The Taliban are conquering more and more territory, people are fleeing and the Afghan Government asked for a ban on deportations. I have taken all these events as an opportunity to write a letter to Heiko Maas. I ask him to reassess the current security situation in the situation report independently of any domestic political motives and in accordance with the new findings and developments …

The €9.88 billion Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for 2021-2027 aims to strengthen the common European asylum policy. We have achieved that funds can be applied for directly by regional and local authorities, so that EU states can no longer so easily prevent funding for committed cities and regions. As asylum spokesperson for the Greens/EFA in the European …

Tens of thousands of people drowned while fleeing in the Mediterranean. Instead of rescuing people, civilian sea rescuers are increasingly blocked and criminalized. Here I have written a chronicle of the civilian sea rescue of the past years. Background Silvio Berlusconi and Muammar al-Gaddafi signed a friendship treaty in 2008, in which Berlusconi apologized on behalf of Italy for colonial crimes and Gaddafi committed himself to …

Over the past two decades, we have unfortunately come little closer to a humane and progressive asylum policy. Below you will find an overview of the Amsterdam Treaty, the Lisbon Treaty and the current Commission proposal for a Common European Asylum System (CEAS), on which the Commission, Council and Parliament are currently working. The Amsterdam Treaty will be signed in 1997 …

On 12 March, I sent the Commission a question to find out what specific plans were being made to improve the situation on the Greek islands. The answer states that the accommodation has improved since the fire in Moria. However, even eight months after the fire, the residents do not notice much of this. The …