EU praises Turkey on migrant deal despite Greek misery22.03.2018 14:38:00The European Commission has praised a migrant deal between EU states and Turkey but remained silent on the plight of those caught up in the misery of the Greek islands.
EVS ACCREDITATION15.03.2018 11:19:00We would like to inform our partners, donors, potential volunteers, followers, and supporters that Legis has been granted EVS accreditation by the National Agency for European Educational Programs and Mobility of Macedonia.
EU to offer Turkey more cash for Syrian refugees before Erdogan meeting15.03.2018 10:19:00The European Union’s executive is due to approve a further 3 billion euros in funding for Syrian refugees living in Turkey, EU officials said, ahead of a meeting with President Tayyip Erdogan later this month.
School built for Syrian refugee children wins top architecture prize14.03.2018 14:35:00Building was made using Superadobe techniques seen in traditional structures such as Mali's Great Mosque of Djenne
A Syrian family seeking asylum gets an answer12.03.2018 17:18:00Illham Alarabi is one of those indomitable women who takes everything in stride. The kind of unflappable mother who can single-handedly extract her oldest son from a squabble with a bully, soothe the teething pains of another and bathe a baby, all while supper simmers on the stove.
Turkey: Over 1,280 undocumented migrants held in 2 days07.03.2018 23:44:00Migrants were attempting to cross Turkish borders using illegal routes
Children on the move: key facts and figures01.03.2018 11:46:00Millions of children have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced. As of 2016, 28 million children were living in forced displacement – this includes 12 million child refugees and child asylum seekers, and 16 million children living in internal displacement due to conflict and violence.
Asylum seeker killed in Iraq weeks after repatriation from Finland15.02.2018 11:56:00The daughter of deceased asylum seeker Ali is also awaiting deportation back to Iraq with her Finnish-born infants.
Europe’s Waiting Room for Refugees: Negotiating Borders and Performing Resilience in Serbia06.02.2018 10:59:00Guest post by Kathryn Metz, Outreach Coordinator at The Ohio State University’s Center for Slavic and East European Studies. Her research examines the human dimension of EU migration laws and policies, specifically the policy of border externalization in the Western Balkan countries. In her...
Appreciation Award Plaque from SOS Children’s Village Macedonia03.02.2018 14:10:00The president of Legis received an appreciation award plaque from the Director of SOS Children’s Village Macedonia.
Child refugees who fled Nazis plead for UK to take in more migrants02.02.2018 12:57:00Five former child refugees who fled Nazi persecution have urged Theresa May to welcome more young migrants into Britain.
Macedonian prime minister’s reply to Pope Francis’ letter03.01.2018 11:57:00Macedonian prime minister’s reply to Pope Francis’ letter: In 2018 the global humanitarian crisis shall be solved on the basis of the UN Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
'10,000 refugees' to be relocated from Libya to EU in 201827.12.2017 11:21:00Up to 10,000 people stranded in refugee camps and detention centres in Libya could be relocated to Europe in 2018, the Italian government said on Sunday.
Violation of Article 3 during detention: ECHR rules against Bulgaria19.12.2017 09:51:00On the 7th of December 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Bulgaria a violation of Article 3 (inhuman and degrading treatment) concerning a family with its three children during their detainment in 2015. The press release of the ECHR reads as follows:
UN: EU cooperation with Libya has led to 'unimaginable horrors' for migrants17.11.2017 10:06:00EU-backed agreements between Italy and Libya have reduced the number of migrants reaching EU shores. But the cost has been "unimaginable horrors," according to the UN human rights commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein.