News from the Borders 18.12.2023
- Negotiations on EU asylum reform continue today. Compared to the Frankfurter Rundschau I explained that an agreement would be at the expense of human rights.
- On Sunday I was at "forum democracy" of Phoenix to discuss European asylum and migration policy with other guests.
- Jens Spahn (CDU) has proposed deporting people seeking protection to countries such as Rwanda or Ghana. The journalist Franziska Grillmeier explains in a threadwhy this proposal is nonsense.
- Off the Libyan coast According to the IOM, 61 refugees drowned in a boat accident while trying to escape.n to reach the European Union.
News from the Borders 15.12.2023
- Very good: The European Parliament has adopted a Resolution which calls on Frontex to end operations that violate human rights.
- In a detailed interview I explained why we, as the Green Group in the European Parliament, reject the EU asylum reform – as it is currently on the negotiating table –.
- Italy wants to set up reception centers in Albania for people seeking protection who have crossed the Mediterranean. According to the Albanian Constitutional Court, however, the deal violates international agreements.
- The people who have come to Germany from Ukraine since January 2022 often have an above-average academic degree, are mostly female and are often single parents. Here is the data from the Federal Statistical Office.
News from the Borders 13.12.2023.
- The UNHCR wants to mobilize more aid for displaced persons and host countries with the refugee forum taking place today.
More about the background on taz.de
- A French government law on stricter asylum rules was passed after a motion by the Greens overturned.
- The British House of Commons has approved the Migration Bill for deportations to Rwanda. Although the courts have already stopped the plans, the Conservatives want this deal at all costs. Analysis in Zeit Online.
- Yesterday I was a guest at an online Deutsche Welle panel discussion on the topic of migration and flight.