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Deportations: EU to push for new readmission agreements “using all levers and incentives available”
Council Presidency progress report from 9 June focusses on “operationalisation of the external dimension, including as regards returns”; protection of the external borders; member state solidarity; and “more effective implementation of the Dublin rules”. Read More
EU: Tracking the Pact: Proposed cooperation with North Africa received with “interest”; external cooperation “state of play”
Two internal EU documents circulated in the Council: one containing the former Portuguese Presidency's assessment of North African states' responses to a proposed "enhanced political dialogue" on justice and home affairs issues; the other, the Commission's overview of "the main external migration dialogues and processes since 2019." Read More
The Canary cage: the making of deportation islands on Spain’s Atlantic border
In line with concerning recent EU border control proposals, a deliberate policy of inhumane detention, illegal mobility restrictions and an overreliance on deportation ‘solutions’ is converting the Canary Islands into makeshift deportation waiting rooms and a black hole for human rights. Read More
New report examines the experiences of those travelling on the ‘Atlantic Route’ to Europe
The Mixed Migration Centre has published a new report based on recent interviews with people arriving in the Canary Islands from the coast of West Africa, exploring their motivations for travelling on that route and the risks and dangers faced by them in doing so. Read More
Spain: Huge funding increase for migration control in Africa challenged in court
Spain's government has massively stepped up funding for African states for migration control purposes in recent years. €30 million provided to Morocco is being challenged in court. Read More
Back to Mauritania: Frontex repatriates migrants arriving on Canary Islands
Frontex deportation flights are heading from Spain to Mauritania. But many of the people on board are not Mauritanian citizens. Read More
Back to Mauritania: Frontex repatriates migrants arriving on Canary Islands
Frontex deportation flights are heading from Spain to Mauritania. But many of the people on board are not Mauritanian citizens. Read More
58 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Mauritanian coast
Mauritanian officials rescued the Gambian migrants from the shore Read More
Opaque and unaccountable: Frontex Operation Hera by Vera Wriedt and Darius Reinhardt
The partial concealment of border enforcement procedures underlines the inherent structural accountability and transparency deficits of Frontex specifically and EU agencies in general. Read More