Alarm Phone says about 115 people were forcibly sent back to Turkey today ACTIVISTS have accused the Greek coastguard of pushing over 100 people back to Turkey today — days after the New York Times shared video evidence of the coastguards abandoning 12 asylum seekers at sea. The activist-run distress hotline organisation Alarm Phone saidContinue reading “Greek coastguard accused of another refugee pushback – days after New York Times published video evidence of refugees being forced out to sea”
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Amnesty condemns British government’s plans to house asylum seekers in disused cruise ships, barges and military barracks
Meanwhile, European Parliament votes for ‘more detentions and quicker deportations’ after UN warns of EU’s role in widespread human rights abuses in Libya AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has condemned the British government’s “dismal” plans to move asylum seekers out of hotels and into disused cruise ships, barges and military barracks. British Immigration minister Robert Jenrick told parliamentContinue reading “Amnesty condemns British government’s plans to house asylum seekers in disused cruise ships, barges and military barracks”
Deaths in Home Office asylum-seeker accommodation more than doubled in 2022 over the previous year
Human rights groups condemn government’s ‘abysmal asylum policies’ after The Civil Fleet reveals that 46 people passed away while housed by the Home Office last year FORTY-SIX (46) people, including five newborn babies, died while housed at Home Office asylum-seeker accommodation in 2022 — more than double the number of deaths in 2021. Home OfficeContinue reading “Deaths in Home Office asylum-seeker accommodation more than doubled in 2022 over the previous year”
EU-supported Libyan coastguard threatens to shoot at refugee rescuers
Despite threats NGO ship and reconnaissance plane work together to save the lives of 69 people in the central Mediterranean THE EU-supported Libyan coastguard threatened to shoot at rescue workers in the central Mediterranean today after they witnessed a refugee interception. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) shared video footage from its rescue ship, the Geo Barents,Continue reading “EU-supported Libyan coastguard threatens to shoot at refugee rescuers”
Italy’s far right government makes world’s deadliest migration route ‘even more dangerous’
Rescuers publish joint letter condemning a new decree aimed at disrupting Mediterranean refugee rescue missions ITALY’S far-right government has made one of the world’s deadliest migration routes “even more dangerous” after issuing a decree this week that disrupts the way civilian search-and-rescue (SAR) ships operate in the Mediterranean Sea, rescuers said today. One of theContinue reading “Italy’s far right government makes world’s deadliest migration route ‘even more dangerous’”
Dozens of refugees being pushed back at Lithuanian and Latvian borders with Belarus
Meanwhile, around 40 people remain stuck on an island between Greece and Turkey with no help and no clothes for over a week DOZENS of people are being pushed back at the Lithuanian and Latvian borders with Belarus and left to fend for themselves in the snowy forested area for weeks, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)Continue reading “Dozens of refugees being pushed back at Lithuanian and Latvian borders with Belarus”
Rescuers vow to continue saving lives in the Mediterranean after Italy ends four-day stand-off
RESCUERS vowed to continue their life-saving mission in the central Mediterranean today after Italy finally allowed the 250 people stuck aboard two civilian-run ships to come ashore. The Humanity 1 and Geo Barents rescue ships had been left in limbo in the port of Catania on the island of Sicily since Saturday. The Italian authoritiesContinue reading “Rescuers vow to continue saving lives in the Mediterranean after Italy ends four-day stand-off”
Italy’s far-right government accused of causing further harm to the traumatised refugees on two rescue ships
• Survivors on the Humanity 1 and Geo Barents begin hunger strike in protest against government’s mistreatment • Mission Lifeline disembarks 95 people in southern Italy • Ocean Viking declares emergency and heads to France • Inadequate translations postpone Iuventa pretrial again ITALY’S far-right government is causing further harm to people already traumatised, human rightsContinue reading “Italy’s far-right government accused of causing further harm to the traumatised refugees on two rescue ships”
Rescuers launch legal action against Italy’s far-right government after it refuses to allow all survivors to come ashore
Humanity 1 and Geo Barents left waiting in port with survivors still on board as over 300 refugees remain at sea on the Rise Above and Ocean Viking AN ACTIVIST-RUN search-and-rescue organisation announced today that it is taking legal action again the Italian government after it refused to allow 35 people rescued in the MediterraneanContinue reading “Rescuers launch legal action against Italy’s far-right government after it refuses to allow all survivors to come ashore”
More people die in Home Office asylum-seeker accommodation in first six months of 2022 than in the whole of 2021
MORE people have died while housed at Home Office asylum-seeker accommodation in the first six months of this year than in the whole of 2021, The Civil Fleet can reveal. Twenty-one people, including two newborn babies, died while being housed by the Home Office between January 1 and June 30 this year, figures in aContinue reading “More people die in Home Office asylum-seeker accommodation in first six months of 2022 than in the whole of 2021”
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