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31 July 2015

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- Asylum seeker death toll rising (IRR, link): "In the last two months, at least thirteen people, two of whom were teenagers, have died trying to reach the UK, and countless others have been injured."

- The Calais crisis: which Member State is responsible? (EU Law Analysis, link)

- UK-FRANCE: JOINT ACTION: ARRANGEMENT ADMINISTRATIF (pdf) [The Joint Action: Government of France and the UK to secure the common border and combate illegal immigration, 2009]

- UK: House of Commons: Letter from Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP, Minister for Immigration, to the Committee Chair, 21 July 2015 (pdf)

- Germans greet influx of refugees with free food and firebombings - With up to 450,000 asylum-seekers expected this year, a wave of xenophobic attacks has swept Germany, though many others are welcoming the foreigners (Guardian, link)

- GREECE: Two groups in distress in the Aegean Sea near Lesvos, rescued by Turkey, one boat punctured by Greek coastguard! (Watch the Med, link): "person contacted us and reported that he had knowledge of a vessel that sought to reach Lesvos but was intercepted by the Greek police. He said that the police boarded their vessel and took away their engine. They then punctured the vessel and left them behind at sea. They were now, of course, in a situation of distress."

- What the Calais ‘crisis’ reveals about racism - The deaths we have seen in Calais are not the first, and until Britain can come to terms with race and racism, they won’t be the last (Red Pepper, link)

- SERBIA: Fears of humanitarian crisis in Serbia as refugees stream in (euractiv, link): "At the crack of dawn hundreds of refugees, most of them Syrians, stream into Serbia's southern valley of Presevo after a perilous journey they hope will lead to a new life in the European Union."

- The Hungary PM made a ‘rivers of blood’ speech … and no one cares - All the attention has been on Europe’s neo-Nazi fringe groups, when it’s those in national governments who should be scrutinised (Guardian, link)

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