Tag: Migration

  • “Protection you can afford”: Successful passage from Libya is question of money

    “Protection you can afford”: Successful passage from Libya is question of money

    A presentation by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees gives important figures on people fleeing across the Mediterranean. Accordingly, the Libyan coast guard intercepts mainly people from Mali, the average failure rate for crossings is 33 percent. The UN document…

  • More relocation, more Frontex: “Med5” adopt declaration in Malta

    More relocation, more Frontex: “Med5” adopt declaration in Malta

    Malta, Greece, Italy, Spain and Cyprus demand more solidarity in the reception of asylum seekers. The EU interior ministers are meeting this week to discuss the issue. Five EU Mediterranean countries are calling on Brussels to show more solidarity with…

  • Germany: “Knife experts” of police and media under fire

    Germany: “Knife experts” of police and media under fire

    Right-wing politicians and the media work with questionable statistics on knives as a means of committing crimes. The Federal Criminal Police Office will not publish valid figures until this year. For more than two years, the right-wing extremist AfD party…

  • Another police unit for French-German migration defence

    Another police unit for French-German migration defence

    A joint Franco-German police force will be deployed to sporting events, protests and against “migration flows”. Another unit undermines Germany’s principle of separation between the police and the military. Germany and France want to strengthen their cooperation against “migration flows”.…