The regulation on Frontex operations at sea sets new rules for intercepting and pushing back migrants at sea as well as for rescuing them. It replaces the current Council decision of 2010, which was struck down by the European Court of Justice because the European Parliament was unlawfully excluded from…

Ska recently visited Ceuta, one of the two Spanish cities on the border to Morocco where migrants and refugees try to enter Europe. She was accompanied by Ernest Urtasun and Florent Marcellesi, two people who are pretty much involved with the Spanish Greens. The Green delegation was welcomed by Caballas…

Having been at Melilla several times, I have again been speechless facing this enormious fence and it’s consequences for security- and perspective-seeking refugees. I was there with Juantxo. Take a look at the video or this article’s .pdf [in ES]  

Last week the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in the European Parliament for the first time discussed the European Commission’s proposal for the establishment of a fingerprint databasefor foreigners (“Smart Borders”). The proposal stipulates that in the future all ten fingerprints of foreigners who enter and exit…

The European Commission proposes new technologies for the surveillance and control of travellers at the EU external borders. With the so called “smart borders” package all foreigners will be registered with fingerprints when entering or leaving the EU. It is envisaged that in the future the police could also get…

Like every year on world refugee day, the UN refugee agency UNHCR is reporting new figures. With 45,2 Mio people on the run worldwide, the globe sees the highest population of refugees since the genocide in Rwanda and the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1994. Of those people, only very few…