Violation of Article 3 during detention: ECHR rules against Bulgaria

19.12.2017 09:51:00

On 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:

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.

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.

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.

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