Tag: Asylum
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“Force majeure”: EU tightens laws for migration defence, with even external borders to be sealed
With a new regulation, the controversial “border procedures” are to be extended in case of a “mass influx of migrants”. The renewed Schengen Border Code could even partially close off Fortress Europe – an absolute novelty in the history of…
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EU migration policy in Niger: Mission accomplished
New study proves deadly impact of European migration regime in the Sahara Responsible for the deaths in the Mediterranean is the European Union’s asylum and migration policy, which requires that asylum applications can only be made in one of its…
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Authorities to tighten imprisonment for deportation after two asylum seekers escaped in Dresden
Detention pending deportation is not a punishment, emphasise members of the Left Party after two Algerians managed to flee from a detention centre. Meanwhile, right-wingers are calling for a “manhunt”. After the successful escape of two rejected asylum seekers from…
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Mass deportations from Croatia and Hungary: Organisations complain of human rights violations
More than 130,000 people were deported from Hungary to neighbouring Serbia without an asylum application being registered. Now Croatia is returning refugees on a large scale to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatian police are currently carrying out mass deportations of refugees…