EuroMed Rights, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Libya Platform and the Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) call on the EU to cease all support to “Libya’s coast-guards”, to provide safe pathways for migrants and to re-establish an EU-coordinated Search and … [Read more...]
EU Court to Italy: it is illegitimate to exclude foreigners from family aid
In a ruling filed today, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared illegitimate the exclusion of foreign citizens without a long-term permit from the baby bonus, established in 2015, and from the maternity allowance for unemployed mothers. According to the Court, this exclusion … [Read more...]
EU pact on migration and asylum: risks of new mega-reception centres
Eighteen associations committed to protecting the health of migrants and refugees have launched an appeal to European governments and to members of the European Parliament. THE NEW EU PACT ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM BRINGS THE RISK OF NEW MEGA-RECEPTION CENTRES SUCH AS MORIA Large … [Read more...]
70 NGOs demand changes in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum
"Instead of breaking with the fallacies of the EU’s previous approach and offering a fresh start, the Pact risks exacerbating the focus on externalisation, deterrence, containment and return." The commitment to a more human approach to protection and the emphasis on the fact that migration … [Read more...]
Deaths in the Mediterranean are not inevitable! Solidarity: the last shield against the EU’s deadly policies
COVID-19 cannot justify the suspension of National obligations in relation to sea rescue and we cannot tollerate are sorted, prioritized and despised. After several days of uncertainty and confusion, the outcome at the beginning of April in the Central Mediterranean, although … [Read more...]
Without rights for agri-food workers, Europe’s food supplies rest on shaky ground
ASGI and other organizations call on the EU to overhaul its agricultural and food system to make it more rights-compliant, fairer and greener. As the novel coronavirus pandemic sweeps across Europe, the consequences for European agriculture are also making themselves felt. The European Union … [Read more...]
From the « war against the virus » to the war against exiles: security responses to Covid-19 exacerbate violence at borders
The Greek hotspots in which exiles are crammed without any protection of their rights or from the pandemic are an example of the precarization of their trajectories by the security policies of States. Migreurop denounces the violence inflicted onto exiles in the name of the “war against the virus”, … [Read more...]