FIDH - Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’Homme LDH - Ligue des droits de l’Homme in Belgium AEDH - Association européenne pour la défense des droits de l’Homme Gisti - Groupe d’information et de soutien des immigré.e.s Migreurop
Today, three survivors of a tragedy that caused the deaths of 63 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, filed a complaint at the Brussels Tribunal of First Instance against the Belgian army for failing to provide assistance to persons in distress. (…)

On 5 December, representatives of the European Union (EU), its member states and Tunisia are set to sign a ‘Mobility Partnership’. It will be the sixth agreement of its kind to be signed by the EU, with similar agreements already signed with other countries, including Morocco.

LAUNCH – LONDON - DECEMBER 2

Since the mid-1980s, European countries have been strengthening controls on migration at their borders, as well as in transit countries. As a result, migrants’ routes have become increasingly dangerous.
In 2013, it is impossible to ignore the dramas taking place at the EU’s borders. Every year, hundreds of exiles die, by drowning, exhaustion, on overloaded boats and along millitarized land borders.
In a context of major economic crisis, the situation does not seem set to improve. For (…)

The tragic limits of European migration policies

FIDH, EMHRN, Migreurop press release