Libyan coastguard stops NGO boat from rescuing migrants after alert from Italy: witness08.05.2018 15:49:00The Libyan coastguard on Sunday prevented a rescue ship belonging to two NGOs from approaching a boat in distress carrying migrants, an AFP photographer witnessed.
Europe migrants: Austria to seize migrants' phones in asylum clampdown21.04.2018 10:38:00Austria's government surged to power late last year with a promise to stop illegal migration and crack down on refugees, and its latest move is to target their phones
Macedonia adopt a new Law on International and temporary protection20.04.2018 16:25:00Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA) would like to inform you that as of April 19th, 2018, the Law on International and Temporary Protection will enter into force, and as from that moment, the current Law on Asylum and Temporary Protection will cease to be valid.
New refugees in Greece can move freely, says court19.04.2018 13:30:00New refugee and migrant arrivals in Greece will soon be able to move around the country freely without being restricted to the islands of the eastern Aegean where they arrive from neighboring Turkey, according to a Council of State ruling that emerged on Tuesday and upends a 2016 decision by the...
Myanmar's first Rohingya repatriation 'staged', rights groups say19.04.2018 09:39:00Rohingya rights groups sceptical as Myanmar announces repatriation of first family of Rohingya refugees.
Vima: A new refugee crisis in the Aegean Sea16.04.2018 15:51:00Increased tensions in Greek-Turkish relations, alongside the escalation of the war in Syria, have led to a surge in the number of refugees arriving to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, the Athens-based newspaper Vima warns.
Belgrade, Serbia: A Case Study of Refugees in Towns14.04.2018 12:04:00Before 2015, the prevailing representation of irregular migration to the European Union concerned the Mediterranean migration routes, but in the summer of 2015, the focus shifted to the Balkan Route (Beznec et al. 2016, p.4).
UNHCR Desperate Journeys report provides snapshot of changing refugee movements to Europe13.04.2018 11:33:00
Syria-The world is silent12.04.2018 11:36:00The social media and news agencies are full of pictures, videos, news on the brutal chemical attacks in Syria. Doctors and volunteers taking wounded people to hospitals “full to bursting”.
Refugees in Lebanon might not get life-saving medical treatment due to budget cuts10.04.2018 14:01:00UNHCR has said that, due to lack of funding, dozens of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, risk not getting the medical treatment they need to survive. Among them is Abdel Razzaq, a teen suffering from kidney failure.
Volunteer Story04.04.2018 17:17:00My name is Siôn Rickard. I come from a village called Betws-y-Coed in Snowdonia, North Wales. I’m an actor, musician and writer. I also work as a Teaching Assistant in schools.
On the edge of the EU, refugee flows flood the Evros River27.03.2018 11:48:00A clampdown on Europe's eastern borders and the Aegean Sea has forced migrants to seek different — and more dangerous — routes to the continent. Hunters and fishermen find their bodies, reports Anthee Carassava.
Can Pope Francis keep the door open for refugees?26.03.2018 09:56:00Vatican City (CNN)Nour Essa landed on Lesbos in a refugee boat and left on the jumbo jet of a Pope. One minute, this microbiologist was holding her toddler amid squalor in one of the most miserable refugee camps in Europe.
Migration in Europe: EU must act together and do more to support local authorities 23.03.2018 14:33:00The European Union needs to increase support for cities and regions and border countries that are on the front line of managing migration, the European Committee of the Regions said on 22 March. The EU's assembly for local and regional politicians expressed particular concern about the...