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Croatian Media Reports on 'Torture Garage' for Migrants

The online news outlet H-alter reports that, over the past six months, many eye-witness accounts have emerged suggesting that Croatian police are detaining and torturing refugees and migrants in a garage at the police...

Croatia , migrants , migration , torture , police , refugees
May 24, 2019 • Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia
Are Schengen Border Controls the New Norm?

Many young Europeans take the freedom to travel through much of the Union without having to pass border checks for granted. With the reintroduction of “temporary” border controls, this privilege may be coming to an end.

migration , Schengen , Border Control , EU
May 16, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Crew of Rescue Ship Receives Human Rights Award

The crew of the rescue ship “Iuventa” from the German NGO Jugend Rettet has been honored by the Swiss Paul Grüninger Foundation with a human rights award for saving the lives of thousands of men, women and children in the central Mediterranean.

Iuventa , Jugend Rettet , migration , refugees , Sea Rescue , Paul Grüninger
May 07, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Ombudsman Reports Concerns About Detention Practices in Italy

In making his annual report to the Italian Parliament, the National Ombudsman has highlighted problem areas including migrants arbitrarily being denied rights in detention, overcrowding in prisons, and high suicide rates.

deprivation of liberty , italian prisons , National Ombudsman , prison , migration
May 06, 2019 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Court to Decide if Belgium Should Have Granted Visas to Syrian Family

Belgium’s refusal to grant humanitarian visas to a Syrian family who turned up at the Beirut embassy has led to the case being brought before the European Court of Human Rights.

European Court of Human Rights , humanitarian visas , Belgium , migration , refugees
April 25, 2019 • Belgian League of Human Rights
The Church Stands Up for Refugee Rights

"Love thy neighbor as thyself" – the story of the Good Samaritan who helps a suffering traveller inspires us to show solidarity towards strangers. The Church has a tradition of providing shelter to those in need. Now, this tradition makes it a target.

church , migration , refugees , Europe , Italy , Norbert Valley , Mussie Zerai , asylum , Germany , Samaritan
April 18, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Xenophobic Rhetoric Against Migrants on the Rise in Spain

The latest annual report of Spain's National Security Council highlights the need to counter xenophobic discourse against migrants. According to the report, the State must "initiate specific strategic programmes and...

Spain , migration , xenophobia , Rhetoric
April 10, 2019 • Rights International Spain
Croatian Police Force Migrants to Make Fascist Salute

As a group of refugees were trying to cross from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian police officers stopped them and forced them to shout football slogans and make the salute of the fascist Ustasha regime while filming them.

Croatia , migration , police , fascism
April 03, 2019 • Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia
Germany: Thousands Demonstrate Against Criminalization of Migrant Helpers

On Saturday, thousands of people demonstrated all over Germany against the criminalization of sea rescue organizations and the new proposal by Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, which threatens civil society actors who...

migration , Germany , Civil Society , Seehofer
April 01, 2019 • LibertiesEU
EU Extends its ‘Naval’ Operation With Planes Only

The European Union has decided to extend the mandate of its naval operation by six months, suspending naval assets and relying on increased air missions and cooperation with the Libyan Coast Guard.

migration , refugees , Sophia , EU
March 29, 2019 • LibertiesEU
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