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Migration / 2021 MEDAM Assessment Report Alberto-Horst Neidhardt , Olivia Sundberg Diez , Matthias Lücke , Martin Ruhs , Saime Özçürümez Date: 28/05/2021 The New Pact on Migration and Asylum, the von der Leyen Commission’s proposal for a new consensus on EU migration and asylum policies, will not resolve pre-existing political divisions within the EU over solidarity or the management of the Union’s external borders. That is one of the main conclusions of the ...

ATHENS: The month of June could prove crucial for the mid-term and long-term future of Greek-Turkish relations, but also for the next steps in Ankara’s relationship with the EU. The “twin summits” of NATO and the EU in Brussels, to be held on June 14 and June 24-25, respectively, could help clear the air between the two rivals and prepare the ground for a more positive agenda. Athens and Ankara are exploring the possibility for a bilateral meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mit...

InfoMigrants By InfoMigrants Published on : 2021/05/11 Around 70 migrants landed in Malta on Tuesday after they were rescued in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile European countries are being asked to help Italy, where more than 2,000 people arrived over two days. Malta’s interior minister confirmed that a group of around 70 migrants was rescued on Tuesday, May 11, by an armed forces patrol boat, but provided no further details. The emerge...

Last Updated On: May 03 2021 09:47 Gmt+3 Turkey’s freedom to manoeuvre in foreign policy is likely to be significantly curtailed under the administration of the U.S. President Joe Biden, according to Michael Leigh. A senior fellow at Bruegel, he is the academic director of the Master of Arts in European Public Policy at the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center and a former director-general of enlargement at the European Commission. Speaking to Kathimerini, Leigh explains the new limi...

Divestment from the border industrial complex could spur “a politics that protects and upholds the rights of refugees and migrants” Divestment from the border industrial complex could spur “a politics that protects and upholds the rights of refugees and migrants” 21 April 2021 A recent report reveals the largest corporate players in today’s global “border industrial complex” and calls for divestment from the industry, as a way to force states to halt the implementation of harmful ...

EU moves ahead with plans to use visa policy as "leverage" to increase deportations 14 April 2021 Since 2020, the EU has been able to use its visa policy as “leverage to improve cooperation with third countries on return and readmission,” as part of the drive to increase deportations. Non-EU states can be threatened with visa restrictions for their nationals if they are not deemed to cooperate sufficiently with the readmission process. A recent European Commission document, published here, ...

Ευρωκίνηση 4/9/2021 Athens News Agency      NICOSIA -- "The Cyprus Republic, being like Greece on the front line of the pressure from the East, has recently been facing increased migration flows. In this context, the migration and asylum ministry of Greece and the interior ministry of Cyprus have developed close cooperation on both a political and a technical level," Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi commented on Friday, in statements after his meeting with Cypriot ...

Turkey: EU should show leadership in tackling migration issue Refugees wait in a queue at the entrance of a temporary camp as they and their belongings are checked by police officers before settling in after the Moria refugee camp became unuseable following fires that erupted on September 9, in the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 26, 2020. [Ayhan Mehmet - Anadolu Agency] March 16, 2021 at 7:14 pm With the EU summit 2021 nine days away, Turkeys presidential spokesman on Tuesday expressed ...

ATHENS: Greek authorities are not being naive about their exploratory talks with Turkey but they “will not fall in the trap to undermine the dialogue” by withdrawing from it, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said last week. His comments came as Ankara faced criticism from some quarters that it was acting provocatively toward Athens on a number of fronts. The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs had proposed to Ankara that the next round of exploratory talks on the maritime boundary dispu...

EU: Legal actions pile up against Frontex for involvement in rights violations 23 February 2021 Two recent legal actions accuse Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, of serious violations of the rights of migrants and refugees in Greece. Two separate actions – one by the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre ( SJAC), and one by Legal Centre Lesvos – have been launched since the end of January, both aiming to “finally break the cycle of impunity and trigger independent a...