No rescue operation has yet been launched by European authorities to help 35 people in distress // Six people died off Algerian coast // Construction of closed camps on the Aegean islands // Group stuck on Evros river islet in need of urgent support // Extreme border violence and humiliation reported at the Hungary-Serbia border // On how asylum seekers are at the heart of the far-right campaign for the Italian elections // The story of Adnan Miakhel // and much more…

659 people finally disembark Geo Barents, over 1500 lives and 21 vessels saved by SOS Mediterranee, MSF and Sea Watch in the past two weeks // Deportations from Algeria // Attempted crossings from Lebanon to Italy // A year of the humanitarian crisis in figures from MEDIENDIENST // Arbitrary arrests persist in Belgium // Further EU funding for migration management projects in Cyprus, Spain, Greece, Italy and Poland // Frontex’s ‘debriefings’ — interrogations? // & more

AYS News Digest 02/08/2022: Frontex drones continue to search but not to rescue Frontex drones allegedly used to support so-called Libyan Coast Guard refoulements at sea//Another fatality during an attempted crossing from Turkey to Greece//Murder of Nigerian national in Italy//Deportations from France, Germany and Bosnia//UK Home Office funding to France to prevent Channel crossings Money invested in EU Frontex by member states continues to provide little to no assurance of human rights in the so-called ‘Libyan Search and Rescue Zone’, and instead is used to allegedly ensure the refoulement of refugees to Libya and further abuses.

Despite evidence, forced pushbacks to carry on in the Aegean Sea // French court refuses to open reception centres for Ukrainians to all people in need // Minors at risk of human trafficking in Europe — FEATURE An extended investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) reveals how the EU’s border agency, Frontex, is directly involved in the illegal pushbacks of hundreds of refugees by Greek authorities.

50 remain trapped on Evros islet // In-flight Protest, Belgium // UK Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration report finally published // 1,100 rescued in the Med — FEATURE How voluntary is IOM’s ‘voluntary return’? Europe is denying the right to asylum and deporting people by ‘voluntary’ return. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) offers a voluntary return programme for people who have migrated and wish to return home but lack the the means to do so. …

Italian authorities breached rights of asylum-seeker to be presumed a minor until his age had been properly assessed // Ombudsman opens investigation into EU-Gambia repatriation agreement // French authorities leave people without water “by mistake” // reports, analysis and suggested reads from our team — FEATURE “What the trapped people are telling constitutes another brutal and criminal, if not outright murderous, attempt to illegally repatriate refugees from the Greek bank of the Evros to islands in the river, where they are abandoned by the Greek authorities to cross to Turkey on their own,” media…

The following article was written by volunteers from different collectives on Lesvos in close collaboration with multiple people on the move after they expressed a strong desire to share their experiences. For them, it is important that you, the reader, know what is going on inside Mavrovouni camp on Lesvos. And not only to know but to take action. — “Police also doesn’t respect refugees. A family wanted to bring dinner to their family in quarantine, from jail to jail — ‘Time is finished, yes or no, are you listening, yes or no, do you understand, yes or no’

Heatwave impacts Belgium // Greek online platform for registering asylum applications is now available // 19 people face jail in Italy // UK “Channel Crossings” report published FEATURE NETHERLANDS 300 asylum seekers sleep outside Ter Apel reception centre Between 250 and 300 asylum seekers slept outside the overcrowded refugee reception centre in Ter Apel on the evening of July 16 in…

Every day, people who have been granted international protection in Croatia are hindered from exercising their right to primary health care — a right guaranteed them by law. The obstacles are bureaucratic in nature. — Neglected in a system which is not what it claims to be Although they enjoy the same rights as persons insured through the compulsory health insurance system, people who have been granted international protection in Croatia are not insured by the Croatian Health Insurance Fund. Instead, they fall directly under the competence of the Ministry of Health.