It’s interesting how everyone is learning about Tourettes after this but refusing to learn about racism and the impact it will forever hold.
28.02.2026 07:58
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It’s interesting how everyone is learning about Tourettes after this but refusing to learn about racism and the impact it will forever hold.
Poland ends special status of Ukrainian refugees – President Karol Nawrocki has signed into law a government bill ending the special status granted in 2022 to Ukrainian refugees, who will now instead be treated on the same legal basis as other foreigners.
Greece champions migrant ‘return hubs’ in third countries – Greece is working with four other European countries to establish deportation centers in non-EU countries for people whose asylum applications have been rejected, the country’s migration minister has said.
‘One in, one out’: what has happened to asylum seekers forced to return to France? – In rare interviews, some of those sent back across the Channel after arriving in the UK on small boats describe what happened next – and the risks of a system organised to get rid of them.
Cyprus intensifies migration enforcement operations – Cyprus currently holds the rotating EU Presidency. Since mid-December, a series of raids and police checks have seen more than 160 people removed directly from detention centres and prisons and almost 480 voluntary departures.
More than 600 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2026, UN says – A least 606 people trying to reach Europe in search of refugee have been reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean since the beginning of 2026, marking the “deadliest start to a year” in more than a decade.
Capitals split over Frontex’s future role in countering hybrid threats – EU countries are divided on whether to let Frontex, the bloc’s border agency, take over defence-related tasks ahead of the Commission’s long-awaited review of its mandate in the second half of the year.
If Eritrean asylum seekers are being forcibly returned, this violates the principle of non-refoulement.
We ask the international community to intervene urgently.
Eritrean refugees in #Egypt are reporting fear, arrests, torture, rape, and imminent deportation. We call on UNHCR to intervene decisively & on Egyptian authorities to halt removals pending full protection review
Egypt is a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Nearly ten years after the start of a vast investigation, a Dutch court has convicted an Eritrean man for organizing the capture and torture of migrants en route to Europe, in order to extort money from their relatives.
Nearly ten years after the start of a vast investigation, a Dutch court has convicted an Eritrean man for organizing the capture and torture of migrants en route to Europe, in order to extort money from their relatives.
Frontex – Severe winter storms and rough seas along key migration routes contributed to a sharp 60% year-on-year drop in irregular border crossings into the European Union in January 2026, with approximately 5,500 detections, according to preliminary Frontex data.
As One Door Closes, Another Opens: Chinese Migrants Crossing the Balkans – Their chances of settling in the United States increasingly bleak, a growing number of Chinese nationals are travelling visa-free to Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina and crossing into the European Union.
Why rightwing inquiry into Europe’s NGOs was never about transparency – Rightwing MEPs are struggling to find any wrongdoing by Europe’s civil society – despite three lengthy public hearings in the European Parliament’s scrutiny working group on NGOs.
More than 70 rights organisations have called on the EU to reject a proposal aimed at increasing the deportation of undocumented people, warning that it risks turning everyday spaces, public services and community interactions into tools of ICE-style immigration enforcement.
The European Parliament approved on Tuesday [10 February] a legislative change that could see people who are seeking asylum in the European Union transferred to unrelated countries before their claims are processed.
Greece moves to arrest Nordic aid worker supporting migrants – Greek authorities have issued a European arrest warrant against Norwegian human rights activist Tommy Olsen, who leads an organisation supporting migrants.
Italy detains German ship after migrant rescue in Mediterranean – Italy has again detained a ship belonging to SOS Humanity, a German aid organisation rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, the group said on Saturday [14 February].
Italy’s cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday [11 February] authorising naval blockades to halt migrant boats during periods of “exceptional pressure” at the country’s borders, a government source said, further tightening measures against irregular arrivals.
JRS Malta criticises detention, labour exploitation and lack of integration pathways – Malta’s migration system is causing sustained harm to asylum applicants and refugees while failing to support meaningful integration, according to Jesuit Refugee Service Malta.
Switzerland to vote on proposal to cap population at 10 million by 2050 – Switzerland will hold a referendum this summer to decide on whether to cap the country’s population at 10 million, the government said.
Britain leads world when it comes to migration concerns, major poll finds – People in Britain are more likely than those in any other country to name immigration as their top concern, new polling has found, with media coverage and limited access to reliable data contributing to rising anxiety.
“European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has signaled that the agency’s staffing base could eventually expand to as many as 30,000”
The Trump administration secretly deported nine people to Cameroon, despite many of them having U.S. court protections against such action and none of them hailing from that African nation, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
Mirroring the dramatic expansion of ICE and CBP in the US, Europe's Frontex plans to increase its officers from 2000 to 3000, and combine it with officers on loan from EU states for a total of 10000 officers by 2027. Irregular crossings into Europe fell 25% in 2025, the lowest since 2021.
This!!
Please tag me when it's done, I would love to read it.
Yeah right, the EU policy doesn't count right?
A typical European way of ignoring suffering, if you ask me. Why there are no legal ways for Africans to get to Europe while Europeans can travel freely to any African country. Plus who caused the issues that people are fleeing from?
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Spanish gov decision makes so much sense.