Tag: Migration
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Deportation tourism: German interior minister returns from Morocco almost empty-handed
The EU states want to increase deportations to Morocco, but the country is not cooperating. Even after a visit by the German interior minister, there was not much more than a non-binding “security agreement”. “We must finally deport on a grand scale,” was the motto of the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Social Democratic Party, SPD) […]
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Berlin knew about crimes in Saudi Arabia: Security agreement not be terminated despite massacres
Four months before a UN report, the German government knew about reports of massacres of refugees in Saudi Arabia. However, trainings of the federal police continued. Oil guards also benefit. The German government had long had indications of human rights violations by Saudi security forces on the border with Yemen and nevertheless continued its police […]
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EU agency criticises repression against sea rescuers: States initiated over 63 proceedings in seven years
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency criticises national authorities and courts for arresting private rescue vessels. Reprisals also take place in Germany. In the past seven years, Germany, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands and Spain have initiated dozens of administrative or criminal proceedings, obstructing search and rescue operations by civil society actors. This is according to an […]
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Operation “Irini”: EU transfers seized military equipment to third countries
After Ghana, another state is to receive “land vehicles for military purposes” seized in an EU mission off Libya. The EU passes on military equipment to third countries that was seized in the military mission “Irini” off Libya. After a delivery of 105 armoured vehicles to Ghana, another government could now benefit from such a […]