18. November 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Hotspots have fundamental rights issues“ · Kategorien: Griechenland, Italien, Lesetipps · Tags:

Danish Refugee Council | 15.11.2017

Refugees and asylum seekers experience a broad range of rights violations when they arrive to the so-called hotspots in Italy and Greece. Additionally the Greek hotspots have become a form of deterrence policy, a new Danish Refugee Council (DRC) study of the implementation of the EU hotspot approach shows.

Gaps in information, lack of legal assistance, under-identification of vulnerable persons, restricted freedom of movement and de facto detention. This is just some of the conditions which asylum seekers and refugees arriving in the hotspots in Italy and Greece meet, according to a legal assessment of the current operation of the EU hotspot approach. The result is a wide range of fundamental rights issues in the hotspots, which are addressed in the study through a number of recommendations. While the EU Hotspot Approach in itself is not a problem, the way that it is implemented is.

The study includes a more in-depth look into the Moria hotspot on the Greek island of Lesvos. It shows poor humanitarian standards with massive overcrowding. Current figures estimate a staggering 6250 asylum seekers and migrants currently residing in Moria, against a capacity of 1800. At the time of the study, only one latrine was functioning, water supplies were insufficient, and thousands of asylum seekers were living in tents.

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18. November 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Beyond Transactional Deals: Building Lasting Migration Partnerships in the Mediterranean“ · Kategorien: Italien, Marokko, Spanien, Tunesien · Tags: ,

MPI | 11.2017

By Luca Lixi

As maritime arrivals to Europe rose sharply in 2015 and 2016, European policymakers renewed their focus on building partnerships with origin and transit countries in North Africa in an effort to bring Mediterranean crossings under control. Though hardly new—some such partnerships stretch back decades—these efforts have taken on new urgency amid heightened migration to Europe by asylum seekers and migrants.

This report examines two prominent examples of bilateral cooperation on migration management in the region: the partnerships that have emerged between Spain and Morocco, and between Italy and Tunisia. Both have their roots in the early 1990s and experienced underwhelming results early on, with the two European countries focused narrowly on closing their borders and stepping up the return of unauthorized migrants—priorities that clashed with those of their North African partners, for whom remittances are an important source of income and a positive relationship with their diasporas paramount.

These partnerships have since diverged. Morocco and Spain have expanded their cooperation to include a range of capacity-building, joint border patrols, and legal migration programs, while Italy continues to pursue short-term, transactional deals that rely on the promise of aid and investment to incentivize Tunisian cooperation.

As policymakers (re)negotiate agreements to jointly manage routes to Europe, these case studies shed important light on what can be achieved when countries cooperate on the basis of shared objectives, as well as some of the limitations of a relationship built solely around short-term, enforcement priorities.

18. November 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Un volontario denuncia i metodi della guardia costiera libica · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen, Mittelmeer · Tags: , ,

Gennaro Giudetti, Freiwilliger auf der Sea Watch, berichtet von dem letzten Rettungseinsatz vor der libyschen Küste am 6. November, bei dem durch Intervention der libyschen Küstenwache 50 Boat People ertrunken sind.

Internazionale | 17.11.2017

“Voglio incontrare Minniti per raccontargli la verità e portargli la voce delle persone che si sono salvate e di chi invece non ce l’ha fatta”, dice Gennaro Giudetti volontario dell’ong Sea Watch.

Gennaro Giudetti, 27 anni, racconta l’ultimo tragico salvataggio a cui ha partecipato a 30 miglia dalle coste libiche, il 6 novembre. Almeno cinquanta persone sono morte nel naufragio, tra loro un bambino di due anni recuperato dallo stesso Giudetti, annegato davanti agli occhi della madre.

Il volontario, che ha chiesto d’incontrare il ministro dell’interno Marco Minniti, denuncia la condotta degli uomini della guardia costiera libica che hanno lasciato annegare dei migranti, nonostante il richiamo di un elicottero militare italiano presente sul posto. Sulla vicenda è stata depositata al senato e alla camera un’interrogazione al ministro dell’interno il 16 novembre.

18. November 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Mehr als 260 Flüchtlinge vor Küste Spaniens gerettet“ · Kategorien: Mittelmeer, Spanien · Tags: ,

DLF | 18.11.2017

Vor der spanischen Mittelmeerküste sind gestern mehr als 260 in Seenot geratene Flüchtlinge gerettet worden.

Wie die Rettungskräfte mitteilten, wurden die Menschen aus insgesamt 24 Booten gerettet und anschließend in die Häfen von Cartagena, Malaga und Torrevieja gebracht. Nach 15 weiteren Booten werde noch gesucht.

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18. November 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Plusieurs tentatives déjouées à l’Ouest: 140 harraga, dont 7 femmes, interceptés · Kategorien: Algerien, Spanien · Tags: ,

140 Harragas vor der westalgerischen Kueste abgefangen

Le Quotidien d’Oran | 18.11.2017

par K. Assia

Plusieurs groupes de candidats à l’émigration clandestine, 140 clandestins au total, ont été interceptés dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi au large de Mostaganem, Oran, Béni-Saf, et Bouzedjar dans la wilaya de Aïn-Témouchent et Ghazaouet dans la wilaya de Tlemcen par les forces navales de la façade maritime Ouest. Parmi les harraga, 7 femmes et 5 mineurs. Sur les 140 clandestins ayant pris le large pour rallier l’autre rive de la Méditerranée, 57 ont été secourus après que leur embarcation a chaviré. Au nord de Bouzedjar, certains ont été coincés entre les rochers de l’île Plane, ce qui a nécessité l’intervention des gardes-côtes pour les extraire et les ramener sur la terre ferme. Le reste des harraga a été intercepté lors de patrouilles. Le phénomène de l’émigration clandestine prend de plus en plus d’ampleur malgré le renforcement des patrouilles des gardes-côtes. Une semaine auparavant, un groupe de 20 candidats à l’émigration clandestine a été secouru à 20 miles marins, au nord de la plage de Cap Falcon après que leur embarcation est tombée en panne. En début du mois, 70 clandestins ont été interceptés à l’Ouest, précisément au large d’Arzew, Oran, Mostaganem et Béni-Saf.

Ces deux derniers mois, les tentatives d’émigration de jeunes Algériens vers les côtes espagnoles se sont multipliées. 693 clandestins ont été interceptés durant les mois de septembre et octobre.

18. November 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Timeline: Der lange Sommer der Migration auf dem Balkan · Kategorien: Balkanroute, Medien

Der formalisierte Korridor über den Balkan stellte eine Zäsur dar. Rund eine Million Geflüchtete reisten 2015/2016 über ihn von Griechenland aus nach West- und Nordeuropa. Die interaktive Timeline veranschaulicht den Zusammenbruch und die darauf folgende Restrukturierung des Europäischen Grenzregimes. Von der Einführung des ’72-Stunden-Papiers‘ in Mazedonien im Juni 2015 bis zu zweiten Räumung des informellen Camps in Idomeni im Mai 2016. Autor: Marc Speer / bordermonitoring.eu.

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