Migrants

At least 40 refugees were killed in a fire that broke out Monday night in a crowded detention center in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez. The deadly blaze, which left 28 more hospitalized in serious condition, erupted during…

If it comes to choosing between legality and human rights, the Artea Network, dedicated to the reception of migrants and refugees, has no doubts. By El Salto diario In the early morning of December 27, 2016, two Basque activists were…

From Cutro to Riace, from Mexico to Greece, from makeshift camps to detention centers: the current history of migration is riddled with contradictions, inefficiencies and hypocrisy. According to Anna Polo, activist and journalist, the first step is to recover a…

“No country can claim to be free of racism. It is a worldwide preoccupation and the fight to end racism requires a universal effort”. The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action From Convergence of Cultures-Chile, which is a universalist humanist…

On Sunday, March 19, 2023, Seoul city witnessed a march organized by local human rights advocacy organizations to commemorate the 2023 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The event was attended by various groups, including migrants and refugee…

This week nearly 400 human rights groups urged the Biden administration not to revive the controversial practice of migrant family detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Biden ended family detention when he took office two years ago but is now…

Late yesterday [March 6, 2023] evening, EMERGENCY’s Life Support ship received a report of a boat in distress in international waters off Libya. The ship’s captain immediately informed all relevant authorities and activated the rescue team. “We received a report…

Today’s preliminary hearing in the trial against the Iuventa crew and another 17 defendants for “aiding and abetting unauthorized immigration” was the sixth of its kind. Following the long and controversial discussion at the last hearing on the question of…

The warehousing of asylum-seekers behind barbed wire encapsulates where ‘protecting borders’ leads. As representatives of the European Union’s 27 member states came together on February 9th and 10th in Brussels, for a summit focused on war, the economy and migration, a number…

The Iuventa crew filed a criminal complaint to the Trapani Prosecutor’s Office on 13.02.2023, requesting an investigation into the abandonment and destruction of the rescue ship iuventa. As a vital part of the civil fleet, the Iuventa was in constant operation until…