News | Human Rights Watch

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 10, 2018 Commentary

Think Fortress Europe is the Answer to Migration? Get Real

Migrants are seen in the town of Bani Walid, Libya March 25, 2018

July 10, 2018 Commentary

Balkan Summit Must be More Than Hot Air

The London summit this week could kick-start the revival of the stalled reform process in the region – but won’t if human rights and the rule of law stay off the agenda

Migrants are seen in front of a dorm destroyed during Bosnian 1992-1995 war, in Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina May 11, 2018.

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 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.

June 26, 2018 News Release

EU: Decisive Moment for Migration Policy

Summit Should Reject Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers

A girl holds a placard during a protest held by migrants and refugees to call for the reopening of the borders at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni

June 20, 2018 Commentary

European People's Party faces moment of truth over Hungary

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban before a photo at the European Union Tallinn Digital Summit in Tallinn, Estonia, September 29, 2017.

June 18, 2018 Statement

Towards an Effective and Principled EU Migration Policy

Recommendations for Reform

June 18, 2018 News Release

EU: Summit Leadership Needed on Migration

Principled Approach Can Safeguard Rights, Secure Borders

June 7, 2018 Report

Greece: Asylum-Seeking Women Detained with Men

Urgently End Dangerous Detention Conditions

April 23, 2018 Commentary

Proactiva’s Release Does Not Spell End of Italy’s War on Rescue Groups

Italian judge’s releases rescue ship but upholds legal fiction of Libyan search and rescue zone. Judith Sunderland from Human Rights Watch explains why the contradiction matters.