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A so-called Rwanda clause slipped into the overhaul of EU asylum law will undermine the UN refugee convention, say critics.

A Libyan militia belonging to the warlord Khalifa Haftar hunts down refugees in the Mediterranean and drags them to Libya. DER SPIEGEL reporting shows how Frontex and Maltese officials are involved.

According to a new report by a European consortium of newspapers and non-profit journalists, the EU border agency Frontex appears to be handing the lo...

Using coordinates released by European authorities, a Libyan armed group linked to Wagner and accused of grave abuses illegally pulls back refugees.

A shadowy militia knee-deep in human smuggling keeps pulling migrants back to Libya from the Maltese SAR, detaining them until a smuggler buys their freedom • Both Malta and Frontex have given coordinates to this militia

The recent disasters at sea — in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic — although 4,000 miles apart, reveal the stark differences in how the capitalist governments and media regard the lives of poor, desperate migrants from the Middle East and North Africa, compared to the lives of five…

Survivors and activist groups have accused Greek authorities of complicity in Wednesday's avoidable disaster.

Greek migration minister Notis Mitarachi defended his border forces despite evidence of illegal pushbacks, including a new testimony from a 26-year old asylum seeker from Gaza.

InfoMigrants By Sertan Sanderson Published on : 2021/04/30 New accusations have been made against the EU border protection agency Frontex in its handling of migrants in the Mediterranean. A new report compiled by a group of media outlets states that Frontex plays a central role in ensuring that migrants are intercepted by Libya’s coast guard and brought back to the North African country. The German news magazine "Der Spiegel" along ...

Lack of legal clarity on EU pushbacks of migrants at sea Almost 3,000 people were rescued last year in the Aegean Sea (Photo: Aegean Boat Report) Brussels, 9. Mar, 07:17 Events at a Spanish enclave in north Morocco seven years ago are now being used as a legal basis to force rubber boats full of migrants near Greece to return to Turkey. Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of the EUs border agency Frontex, has invoked that Spanish case in hearings at the European Parliament. Read and decide Get ...