Tag: Algeria
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Balearics call for Frontex deployment: Number of refugee boat arrivals on the islands continues to rise
The number of migrants arriving in the Balearic Islands reached a new record high in 2025. Frontex could launch an official mission – but the Spanish central government is not submitting the necessary application. After a break of almost two…
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15 corpses have been discovered on beaches of the Balearic Islands, and Alarm Phone indicates more to come
The tourist season on the Balearic Islands is starting – but more and more victims of a deadly escape route across the Mediterranean are washing up on the islands. The holiday season is starting on Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera and…
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Thousands of expellations every year: German government explains numbers of people losing their right of residence
Around 330,000 people are registered for expellation in Germany. However, only ten per cent of them are still in the country. The number of expellations in Germany has levelled off at a uniform level. This is according to an answer…
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UNHCR calls for rescuing the victims of the externalisation of EU borders in the Sahara
Despite the legalisation of refugee aid in Niger, many refugees are dying in the Sahara. Responsible is Brussels, which supports neighboring governments in migration defence agreements. The European Union’s migration policy includes the gradual extension of its border management into…
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Can police databases kill?
It is hardly possible for asylum seekers to correct wrong entries in German information systems. In North Rhine-Westphalia, these false entries led to the death of Amad Ahmad. In Hesse, too, this digital police arbitrariness is now becoming evident. On…
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Interpol investigates war crimes in Syria and Iraq
Many “foreign fighters” return to their home countries, 40 Germans and 130 French citizens alone are to be transferred from Kurdish prisons. The authorities are collecting “battlefield evidence” to bring them to court. Many “foreign fighters” in Syria or Iraq…
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A seahorse for the Mediterranean: Border surveillance for Libyan search and rescue zone
Libya is to become the first third-state to join the EU’s satellite-supported “Seahorse Mediterranean” network. The Italian military is currently setting up the necessary control centres, to be followed by a new application for a search and rescue zone, supported…
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German police instructed Tunisia and Egypt on internet surveillance prior to revolutions
The German Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) instructed the authorities of multiple North African and Middle Eastern countries in internet surveillance in the years running up to the Arab Spring, according to information released by the German government following…