Migreurop monitoring of the Vincennes detention centre fire appeal
On 22 June 2008, the detention centre of Vincennes (France) burnt after several months of tension, the day after the suspicious death of a detainee. Several days earlier, a report by the French Ombudsman for detention places emphasized "the tension and violent atmosphere" in detention centres, especially in Vincennes.
Following the fire, 10 people have been charged, then convicted in March 2010 after a one-sided trial: (...)
2011
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A NATO ship leaves dozens of migrants dying at sea in the Mediterranean
Italy is indignant that NATO didn’t force the migrants back to Libya
Thursday night, an Italian coast guard patrol rescued almost four hundred people aboard a boat that had left Libya six days before and was lost for more than 36 hours off the coast of Lampedusa. Arriving in Lampedusa, migrants declared tragic deaths had occured from hunger and fatigue during the voyage and dozens of bodies were thrown over board.
The migrants first attempted to board a Cypriot tug boat, then an Italian helicopter made an unsucessful rescue effort. According the numerous (...)JOINT INITIATIVE: MACEDONIA: Human rights concerns in relation with the recent measures taken by macedonian government aimed to restrict the alleged abuse of the visa-free regime
A joint letter to express NGOs concerns regarding the Macedonian’s restriction to the visa free regime.
Trial Observation Mission in Cyprus: Four International NGOs Urge Cypriot Authorities to Drop Charges against Human Rights Defender Doros Polykarpou
Joint NGOs press release
The Mediterranean : NATO finally comes to the aid of shipwrecked migrants, but the European Union refuses to admit them
Press release