European Qualifications Passport for Refugees - Action Plan on Protecting Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe

13.07.2018 12:16:00

This video incorporates a video message by Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees. It also features the stories of two refugees, Mahmoud Alkoko and Anwar Horani, who recount the impact the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees had on their...

While the EU welcomes a sharp drop in migrant arrivals, Libya’s Coast Guard is overwhelmed and complains of empty European promises

12.07.2018 12:24:00

As the EU sets new policies and makes deals with African nations to deter hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking new lives on the continent, what does it mean for sub-Saharan Africans following dreams northwards and the countries they transit through? From returnees in Sierra Leone and...

Thousands march in Germany to protest EU refugee policy

11.07.2018 14:19:00

Thousands of people marched through German cities on Saturday to protest against EU policy on refugees and support NGOs helping rescue migrants in the Mediterranean.

EU migration policies seen building blocks for 'Fortress Europe'

10.07.2018 12:13:00

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Deals on migration agreed in the European Union and Germany may end up more about rhetoric than reality but they indicate a shift toward a “Fortress Europe” way of thinking that could pose the bloc’s biggest existential threat yet.

The refugee crisis isn’t about refugees. It’s about us

04.07.2018 09:24:00

I was a child refugee, writes the Chinese artist and activist. I know how it feels to live in a camp, robbed of my humanity. Refugees must be seen to be an essential part of our shared humanity

Will Europe’s new border policy add to pain of Africa’s migrant children?

03.07.2018 20:37:00

Thousands of people are stranded in African processing camps because no other country will take them

Call for Application for Master Programme

28.06.2018 10:18:00

The Call for Application for the 18th edition of the Global Campus South East Europe - European Regional Master’s Programme in Democracy and Human Rights in SEE (GC SEE/ERMA) is now open.

It's 34,361 and rising: how the List tallies Europe's migrant bodycount

23.06.2018 10:12:00

The deaths do not just occur at sea – but in detention blocks, asylum units and even town centres. Here’s how the List is put together

Open Letter – Stand up with Hungary for a #WelcomingEurope!

22.06.2018 22:49:00

Yesterday, Hungary’s Parliament passed a series of laws that criminalise individuals and NGOs that offer help to migrants in need. With this open letter, civil society organisations call European citizens to sign and mobilise behind the #WelcomingEurope European Citizens’ Initiative. Hungarian...

This could completely change the face of refugee aid

20.06.2018 16:24:00

We live in a world with an estimated 22.5 million refugees, a global crisis that is only becoming more protracted and complex. With humanitarian funding deficits at $16.7 billion, it is essential that we find alternative funding solutions wherever we can. The practice of zakat, the Muslim duty...

Syria refugee stranded in airport for over 100 days applies to travel to Mars

20.06.2018 16:14:00

A Syrian refugee stranded at the main airport in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for more than 100 days has applied to travel to Mars after being denied entry to several countries.

What is the current state of the migration crisis in Europe?

18.06.2018 11:35:00

Three years since the peak of the crisis, here is how things stand as tensions rise again

The United Nations Global Compact on Migration is a Key Opportunity to Recognise Rights of Migrant Domestic and Care Workers

18.06.2018 10:45:00

BRUSSELS, 15 JUNE 2018 – Across Europe, many individuals and families rely on support to carry out essential domestic and care work, to look after children, clean or care for an elderly relative.

EU migration row boils over as Italy and France trade insults

13.06.2018 10:13:00

France and Italy have traded insults, rifts have widened in Germany’s ruling coalition and Austria has called for an “axis of the willing” to take action as a simmering row over how Europe should handle irregular migration finally boiled over.

Southern mayors defy Italian coalition to offer safe port to migrants

11.06.2018 15:29:00

Palermo mayor offers to open port to rescue vessel but may need coastguard cooperation

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