Fast zwei Drittel der gut 65 000 Menschen, die im letzten Jahr, überwiegend von Marokko aus, in Spanien gelandet sind, haben keine Antrag auf Asyl gestellt – sie sind untergetaucht. Gut die Hälfte dieser Personen stammte aus Marokko (13.076), Guinea (13.053) und Mali (10.340). Doch um Asyl in Spanien bat nur jeder zehnte Migrant aus Marokko und nur jeder zwanzigste aus Guinea oder Mali.
„From Migrants to Pirates: How Identities Change During Mediterranean Passage“
When children, women, and men escape the torture camps in Libya via the Mediterranean Sea, something odd seems to happen, more frequently now than before. The names ascribed to them change, as if the passage through the sea and their growing proximity to Europe altered their identity.
Once described as individuals or just people, as migrants or refugees, as victims or survivors of torture, sexual violence, and even slavery, they become something else: criminals, hijackers, and pirates.
Kompass – AntiRa – Newsletter Nr. 77, April 2019
„49 Gerettete in Lampedusa, 108 in Malta: zwei mutmachende aktuelle Beispiele der Solidarität und Selbstorganisation aus dem zentralen Mittelmeer, das ansonsten zur Hauptbühne der tödlichen EU-Ausgrenzungspolitik geworden ist. “ [Kompass Newsletter April 2109]
„Refugees die along the Balkan Route“
Although we have been facing alerting border violence against refugees for the past two and half years, this past week two documentary movies, the ARD’s titled “Deaths along the Balkan Route” and the Al-Jazeera’s “Revision – At the Line of Separation” and Deutsche Welle’s article „Refugees Die Along the Balkan Route” brought stronger attention to the unlawful practice of pushbacks and tragic ramifications of the lack of safe and legal pathways such as – deaths.
À Calais, « les expulsions se poursuivent, grilles et barbelés continuent de balafrer la ville »
Bastamag vom 29.3.19 bringt einen Report über die Räumungen von Camps in Calais – 238 allein in den letzten drei Monaten.
„At the centre of a brewing militant storm“
„From October to December 2018, freelance journalist Giacomo Zandonini and photographer Francesco Bellina travelled to some of the most neglected conflict areas to speak to members of displaced communities and aid workers, and to chronicle humanitarian needs – needs that in the first three months of this year are soaring.“
Kenya is again planning to close Dadaab
Kenya is again planning to close Dadaab, a refugee camp that houses a quarter of a million people, mostly from Somalia. The Kenyan government wants to close the camp by the end of August, according to internal U.N. documents reviewed by AFP.
„Algerians Seek a Revolution“
NYT |24.03.2019 The demonstrations, the largest in over 30 years, have grown larger every week and seem unstoppable. Algeria, the largest country in Africa and a rare pillar of stability in the Arab world, now faces an uncertain future. The
Massaker in Mali, 135 Tote
„Mali gerät außer Kontrolle“, schreibt Dominik Johnson in der TAZ. „Das Risiko, dass diese Konfliktkonstellation die gesamte westafrikanische Sahelzone in ein Kriegsgebiet verwandelt, bereitet international große Sorge, und es gibt dagegen noch kein politisches Rezept.“
Alarming rates of malnutrition and inhumane conditions in Tripoli detention centre
„What we see today in this single detention centre is symptomatic of an uncontrolled, unjustified, and reckless system that puts the lives of refugees and migrants at risk,” says Karline Kleijer, MSF’s head of emergencies. “We’re talking about the basic necessities required to sustain human life. If food, shelter and essential services can’t be provided in a consistent and appropriate manner, then these people should be released immediately by the Libyan authorities.”