The funding campaign for detained sea captain Carola Rackete, who rescued 53 migrants and docked forcefully in Italy.
A crowdfunding effort for detained sea captain Carola Rackete – backed by two of Germany’s top television celebrities – raised €500,000 ($569,000) within hours of its launch. (...)
Sea-Watch captain plans disembarking at Lampedusa island after two-week standoff
After a two-week stand-off with Italian authorities a ship carrying 42 migrants has reached the Sicilian island of Lampedusa in defiance of a ban by the country’s hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini. (...)
Pia Klemp, one of the Iuventa 10, says it is ‘ridiculous’ that she could face jail
A captain of a search-and-rescue ship potentially facing up to 20 years in jail in connection with her role in saving 6,000 people from drowning in the Mediterranean has accused the EU of letting people die and (...)
Member states should face punitive action over deaths in Mediterranean, say lawyers
The EU and member states should be prosecuted for the deaths of thousands of migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean fleeing Libya, according to a detailed legal submission to the international criminal court (...)
Migration into Europe is far down from its height in 2015, but many migrants still risk everything to cross into Spain via Morocco, by crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. With EU aid, Morocco has made strides in stemming the flow.
Spain’s elections might be over, but the topic of migration (...)
Salvini’s planned decree ‘a declaration of war against NGOs saving lives at sea’, aid groups say
Italy’s government is planning to issue a decree that would mean NGO rescue boats would be fined up to €5,500 (£4,760) for each migrant they disembark on to Italian soil.
Aid groups said the planned (...)
Over 500,000 people cannot vote at the upcoming general election even though they have lived in the country all their lives.
Safia El Aaddam was born in the northeastern Spanish city of Tarragona. Although the 23-year-old is politically active, she cannot vote in the general election on April (...)
According to a study by the International Organization for Migration, Morocco is the country where immigrants suffer the most.
The dangers of the migration route to Spain are not limited to the danger of crossing the Strait of Gibraltar or the western Mediterranean in unstable boats. The (...)
As Ukraine waits for the first steps of its new president, millions of its citizens have moved across the border.
When the small business run by Kristina Melnytska’s father began to struggle in 2014 he did what hundreds of thousands of other Ukrainians were doing and moved his family to Poland. (...)
A vessel operated by an NGO is trying to deliver humanitarian relief to Lesbos, but Spanish authorities say it needs a new permit despite having one from Portugal.
A Basque fishing vessel converted into a migrant rescue boat called the Aita Mariis having problems going to the Greek island of (...)
Spectators visiting the famous Aalst carnival in Belgium were shocked to find the depiction of orthodox Jews with unflattering expressions standing amongst sacks of money, paraded through the town.
The antisemitic float was paraded through the annual carnival parade in Aalst. The orthodox Jews (...)
“This is not a retreat. We are under enormous migratory pressure,” says an Interior Ministry source
In June of last year, a newly formed government in Spain sought to give the world a lesson by welcoming the Aquarius, a humanitarian rescue ship with 629 migrants aboard that had been refused (...)
The European country is isolating and excluding asylum seekers until they disappear from society completely.
hink of Denmark and you probably conjure up a mix of mid-century design, hygge, and people riding bikes. But as viewers of the noir TV series The Bridge know, it’s also a country marred (...)
Médecins Sans Frontières says ‘smear campaign’ by European governments hampered work in Mediterranean
Search and rescue ship Aquarius, which has saved tens of thousands of migrants from drowning in the Mediterranean, has ended its operations, said Médecins Sans Frontières, the charity that runs the (...)
Decree named after leader of far-right party abolishes humanitarian protection for those not eligible for refugee status
Dozens of migrants, including victims of sex trafficking and a child with mental health problems, have been removed from so-called “welcome centres” in Italy as the populist (...)
Arguments for borders rely on historically illiterate and morally inexcusable reasoning that has no right to call itself ’leftwing’, writes Luke de Noronha
Angela Nagle recently whipped up controversy with her piece The Left Case Against Open Borders. She argues that liberal migration regimes (...)
Berlin protests against far-right politics draw thousands
October 13,2018 by Ben Knight
Over 200,000 people have taken to the streets of Berlin to face down the rise of far-right populism in Germany and Europe. The protesters were demanding more solidarity with marginalized groups.
Berlin (...)
Mare Jonio heads for waters off Libya in defiance of Matteo Salvini’s order to close ports to foreign rescue vessels
The first non-military, Italian-flagged rescue boat to operate in the Mediterranean since the migration crisis began has left for waters off Libya, in a direct challenge to (...)
Charities claim Panama deflagged humanitarian vessel after pressure from Italian government
The two charities that operate the Aquarius migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean have urged European governments to step in to secure its future after its Panamanian flag was revoked following (...)
Six men arrested at sea say they saw migrant vessel in distress and towed it to safety
Friends and colleagues have rallied to the defence of six Tunisian men awaiting trial in Italy on people smuggling charges, saying they are fishermen who have saved hundreds of migrants and refugees over the (...)
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