'Punishment beatings' used at EU-backed Greek refugee camps and detention centres, alleges NGO
Staff have abused refugees for talking in line, coughing, and not cleaning their rooms, the Border Violence Monitoring Network claims.
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Staff have abused refugees for talking in line, coughing, and not cleaning their rooms, the Border Violence Monitoring Network claims.
But while one would provide actual ‘relief’, for any crisis-stricken territory… where would the other leave tiny islands like Lampedusa - or Malta, if it comes to it
Agreement comes after years of wrangling in wake of 2015 crisis that saw more than one million people reach the bloc
Following years of debates, a political agreement on the EU-wide asylum reforms was finally reached on Wednesday (20 December).
The European Commission's self-declared policy of not doing any harm in Libya appears increasingly strained, following reports Frontex collaborated with the Tariq Bin Zeyad Brigade — a Libyan militia with ties to the Russian mercenary group Wagner.