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August 4, 2018 Dispatches

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New provisions risk undermining asylum seekers’ rights while not solving ongoing issues

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July 25, 2018 Report

EU/Italy/Libya: Disputes Over Rescues Put Lives at Risk

Allow European Rescues, Agree on Safe Disembarkation

SOS MEDITERRANEE crew rescue people off an over-crowded rubber boat in the Mediterranean, June 9, 2018.
July 18, 2018 News Release

Greece: Asylum-Seeking Children Deprived of School

Few Classes in Government Camps on the Aegean Islands

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July 17, 2018 Commentary

Hungary is Determined to Silence Any Critics Left Standing

Protesters attend a rally against Hungarian government's clampdown on a top foreign university and non-government organisations in Budapest, Hungary, May 21, 2017.
July 16, 2018 News Release

Turkey Stops Registering Syrian Asylum Seekers

New Arrivals Deported, Coerced Back to Syria

Two Syrians walk along a fence near the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey on November 30, 2016.
July 10, 2018 Dispatches

France’s Top Court Shows Us That Helping Migrants Is Not a Crime

‘Fraternity’ Ruling Offers Wider Lessons for Europe

Migrants rest after having crossed part of the Alps mountain range from Italy into France, near the town of Nevache in southeastern France, December 21, 2017.
July 6, 2018 Commentary

Greece Can’t Duck Its Duty to Asylum Seekers

There is little prospect of the majority of asylum seekers trapped on the islands being sent back to Turkey any time soon

Asylum seekers from Algeria at a refugee squat on Lesbos. People of certain nationalities presumptively considered “economic migrants,” such as Algerians, are treated as having manifestly unfounded claims, and are often detained on that basis.
July 4, 2018 News Release

Syria/Jordan: Open Borders to Daraa Residents

Dire Conditions for Thousands Fleeing Fighting

An Internally displaced girl from Daraa province carries a stuffed toy and holds the hand of child near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Quneitra, Syria June 29, 2018. © 2018 Reuters/Alaa Al-Faqir
July 3, 2018 Dispatches

Russia Denies Syrians Asylum

Russian Supreme Court Says There is No War in Syria, Nothing to Flee From

A woman walks with a child amid rubble at Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria July 16, 2017.
July 3, 2018 Dispatches

Europe is Losing its Moral Compass in the Mediterranean

EU Should Support, Not Obstruct, Rescue at Sea

Migrants are seen onboard the charity ship Lifeline at Boiler Wharf in Senglea, in Valletta's Grand Harbour, Malta June 27, 2018.
July 3, 2018 News Release

US: Renew ‘Temporary Protection’ for Yemenis

Anyone Returned to Yemen Faces Threats to Life, Safety

Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Faj Attan, a densely populated neighborhood in Sanaa, on August 25, 2017. Two of the buildings were completely destroyed and the third suffered extensive damage. Saudi-led coalition aircraft
June 29, 2018 Commentary

Family Separation: A Flashpoint in the Global Migrant Crisis

The Family Separation Issue in the United States is Symptomatic of a Much Broader Global Problem

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June 26, 2018 Dispatches

The False Choice Between Family Separation and Detention

ICE Has Abandoned an Effective Alternative That Keeps Families Free

The Tornillo facility, a shelter for children of detained migrants, in Tornillo, Texas, U.S.
June 26, 2018 News Release

EU: Decisive Moment for Migration Policy

Summit Should Reject Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers

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June 25, 2018 Dispatches

Why Families Flee Central America to the United States

Gangs Threaten Children, Parents

A Honduran mother and her 3-year-old daughter wait with fellow asylum seekers on the Mexican side of the Brownsville-Matamoros International Bridge after being denied entry by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., June

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