Pushbacks

Humanitarian Governance

May 20, 2020

Alarm over increase of reported push-backs at sea and risks for the lives of those seeking protection

Ανθρωπιστική Διακυβέρνηση

March 26, 2020

A call by concerned researchers for immediate action and radical revision of current EU policies on mobility and migration governance

We, the undersigned researchers, working on projects funded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020, ERC, MSC, etc.) to improve migration governance, border crossing, and the treatment of refugees in the European Union, want to express our paramount concern regarding the violent course of action that is taken by the EU and individual member states in these testing times.

Refugees & Migrants

March 23, 2020

UN expert raises alarm over migrant, asylum seeker ‘pushbacks’ at Turkey-Greece border

Humanitarian Governance

January 28, 2020

UNHCR warns asylum under attack at Europe’s borders, urges end to pushbacks and violence against refugees

Alarmed at the increasing frequency of expulsions and pushbacks of refugees and asylum-seekers at Europe’s land and sea borders, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for states to investigate and halt these practices.