Shipwreck off the Syrian Coast // Sea-Watch 3 detained in Italy against an ECJ ruling // Open Arms disembarks finally // ECJ ruled that suspensions because of the pandemic do not extend the 6-months Dublin regulations rule // long reads & and investigations — FEATURE A boat sailing from Lebanon to Italy sunk off the coast of Tartus, Syria on Thursday 22nd September. At least 94 people are confirmed to have lost their lives

Detention centres in Turkey under scrutiny // More women and children are in need in Serbia // Pushbacks from Lithuania causes mental and physical harm // Court case continues: associations against the City of Calais // A safe port assigned, but it’s almost two days away — FEATURE EU proposes suspending the right to asylum due to ‘instrumentalisation’. The European Council is discussing a mechanism whereby individual countries can suspend the right to asylum in order to mitigate the risks of ‘instrumentalisation’.

Pressure on the EU and the Greek government to create a just and sustainable asylum system / 35 people pushed back in Greece / Skin infections, low levels of hygiene, lack of sanitary products in Serbian camps / Boat in distress carrying 30 people, at risk of being pushed back…

Murder in the Aegean // Sea-Watch 3 finally granted POS // Residency permit advice in Greece from Mobile Info Team // EU commission to fund Egypt’s Coast Guard €80 million // A report on the Melilla massacre // Border fence under construction in Latvia & Frontex stonewalls FOI requests… FEATURE 11 people have lost their lives in the Aegean, victims of a pushback by the Greek authorities ‘After…

Moroccan police opened fire on 35 people leading Canarias// Six people died after being pushed back by Greek authorities// Ivorian man expelled to Morocco from Spain despite court order// Save the Children reports abuses of children in transit along Balkan Route//Evictions in northern Serbia// and more FEATURE Sub-Saharan woman killed after Moroccan authorities opened fire on a group of 35 people on their way to the Canary Islands

Legal risks associated to the ETIAS regulation//Press Release by the Association des Mères de Migrants Disparus//PRO ASYL and 60 NGOs sign a letter warning against an EU regulation that would undermine European Asylum Law// A 16-year-old boy, without a legal guardian, was pushed back from Poland into Belarus//A train collision…

Deportations from Tajikistan // Frontex ‘training’ merchant vessels? // Public outcry at torture in Lebanese custody // Paper pushbacks in Croatia // Greece’s selective use of border technology in the Evros region for offensive purposes // More shootings at Loon-Plage // Concerns over Frontex and data security & much more — FEATURE Under a proposed EU asylum reform, a new mechanism will allow Member States to derogate their responsibilities under EU asylum law in situations where migration has been ‘instrumentalised.’ The undersigned NGOs oppose the reform for 5 central reasons:

France: Back to school, but not for everyone // UK Protest against Rwanda flight // Children have died at sea due to inaction by Malta // Frontex in Africa — FEATURE Germany Deportation Flight to Pakistan Pakistan is currently experiencing ‘a climate disaster of epic proportions’, yet a charter flight still flew from Munich to Islamabad on 7th September. More than 1,000 people are reported to have died and 33 million remain homeless since flooding began in late July with the monsoon rains. UNHCR state that…

Hungarian authorities shaved the heads of people on the move in the shape of a cross// People in distress in various parts of the Mediterranean left unrescued or illegally pushed-back//The body of a mother hugging her son recovered near Lebanese coast// Rise in hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey//The…