…unabhängig ihres Aufenthaltsstatus einsetzen, werden von staatlichen Behörden systematisch diffamiert, schikaniert und strafrechtlich verfolgt. Unsere Publikation „Push back Solidarity – Wie die Europäische Union Solidarität mit Schutzsuchenden kriminalisiert“ gibt einen…
Mare Liberum: Pushing back refugees, pushing away the witnesses
…from inhumane camps. Now, we also feel impelled to call for solidarity concerning our protection – the protection of our crew from preposterous yet dangerous criminilazation. Mare Liberum, 06.10.2020 [https://mare-liberum.org/de/pushing-back-refugees-pushing-away-the-witnesses/]…
Flugzeug nach Lesbos: „Let’s bring them here“
…clear: we intend to bring people back with us, but we do need permission to do so. Otherwise, the plane will go back empty handed. False hope is not created…
The Real Crimes are Push-backs and Human Rights Violations by the Greek Government
…about push-backs: UNHCR: https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2020/6/5ee33a6f4/unhcr-calls-greece-investigate-pushbacks-sea-land-borders-turkey.html Greek Council of Refugees: https://www.gcr.gr/en/news/press-releases-announcements/item/1028-the-new-normality-continuous-push-backs-of-third-country-nationals-on-the-evros-river Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur01/2077/2020/en/ Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/21/greece-still-denying-migrant-pushbacks New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/world/europe/greece-migrants-abandoning-sea.html The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/27/catastrophe-for-human-rights-as-greece-steps-up-refugee-pushbacks CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/17/europe/greece-migrants-turkey-intl/index.html (4) Alarm Phone on push-backs…
Balkans: New Report Details Illegal Pushbacks and Border Violence
…collected from pushback incidents over 50km apart suggests that such practises represent a structural approach by Romanian authorities. Further, violent pushbacks from Bosnia to Serbia, across the Drina River, were…
Libyen: Tausende Boat-people nach Push-Back verschwunden – amnesty international
…conditioning it upon strict human rights guarantees. Brought back to Libya to face abuse Refugees and migrants intercepted at sea by the LCG are brought back to Libya, where they…
„How rescuing drowning migrants became a crime“
…searching for boats in distress – a direct challenge, as many of them saw it, to European governments that had scaled back state-run rescue efforts. Yet the Iuventa had been…
„Libya: Head of eastern government resigns over public protests“
…al-Mismari said the strongman and his forces support “peaceful protesters”. “We back this street movement… but we will not allow terrorists and the (Muslim) Brotherhood to take advantage of the…
Malta: Amnesty-Report
…Amnesty said Malta has arranged „unlawful pushbacks to Libya“, diverted migrants boats to Italy and illegally detained „hundreds of people on ill-equipped“ offshore quarantine ferries. The rights group also criticised…
AP: Four shipwrecks in one week off Libya
…once more, that the so-called Libyan Coastguard is often ready to capture migrant boats before they reach European Search and Rescue (SAR) zones, or to even conduct illegal pushbacks from…