Editorial: Wait… are we the baddies? Something Rotten in the State of Denmark

30th April 2021 | News

Many useful internet sites help users answer questions about their moral positioning. Although often light-hearted, they serve a valuable function in enabling impartial assessment of the ethics of past and potential action, including the “Am I the a***hole?” series,...

Med: Investigations Reveal Frontex’ Complicity in Interceptions and Returns to Horrors in Libya

30th April 2021 | News

New investigations reveal the crucial role Frontex plays in the interception and return of people fleeing Libya by the so-called Libyan coastguard. 6,000 people who attempted to flee Libya have already been intercepted and returned since the beginning of the year....

Greece: Scandalous Sentence for Young Refugee, Request to Commission, Legal Action Before ECtHR and Ombudsman Report on Pushbacks

30th April 2021 | News

Civil society organisations are outraged by the sentencing of 52 years imprisonment for a young Syrian refugee for “illegal entry” and “facilitating illegal entry”. The growing scrutiny over Greek pushbacks to Turkey continues to intensify with...

Atlantic Route: Risky Attempts to Reach Spain Cost More Lives While Shortcomings in the Canary Islands Surface

30th April 2021 | News

More people have died during their attempts to reach Spanish soil, including the loss of lives along the Atlantic Route and in Ceuta. Following new inspections on the Canary Islands, the Spanish Ombudsman ordered the closure of a substandard quarantine site in...

European Commission Publishes EU Strategy on Voluntary Return and Reintegration

30th April 2021 | News

The European Commission has published a strategy on voluntary return and reintegration. The aim of the strategy is to promote voluntary return and reintegration and to develop a more coherent and coordinated approach among Member States. “Voluntary return is far...