Tag: Migration
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Von der Leyen on ‘weaponisation of migration’: From now on, refoulement of refugees is allowed
The EU Commission has published a communication according to which states are authorised to pushback refugees to Russia and Belarus if they ‘use migration as a weapon’. This opens the floodgates for even more human rights violations. On Wednesday, the…
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11-year-old rescued alone in the Mediterranean: Coastguard searches for dozens dead off Lampedusa
A girl from Sierra Leone was adrift in the Mediterranean for several days after a migrant boat from Tunisia sank. An aid organisation from Wendland rescued the child from drowning. 12 miles off the Italian island of Lampedusa, a German…
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Border surveillance and control: EU has invested 3.5 billion in anti-migration research
With significant involvement from Frontex, the EU Commission has funded more than 800 migration-related security research projects over the past 17 years. The aim is to bring the external borders up to the latest technological standards. Since 2007, the European…
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Justice for German journalist: Four racists sentenced for attack on the island of Lesbos
Four years after attacks on a boat carrying refugees and a German journalist in the port of Thermi on Lesbos, four defendants have been found guilty. On 1 March 2020, 50 refugees drifted unmanoeuvrable on a rubber dinghy between Turkey…
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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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EU Entry/Exit System: Germany scrubs repeatedly postponed launch again
The stability and functionality of the EU’s huge biometric database still cannot be tested. The German government adjourns the launch of the system for an undetermined period of time. The full introduction of the new EU Entry/Exit System (EES), which…