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Are Schengen Border Controls the New Norm?

May 16, 2019 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

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.
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- EU
- Border Control
- migration
- Schengen
Crew of Rescue Ship Receives Human Rights Award

May 07, 2019 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

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.
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Ombudsman Reports Concerns About Detention Practices in Italy

May 06, 2019 • by Chiara Liberati, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

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.
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The Church Stands Up for Refugee Rights

April 18, 2019 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

"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.
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- asylum
- Italy
- refugees
- Germany
- migration
- Europe
- church
- Norbert Valley
- Mussie Zerai
- Samaritan
Croatian Police Force Migrants to Make Fascist Salute

April 03, 2019 • by Lovorka Šošić, Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia

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.
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- police
- fascism
- migration
- Croatia
EU Extends its ‘Naval’ Operation With Planes Only

March 29, 2019 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

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.
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- EU
- refugees
- migration
- Sophia
Hungarian Constitutional Court Abandons NGOs in Stop Soros Decision

March 08, 2019 • by Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

In a ruling against a complaint submitted by Amnesty International Hungary, the Hungarian Constitutional Court has declared that Stop Soros is not unconstitutional. HCLU agrees with Amnesty that this decision means the court has abandoned civil society.
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Germany: A New Immigration Bill Threatens Civil Society

March 08, 2019 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

Germany proudly calls itself a “Rechtsstaat”, a state based on justice and integrity that respects the rule of law. However, a new draft bill by Germany’s interior minister that intends, among others, to criminalize migrant helpers suggests otherwise.
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Denmark's New Immigration Law Is a New Low

February 28, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Denmark's new immigration law is more than a raft of harsh new regulations. It represents a fundamental shift in the government’s focus, from integration to deportation.
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Tortured Ethiopian Refugee Wins Backing of UN Committee

February 27, 2019 • by Louis Labarriere, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

On 24 January The UN Committee against Torture made a decision on the case of an Ethiopian refugee who was to be deported from Switzerland to Italy, after he took legal action three years earlier.
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- asylum
- UN
- torture
- Italy
- migration
- Ethiopia
- Switzerland