Croatian cops regularly pushing people across border with Bosnia, Human Rights Watch warns

CROATIAN police officers are regularly pushing people back across its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina without assessing their asylum requests, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today. In a report released this morning, HRW accused the Croatian authorities of continuing to illegally force people — including unaccompanied children and families with young children — over the

Europe’s humanitarian crisis will not stop for Christmas, rescuers warn

Close to 800 refugees on the Sea-Eye 4, Ocean Viking and Geo Barents ships are in need of dry land THE humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean will not stop for Christmas, civilian rescuers carrying close to 800 refugees warned today. Three rescue ships, the Sea-Eye 4, Ocean Viking and Geo Barents, are currently operating in

Germany condemned for introducing new regulations aimed at halting NGO humanitarian ships

EUROPEAN states’ crackdown on NGO refugee rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas escalated today when three German charities were told that new regulations bar their ships from sailing. The three organisations, Mare Liberum, Mission Lifeline and ResQShip, issued a joint statement torday condemning the German Transport Ministry’s amendment of safety regulations relating