds have gone towards high-tech surveillance equipment. Read More
New yearly report on torture of asylum seekers by Croatian authorities at EU external border
A new report compiled by Border Violence Monitoring Network. Read More
Climate refugees: The fabrication of a migration threat
Hein de Haas critically examines the argument that climate change will automatically lead to mass migration. Read More
800 migrants detained in Spain in poor conditions, says NGO
"More than 800 Tunisian migrants have been detained in the Spanish enclave of Melilla for more than 5 months, Tunesian NGO Ftdes claims." Read More
EASO operations in Greece to expand significantly
A new agreement has been signed between Greece and the European Asylum Support Office. Read More