As part of a tougher approach to immigration, the US administration is now asking federal prosecutors to pursue all undocumented immigrants illegally crossing the border into the US. In early May 2018, Jeff Sessions, the US Attorney General, announced this new « zero tolerance » policy, which also entails separating families. Adults will […]
Migrants
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Despite Europe’s efforts to curb migration, tens of thousands of migrants and refugees continued to attempt the perilous journey across the Mediterranean during 2018. Many continued to die doing so. Sadly, drowning migrants and refugees seem to have just become part of what we expect to hear every time we […]
There is a general agreement among migration and development experts that (forced) migration needs to be treated from a holistic perspective. You can’t just close borders and send people back, you need to look at what is causing migration and address these root causes. When it comes to the migration […]
While fewer migrants and refugees attempted the perilous journey to Europe in 2017, compared to 2016, those who did faced more dangers than ever says a new report from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). It is believed that during 2017 an estimated 3’100 people died at sea while trying to reach […]
While the human rights situation in Sudan has hardly improved, with significant restrictions on the activities of opposition political parties and civil society organisations, the country remains a key partner of the European Union in its fight against migration across the Mediterranean, namely through the Khartoum process. This partnership, as […]
Humanitarian organisations, including NGOs and civil society organisations, but also ordinary individuals are finding it increasingly difficult to provide assistance and protection to migrants trying to find refuge or better living conditions in Europe and many are now being criminalised for doing so. They are effectively punished for committing a […]