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July 14, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Greece’s Refugee “Hotspots” Breeding Violence

Overcrowding, Violence in Camps is Contributing to Rising Xenophobia

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July 13, 2016 News Release

Hungary: Migrants Abused at the Border

Ensure Asylum Access; Investigate Cruel, Violent Pushbacks

Asylum seekers in Roszke waiting for days and weeks to be admitted to the transit zone, Hungary, March 31, 2016.
July 6, 2016 News Release

EU/NATO: Europe’s Plan Endangers Foreigners in Libya

Migrants, Asylum Seekers Face Killings, Torture, and Rape

Migrants sit at a detention center in Tripoli after they were detained by the Libyan authorities on September 17, 2015.
June 27, 2016 Statement

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

June 23, 2016 News Release

Italy: Children Stuck in Unsafe Migrant Hotspot

Extended Stays, No Separation from Adults

A young Egyptian man in the main room at the Pozzallo “hotspot” on June 9, 2016. The center was at double capacity and held 185 unaccompanied children.
June 20, 2016 Report

EU: Don’t Send Syrians Back to Turkey

Lack of Jobs, School, Health Care Spurs Poverty, Exploitation

A migrant child stands in a tent on the side of a highway near Edirne, Turkey where hundreds of mostly Syrian migrants have had to wait as Turkish police prevent their bid to cross the border with Greece.
June 20, 2016 News Release

Sweden: Restrictive Asylum Bill

Rolls Back Refugee Rights; Could Harm Children

Nour T., a 16-year-old Syrian girl, at a group home in Gothenburg, Sweden.
June 9, 2016 Commentary

Sweden Should Remain a Leader in Welcoming Children

June 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Stranded Asylum Seekers Pay Price of EU Foot Dragging

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June 2, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Deadly Week in the Mediterranean

Migrants are seen on a capsizing boat before a rescue operation by Italian navy ships "Bettica" and "Bergamini" off the coast of Libya in this handout picture released by the Italian Marina Militare on May 25, 2016.
May 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: ISIS Advance Traps 165,000 Syrians at Closed Turkish Border

At Tal Abyad –Akçakale border crossing, in June 2015, Turkish border guards manning Turkey’s closed border watched ISIS fighters order displaced Syrian civilians back from the border.
May 23, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Dignity at Stake for Refugees with Disabilities in Greece

Mud covers the deflated wheel of an Iraqi refugee’s wheelchair outside his tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 17, 2016.
May 20, 2016 News Release

UN: Press Turkey to Open Border

Summit Should Tackle Responsibility for Refugees

A border guard manning Turkey’s closed border with Syria patrols near the Turkish village of Guvecci, February 7, 2016.
May 19, 2016 Report

Greece: Refugee “Hotspots” Unsafe, Unsanitary

Women, Children Fearful, Unprotected; Lack Basic Shelter

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May 17, 2016 Commentary

EU plans for Libya risk crossing migration 'red lines'

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