„Multiple Libya peace plans are a hindrance, UN envoy to say“

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The Guardian | 12.09.2017

Ghassan Salamé is due to tell conference convened by Boris Johnson that efforts to unite country are being hampered

Fears that overlapping European and Middle Eastern peace initiatives for Libya are hampering the new UN special envoy are to be aired this week at a special conference convened by the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson.

The conference on Thursday, due to be attended by the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, is likely to swing behind a plan to restart political talks, including making changes to a December 2015 peace deal that has so far failed to unite warring factions in the east and west of the country.

The US had largely dropped out of the Libyan crisis since Donald Trump took power in January.

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“Mediterraneo tomba dei profughi”

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La Stampa | 12.09.2017

Rapporto dell’Oim sui flussi: sbarchi dimezzati dal 2016, ma il numero di morti è rimasto lo stesso. Il capo di Frontex: più accordi con Paesi di provenienza. Giovedì a Bruxelles i ministri dell’Interno

marco bresolin

Gli sbarchi diminuiscono, le tragedie continuano. Gli ultimi dati sui flussi migratori, visti nel loro complesso, sono drammatici. Perché se è vero che il numero di arrivi sulle coste europee del Mediterraneo si è dimezzato nei mesi di luglio e agosto rispetto al 2016 (da 52.220 si è scesi a 23.301), il numero di morti è rimasto praticamente identico (288 nel 2016 contro i 283 di quest’anno). Con un balzo ad agosto (151 morti nel 2017: nel 2016 furono 62), che contribuisce ad assegnare al Mare Nostrum il triste primato di rotta più pericolosa al mondo.

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„Three out of four child refugees trying to reach Europe face ‚appalling‘ levels of exploitation, report finds“

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The Independent | 12.09.2017

Under-25s nearly twice as likely to becoming trafficking victims than adults, findings show

May Bulman

More than three quarters of child refugees trying to reach Europe are facing “appalling” levels of human rights abuses along the central Mediterranean route, a new study has revealed.

Of nearly 1,600 child refugees aged 14-17 who came to Italy through the Mediterranean during the second half of 2016, 77 per cent reported direct experiences of abuse, exploitation and practices which may amount to human trafficking.

Survey results from early 2017, based on the testimonies of some 22,000 refugees, indicate that the situation might be worsening – with 91 per cent of children reporting such experiences.

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

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The Guardian | 12.09.2017

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

More than 22,500 migrants have reportedly died or disappeared globally since 2014 – more than half of them perishing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean, according to a study by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

A clampdown on Europe’s eastern borders has forced migrants to choose more dangerous routes as the death toll in the Mediterranean continues to rise despite a drop in the overall number of arrivals, data compiled by the UN’s migration agency shows.

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„Neue Sammelabschiebung nach Kabul geplant?“

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DW | 11.09.2017

Nach längerer Pause sollen offenbar wieder Flüchtlinge nach Afghanistan abgeschoben werden. Wie Menschenrechtler berichten, sollen sie aus mehreren Bundesländern kommen.

Seit dem Anschlag vom 31. Mai in Kabul, bei dem die deutsche Botschaft schwer beschädigt worden war, hatte es keine so genannten Sammelabschiebungen mehr gegeben. Nach Angaben des Flüchtlingsrats NRW sollen jetzt wieder mindestens zwölf Menschen in die afghanische Hauptstadt Kabul geflogen werden. Sie kommen aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern und Hamburg und sollen am Dienstagabend von Düsseldorf aus starten.

Das Landesministerium für Flüchtlinge und Integration in Nordrhein-Westfalen äußerte sich nicht zu den Angaben. Informationen, dass auch ein Passagier aus Hessen an Bord sein soll, wurden vom Innenministerium in Wiesbaden als falsch bezeichnet.

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Regeni, avvocati egiziani della famiglia dopo la sparizione del collega: “L’Italia ci deve proteggere”

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Il Fatto Quotidiano | 11.09.2017

Ahmed Abdallah, il presidente dell’Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedom che rappresenta i genitori del ricercatore ucciso al Cairo, si è rivolto direttamente alle autorità italiane perché intervengano: „Noi non possiamo più lavorare in queste condizioni“. Da più di 24 ore non si hanno più notizie del collaboratore Ibrahim Metwally

“Il governo italiano ci deve proteggere, siamo in pericolo perché le autorità egiziane ci hanno dichiarato guerra”. Ahmed Abdallah, il presidente dell’Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedom, l’organizzazione che rappresenta legalmente al Cairo la famiglia di Giulio Regeni, lancia un appello disperato dopo la sparizione di un loro collaboratore Ibrahim Metwally, avvocato per i diritti umani di Kafr el-Sheik, città sul Delta del Nilo.

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„Libya migrants: Inside a detention camp – hot, airless, overcrowded“ – Video

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BBC | 07.09.2017

The BBC’s Orla Guerin gets access to a Libyan migration detention centre in Tripoli, where she says some people have to sleep standing up and there is barely enough food because of overcrowding. Authorities say they have run out of funding to feed the men.

„305 Syrian migrants reach Cyprus; 313 are stopped in Turkey“

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The Washington Post | 10.09.2017

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus police arrested a 36-year-old man Sunday for allegedly driving one of two boats that brought 305 Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island’s northwestern coast.

Another 29-year-old man was also taken into custody on suspicion of migrant trafficking.

Police spokesman Michalis Ioannou said the 202 men, 30 women and 73 children arrived about midnight in what is thought to be the largest number of migrants to reach Cyprus in a single day. He said they departed from Mersin, Turkey, on Saturday.

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„Industrielle Landwirtschaft: Warum die Beeren so billig sind“

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taz | 10.09.2017

Warum ist das Obst im Supermarkt so günstig? Weil Arbeiter aus Asien für wenig Geld auf portugiesischen Plantagen schuften.

ODEMIRA taz | Der Mann mit den Rastalocken unter der Baseballkappe versteht die Welt nicht mehr. Seit zwei Jahren hat er in Portugal einen festen Job, zahlt Steuern und Sozialabgaben. Aber legal im Land ist er deshalb nicht. Noch immer wartet er auf seine Resident Card. „Ohne das Papier bist du ein Nobody, immer in der Hand von Leiharbeitsagenturen“, sagt er. „Die zahlen gerade mal den gesetzlichen Mindestlohn von 3,36 Euro pro Stunde. Was darüber hinausgeht, stecken die Agenten ein.“

Er will erzählen, wie das Ganze abläuft. Aber ohne seinen richtigen Namen, ohne Foto. Okay, dann heißt du hier jetzt Abdul.

Abdul ist ernüchtert. Auch in seiner Heimat Bangladesch hat er es so erlebt: Die einen kassieren, die anderen malochen. Die Agenten sind oft Landsleute, die in Portugal selbst als Tagelöhner angefangen haben und jetzt als Vermittler tätig sind. Zwischen den Immigranten auf der einen Seite und den Großfarmern auf der anderen.

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„Migrant sea route to Italy is world’s most lethal“

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The Guardian | 11.09.2017

Most deaths since 2014 have occurred in Mediterranean, following clampdown on Balkan border route, IOM study finds

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

More than 22,500 migrants have reportedly died or disappeared globally since 2014 – more than half of them perishing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean, according to a study by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

A clampdown on Europe’s eastern borders has forced migrants to choose more dangerous routes as the death toll in the Mediterranean continues to rise despite a drop in the overall number of arrivals, data compiled by the UN’s migration agency shows.

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