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April 14, 2022 News

Ukraine Crisis: The EU and Member States Must Now Work Together to Put Commitments into Practice

Extraordinary JHA Council Meeting 28 March

We welcome the EU institutions and Member States’ commitment to receiving and protecting refugees fleeing the crisis in Ukraine. The speed and unanimity with which the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) was adopted shows that when there is political…

February 16, 2022 News

Normative standards and obligations under international law in relation to the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons

HRW Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

December 6, 2021 1. Introduction This submission is based on Human Rights Watch’s research on human rights issues impacting older people, with a focus on rights in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies, the right to live independently and…

September 16, 2021 News

Joint Statement – The EU cannot shirk its responsibilities towards Afghans in need of international protection

As humanitarian needs in Afghanistan continue to escalate, we appeal to the EU to place protection at the centre of its response. We are disappointed by the absence of leadership at the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 31 August and Interior…

June 16, 2021 News

Plan of Action: Twenty Steps to Protect People on the Move Along the Central Mediterranean Route

ACTION 1: Ensure proactive search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean The central Mediterranean has been long recognized as one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world. In the last 10 years, around 20,000 people have lost their…

April 15, 2021 News

Statement on France's Deportation of Chechen Asylum Seeker to Russia Despite Risk of Torture

Chechen police abducted Magomed Gadaev, an asylum seeker from Chechnya, in the Russian Federation, and a key witness in a high-profile torture investigation against Chechnya’s authorities, two days after he was wrongfully deported from France to Russia on…

November 10, 2020 News

Turning Rhetoric into Reality: New Monitoring Mechanism at European Borders Should Ensure Fundamental Rights and Accountability

The shocking images of migrants and asylum-seekers abused by Croatian authorities are part of the persistent and well-documented trend of human rights violations taking place at European borders. They are also a reflection of the widespread impunity of…

October 8, 2020 News

The Pact on Migration and Asylum

To provide a fresh start and avoid past mistakes, risky elements need to be addressed and positive aspects need to be expanded

The commitment to a more human approach to protection and the emphasis on the fact that migration is needed and positive for Europe with which the European Commission launched the Pact on Migration and Asylum is welcome. However, this rhetoric is…

September 9, 2020 News

Greece: Transfer Refugees and Asylum Seekers to Safety on Mainland

Respect for Human Rights Should Prevail Over Use of Force

Following the fire in Moria on Tuesday September 8, on Lesbos, which destroyed the Reception and Identification Centre, 31 civil society organizations call on the Greek government to immediately provide assistance to people who lost…

Moria camp on Lesbos island following a fire that started on the evening of September 8, 2020, destroying most of the camp and leaving 12,000 asylum seekers and refugees without shelter.

April 28, 2020 News

EU: Time to review and remedy cooperation policies facilitating abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya

NGOs Joint Statement

One year after the resumption of the armed conflict in Tripoli, and at a time when the humanitarian situation in Libya continues to deteriorate due to further military escalation and the spreading of the Covid-19 virus, Amnesty International, the…

March 6, 2020 News

Open Letter by 85 Organizations Regarding Rights Violations of Refugees

"Protect our laws and humanity!" Open Letter by 85 Organizations To: Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli President…

March 4, 2020 News

NGOs' Urgent Call to Action: EU Member States Should Commit to the Emergency Relocation of Unaccompanied Children from the Greek Islands

Our Call to Action We, the undersigned organizations, jointly call on the governments of European Union (EU) Member States to immediately commit to the emergency relocation of unaccompanied children from the Greek islands to…

November 13, 2019 News

Italy Shares Responsibility for Libya Abuses against Migrants

Third-Party Intervention Filed at European Court of Human Rights

On 11 November 2019, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch submitted a joint third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in a case involving Libya’s abuses against migrants during operations at sea and upon return to…

November 12, 2019 News

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Submissions to the European Court of Human Rights

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December 6, 2018 News

Greece, EU: Move Asylum Seekers to Safety

End Containment Policy, Organize Transfers Now

(Athens) – The Greek government and its European Union partners should urgently ensure that all asylum seekers on the Aegean islands are transferred to suitable accommodation on the mainland or relocated to other EU countries as winter approaches…

Asylum seekers outside their tent in the "Olive Grove", a makeshift camp outside Moria camp on the island of Lesbos on October 31, 2018.

June 18, 2018 News

Towards an Effective and Principled EU Migration Policy

Recommendations for Reform

The arrival of over one million asylum seekers and migrants in 2015 set off a political crisis in the European Union (EU), the effects of which are still being felt today. The chaos at borders and the strain on unprepared and under-resourced…

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

March 19, 2018 News

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