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A few days ago, the IOM announced that: “The Netherlands and IOM Libya have signed an agreement for an 18-month project aimed at enhancing the Libyan Coast Guard’s capacity to save lives at sea and supporting the humanitarian repatriation of vulnerable migrants from Libya.” This is what “saving lives” looks like: Refugees shot at by Libyan coastguard before being detained
Verder lezen Reageren?Under the heading “TOP 37: Country fiches”, the leading diplomats that day discussed a plan that the EU member states had agreed to: They would work together with dictatorships around the Horn of Africa in order to stop the refugee flows to Europe – under Germany’s leadership. When it comes to taking action to counter the root causes of flight
Verder lezen Reageren?Turkish border guards are shooting and beating Syrian asylum seekers trying to reach Turkey, resulting in deaths and serious injuries, Human Rights Watch said today. The Turkish authorities should stop pushing Syrian asylum seekers back at the border and should investigate all use of excessive force by border guards. During March and April 2016, Turkish border guards used violence against
Verder lezen Reageren?Nederland behoorde in 1951 tot de oprichters van de IOM. De activiteiten in Nederland werden gecoördineerd vanuit Brussel of Genève. Pas op 1 mei 1991 ging de afdeling IOM Nederland officieel van start. Een jaar eerder hadden de IOM en de Nederlandse staat een verdrag afgesloten waarin de IOM-taken vastgelegd waren. Men zou Nederlanders gaan steunen die wilden emigreren of
Verder lezen Reageren?De Duitse bondskanselier Angela Merkel zou barmhartig zijn, en ‘onze’ PvdA-leider Diederik Samsom met zijn Grieks/Turkse-deportatieplannen juist niet. Wanneer er over het Europese beleid van migratiebeheersing gesproken wordt, dan gaat het bijna altijd over incidenten en over individuele leiders en hun besluiten. Maar natuurlijk gaat het in de politieke werkelijkheid helemaal niet over morele of immorele beslissingen. Waar het de
Verder lezen Reageren?Een echt akkoord is er nog niet. De Europese Unie en Turkije geven zichzelf nog tien dagen de tijd om tot echte afspraken te komen. Maar de elementen van dat akkoord liggen wel al op tafel. Het was de Turkse premier Ahmet Davutoglu die met ‘nieuwe ideeën’ op de proppen kwam. Er zou een zogenaamd “one in, one out”-systeem komen.
Verder lezen Reageren?The atmosphere at the camp was electric today, as everyone seemed to be awaiting the conclusion of the EU summit in Brussels. There were many discussions about the political situation and the possible outcomes of the summit. People expressed their worries at being unable to continue their journey through the Balkan route if a total closure was to be announced.
Verder lezen Reageren?Turkish border guards opened fire on Syrian refugees from Lattakia and Idlib attempting to cross into Turkey, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday. The guards killed at least 10 refugees and wounded 10 others in the attack on Friday, the Observatory claimed. Ankara, insists that its border force has “outstanding track record” but Turkey has admitted that
Verder lezen Reageren?When one of the central figures of the protests, a Syrian activist, was allowed to cross the border legally in the night from the 3rd to the 4th of March 2016, the Macedonian police shut the door behind him and, according to an eyewitness, charged towards him and at least one other refugee – person Y – present at the
Verder lezen Reageren?Op 30 november organiseerde Moving Europe in Berlijn een bijeenkomst over de strijd van vluchtelingen en migranten die via de Balkan West-Europa trachten te bereiken, en over de pogingen van staten om de migratiestromen te beheersen. Hier een Nederlandse vertaling van een toespraak van Thomas Kram van het Forschungsgesellschaft Flucht und Migration (FFM) getiteld “Europa am Wendepunkt”. Hij gaat in
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