Statement from more than 40 organisations across Europe

On International Migrants Day, Migreurop, along with more than 40 organisations from across Europe, signed a statement calling on Member States and European institutions to adopt a fair, dignified and anti-racist approach to migration governance in Europe.
Today, on International Migrants Day, we honour the countless people who move – across borders, cities, and continents – in search of safety, opportunity, family, and freedom. Migration is not an exception, problem,or emergency, nor (…)

Mauritania El Diario, “La UE abre en Mauritania, con la colaboración de España, dos cárceles para migrantes inspiradas en los campamentos policiales de Canarias”, 6 November 2025.
On 17 October 2025, two new “temporary reception centres for foreigners” were inaugurated in Mauritania, in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou. These facilities were funded and built by the European Union with the support of the Foundation for the Internationalisation of Public Administrations (FIAP), following the model (…)

Today marks one year since Moussa Tchangari, Secretary General of the association Alternative Espaces Citoyens Niger (AEC) – a member of the Migreurop network – was arrested at his home upon returning from an international trip. He has now been arbitrarily detained by the Nigerien authorities for 365 days.
Moussa Tchangari is a well-known figure of Nigerien civil society who has been working since the 1990s for social justice and democracy in Niger. He is being detained and prosecuted on (…)

On December 3, 2025, it will be 12 months or 365 days since Moussa Tchangari, human rights defender and Secretary General (SG) of the association Alternative Espaces Citoyens (AEC), was arbitrarily detained by the Nigerien authorities. AEC Niger is organizing a media campaign and a morning of protest and solidarity in support of the detainee. Migreurop joins AEC Niger in calling for the immediate release of Moussa Tchangari and all detained human rights defenders.
On December 3, 2024, (…)

Preliminary statement by the jury of the 56th session - Palermo (October 2025)

From October 23 to 25, 2025, at the Sabir Festival in Palermo, the 56th edition of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal was held, focusing on violations of the rights of migrants in the Maghreb. During three days, experts, survivors of migration routes, and human rights defenders came to testify before the court.
The evidence presented before the tribunal was the result of several years of documentation by researchers and human rights defenders, including the Tunisian Forum for Economic and (…)