UN: EU cooperation with Libya has led to 'unimaginable horrors' for migrants

17.11.2017 10:06:00

EU-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.

The Road for Refugees: Rejected, Refused, Returning Home

16.11.2017 15:00:00

Last week, my friends and I went on a road trip around the Balkans, armed with a tiny rental car and the world’s most powerful passport. At the recommendation of our other friends, we contacted LEGIS, an NGO based in Skopje, and organised a visit to a refugee camp in Tabanovce. There, we met...

How xenophobic rhetoric failed

10.11.2017 12:00:00

The Opposition in Macedonia wanted to mobilize voters with the initiative against refugees. It even collected signatures for referenda against migrants.

Volunteer Story

07.11.2017 09:47:00

At the dawn of my thirties, I wanted to see the world. A genuine bicycle touring enthusiast, I took my bike in March 2016 with my friend David and we left France toward Eastern Europe, not knowing what exactly lay in store. When we arrived in Belgrade, Serbia, we realised what the situation of...

Call for refugee protest on Syndagma Square

01.11.2017 15:02:00

We are more than 4,000 refugees awaiting our transfer to Germany – most of which are families who are waiting already more than 18 months in Greece under deplorable conditions.

Volunteer Story

25.09.2017 14:30:00

My name is David Jordan and I have been volunteering with migrants and refugees along the Balkan route for ten months. I have spent time in Greece, Serbia, and Macedonia volunteering both inside official camps and with those who prefer irregular migration outside official camps.

Unlawful death of refugees and migrants Note by the Secretary-General

22.09.2017 14:00:00

The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, submitted in accordance with Assembly resolution 71/198.

Smugglers make test runs with migrants across even more deadly Black Sea route

13.09.2017 10:30:00

Rise in boats intercepted by Romanian coastguard fuels fears that smugglers are trying to reactivate dangerous transit passage to Europe

Human Suffering Inside Libya’s migrant detention centres

05.09.2017 14:00:00

For more than a year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing medical care to refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants held inside Tripoli detention centres in conditions that are neither humane nor dignified.

Indonesia FM to urge Myanmar to halt Rohingya violence

04.09.2017 11:30:00

Foreign minister deployed to hold 'intensive communications' as anger grows in world's most populous Muslim nation.

1,190 new refugees arrive in 5 days. Does Erdogan let EU-Turkey deal go burst?

28.08.2017 17:00:00

Does President Recep Tayyip Erdogan let the EU-Turkey deal on migration go burst? A significant increase in the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey has been recorded in the last six days.

Sweden rejects asylum application from world's oldest refugee aged 106

25.08.2017 16:00:00

Sweden rejects asylum application from world's oldest refugee aged 106. The 106-year-old has had her application for asylum rejected. Bibihal Uzbeki fled Afghanistan for Sweden via Iran, Turkey and Greece. If another country doesn't offer her refuge, she will have to return to Afghanistan.

To serve as a reminder: Legis - Declaring an emergency situation at the borders is unnecessary and inadequate

24.08.2017 14:00:00

Skopje, 21 August, 2015 - 11:39 (META) Declaring a crisis and ordering army soldiers to the southern and northern borders is too early for a situation that can be helped through a better organization by the government, comment experts on the decision of the government to heighten control at...

Do not use refugees for political purposes

23.08.2017 14:00:00

The refugee question is one of the many attempts to shift the focus of the Macedonian public from the real political issues.

Volunteer Story

19.08.2017 14:00:00

My name is Ema Pochat Križaj. I am half-Slovenian, half-French from Luxembourg. I am 18 years old and studying political science in France at Sciences Po Paris.

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