The Refugee Olympic Team Team is here at #Paris2024! With 37 athletes from around the world, it represents the strength and resilience of 120 million displaced people. Let's cheer them on as they compete across 12 sports. #CheerForRefugees bit.ly/4dkRk0q

Over the last six weeks many people have contacting Aegean Boat Report for assistance, both new arrivals on Greek islands and people in distress at sea. We have tried our utmost to provide necessary support, so that people on land could be found and taken to a camp, and people in

It’s with a heavy heart that I’m now announcing that Aegean Boat Report is forced to drastically scale down on our operations, due to lack of funding. I have for months tried my utmost to find new financial partners, who see the necessity of our work, and are able and willing,

Many migrants suffer from severe trauma following their migration journeys. An NGO in Tenerife is trying to help migrants overcome their water trauma and find joy in their relationship with the sea again. infomigrants.net/en/post/58744/…

Ett tips är att underlätta laglig arbetskraftsinvandring i stället för att inskränka grundläggande rättigheter.

Mattea Weihe, Head of Mission of the Sea-Watch 5, provides an update on the current situation onboard. --- 📸 Enrico Baraldi

Six Italian coastguards and police officers are accused by prosecutors of involuntary manslaughter. 🟣Charges come 18 months after victims perished when their overcrowded boat sank. 🟣Frontex had flagged the vessel to the Italians late in the evening as weather worsened.

It’s with a heavy heart that I’m now announcing that Aegean Boat Report is forced to drastically scale down on our operations, due to lack of funding. I have for months tried my utmost to find new financial partners, who see the necessity of our work, and are able and willing,

Over 100 small children forced into life rafts and abandoned at sea by the Greek coast guard in July. In July Aegean Boat Report has registered 47 pushback cases in the Aegean Sea involving 1.314 people. Of the 5.126 people picked up by the Turkish coast guard in July, 25.6%

This week’s #ECREPressReview: 🇷🇸: Criticism over government closure of refugee shelters along Balkan Route 🇫🇷🇬🇧: Two die crossing Channel 🇸🇪: ‘Snitch law’ immigration plan prompts alarm across society 🇬🇧: Asylum seekers ‘traumatised’ after hotel riot 🔗bit.ly/3WHNAiz

Today on #WorldHumanitarianDay, we honour the humanitarians who lost their lives while serving others. We are calling for the safety, dignity and protection of those in crisis and the people who serve them. #ActForHumanity

📌2023 was the deadliest year for humanitarians. On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we join in solidarity the call for the protection of humanitarian workers & civilians. #ActForHumanity

Today, we celebrate all humanitarian workers who, around the world and around the clock, work to protect people in need. Our teams commit to ensure that all people in distress at sea are brought to a place of safety. #WorldHumanitarianDay

I often think the EU would be much stronger (and better) if the Member States didn’t have these panicky, self-harming, nationalist reflexes on migration. ➡️ ”Germany steps up controls at borders in response to irregular migration” theguardian.com/world/article/…

Vilka rättigheter har asylsökande med särskilda behov? Det kartlägger vi i en ny rapport som lanseras på Asylrättsforum den 18 september! Läs mer om rapporten och anmäl dig till Asylrättsforum på vår hemsida tinyurl.com/bdmms723

15-year-old Fatoumata*, fleeing forced marriage in Mali with her younger sister, was sold to traffickers in Libya after a brief stay in Tunisia. She was later rescued by MSF International teams aboard Geo Barents. 💔Her testimony is heartbreaking.

Hej Johan Forssell! Grattis till din nya roll som Sveriges migrationsminister. Här kommer några uppmaningar från oss på Asylrättscentrum till dig och regeringen. Vi ser fram emot ett gott samarbete framöver.

Asylrättscentrum Rädda Barnen Svenska Röda Korset Sthlms Stadsmission Sociala Missionen Svenska kyrkan Caritas_Sweden @IMsweden AmnestySverige FARR Sverige för UNHCR Hej och tack för hälsningen!

Vår grymma VD uttalar sig ( efter 1 tim. 51 min.) om hur långsam handläggning systematiskt inneburit att människor nekats rättigheter som de förtjänar enligt lagens bokstav. Det kan inte vara ett acceptabelt arbetssätt på en svensk myndighet. sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/2446277

Meet the people who the Libyan Coast Guard, with the support of the Italian authorities, says should not be rescued. 🎥