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September 17, 2016

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Gets it Wrong on Boat Migration from Libya

Boris Johnson’s views on handling boat migration from Libya are uninformed and inhumane.

European Union

September 17, 2016 Dispatches

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Gets it Wrong on Boat Migration from Libya
Children's Rights

September 14, 2016 Dispatches

Europe Pledges to Help Migrant Children in Greece

Rebecca Riddell
NYU Fellow, Europe and Central Asia Division
Refugee Rights

September 13, 2016 News Release

Provide Genuine Refuge to World’s Displaced

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November 16, 2015 Video

Desperate Journey: Europe's Refugee Crisis
January 20, 2015 Video

France: Migrants, Asylum Seekers Abused and Destitute
July 24, 2012 Video

Xenophobic Violence in Greece

News

September 9, 2016 Commentary

The tragedy of Greece's refugee children

Rebecca Riddell
NYU Fellow, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: NewStatesman
August 26, 2016 Commentary

Pigs' heads and propaganda: Hungary's war on refugees

Published In: EUobserver
July 19, 2016 News Release

Greece: Migrant Children in Police Cells
July 18, 2016 Letter

Letter to the EU High Representative Mogherini ahead of the EU-GCC Ministerial Meeting
July 12, 2016 News Release

China: EU Should Press for Action to End Crackdown
July 12, 2016 Letter

Letter from HRW re: EU-China Summit
July 6, 2016 News Release

EU/NATO: Europe’s Plan Endangers Foreigners in Libya
June 27, 2016 Statements

Joint NGO statement ahead of the European Council of 28-29 June 2016 NGOs strongly condemn new EU policies to contain migration
June 24, 2016 Commentary

Syrian Refugees Help Nab Suspected War Criminals in Europe

Richard Dicker
Director, International Justice Program

Published In: Politico
June 23, 2016 News Release

Italy: Children Stuck in Unsafe Migrant Hotspot
June 22, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Greece’s Prime Minister Should Uphold Refugee Rights at the Council of Europe

Philippe Dam
Advocacy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
June 20, 2016 Report

EU: Don’t Send Syrians Back to Turkey

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June 20, 2016

EU: Don’t Send Syrians Back to Turkey

Lack of Jobs, School, Health Care Spurs Poverty, Exploitation
May 19, 2016

Greece: Refugee “Hotspots” Unsafe, Unsanitary

Women, Children Fearful, Unprotected; Lack Basic Shelter
April 19, 2016

EU/Greece: First Turkey Deportations Riddled With Abuse

Text Messages Show Fear, Then Silence

World Report 2016

European Union

European Union

Events of 2015

Philippines' Hitler? Getting Away with Murder in Syria; Hungary's Xenophobic Referendum: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 30, 2016

Philippines' Hitler? Getting Away with Murder in Syria; Hungary's Xenophobic Referendum

Plus: #Eritrea responds to #FreeThem campaign - sort of; Remembering northern Uganda’s legendary James Otto; and #ZwartePiet in the Netherlands.

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October 8, 2015

Exodus: Asylum Seekers Flee Into Europe

“What will happen to us?” “Will they fingerprint us?” was the constant refrain as we watched a human wave of asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan crossing the Serbia-Hungary border.
September 9, 2015

Fleeing Syria and Stranded in Hungary

Interactive Photo Feature: Thousands of asylum-seekers, including many from war-torn Syria, arrive daily in Hungary, seeking a path to Germany and other Western European countries. Hungary has detained and at times refused to allow people to continue onwards to Western Europe, citing an EU regulation. As a result, thousands have been stranded at Budapest's Keleti train station. Human Rights Watch researchers interviewed scores. Here are their stories. >>