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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

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 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
June 25, 2018 Commentary

Why Canada Should Take in Snowden-Linked Asylum-Seeker

Two mothers hold their children in their arms as they wait outside the immigration department's building in Hong Kong, China.
June 25, 2018 Commentary

Trump’s Cruel Separation Policy Has Not Ended

A view of inside U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention facility shows children at Rio Grande Valley Centralized Processing Center in Rio Grande City, Texas, U.S., June 17, 2018.
June 22, 2018 Dispatches

Hungary Tries to Stop Asylum Seekers with New Law

Law Could Jail People Who Provide Services, Advice to Migrants

Members of the Hungarian government vote on the 'Stop Soros' package of bills that criminalises some help given to illegal immigrants, at the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, June 20, 2018.
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 Dispatches

French Senate Law Commission Fails on Asylum and Immigration Bill

New Bill Could Open Door to Wrongful Asylum Rejections

Migrants queue for a free meal distributed by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) humanitarian agency on a street near Stalingrad metro station in Paris, France, October 28, 2016
June 18, 2018 Statement

Towards an Effective and Principled EU Migration Policy

Recommendations for Reform

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

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