Irregular migrant crossings into Europe fall 30% in first quarter of 2025
Human rights groups say drop is partly due to EU policies that turn blind eye to rights abuses in countries such as Libya and Tunisia...
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Germany investigates after national with green card arrested at US border
Berlin checking if US immigration policy has changed after Fabian Schmidt becomes third German to be detained Berlin is investigating whether US immigration policy has...
China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows
Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globe A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression...
Bereaved parents launch court challenge over UK benefit ‘discrimination’
Widowed parent’s allowance claims for those not married or in civil partnership can only be backdated from 30 August 2018 Two bereaved parents have filed...
Bulgarian police ‘blocked rescue’ of teenage migrants who froze to death
Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activists’ efforts to save them Bulgarian authorities have been accused of ignoring...
More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds
Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty More than 2,200 people either...
EU fears for its human rights credibility as Tunisia crushes dissent, leak shows
Document detailing ‘deterioration’ under Kais Saied will fuel concerns about bloc’s migration deal with his country The EU fears its credibility is at stake as...
EU states ‘not properly investigating’ reports of rights violations at borders
Fundamental rights body warns of flawed approach to credible accounts of ill-treatment and loss of life Authorities in EU member states are not doing enough...
EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’
Egypt forcibly returned 800 Sudanese detainees in first three months of this year, Amnesty International reports The Egyptian authorities have used EU-funded security forces in...
Ghent students occupy university building in climate and Gaza protest
More than 200 expected to join protest calling for climate action and to cut ties with Israeli institutions More than 100 students have occupied Ghent...
