On April 17, 2012
As part of the campaign "Open Access: Open the doors! We have the right to know ", Migreurop, European Alternatives and Reporters without Borders have asked authorizations to visit detention centres for migrants from March 26 to April 26, 2012. In order to make an inventory of access of civil society and media to detention centers, many journalists, associations and groups of citizens have addressed requests of authorizations for visits to the competent authorities in (…)

One year after events that led to the deaths of 63 migrants in a boat in the waters off the coast of Libya, 4 survivors, with the support of a coalition of NGOs, filed a complaint in France concerning the responsibility of the French military for failing to assist persons in danger.
In March 2011, the chaos in Libya forced thousands of migrants to flee the country to escape violence. Amongst them were 72 people of Ethiopian, Eritrean, Nigerian, Ghanaian and Sudanese origin who boarded a (…)

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, GISTI, FIDH and Migreurop co signed a letter to ask the Dutch Minister of Immigration to stop the deportation of Mr. K. Kebato from The Netherlands to Italy.

Arad camp, stories collected on the 26/03/2012

Detainees of Arad camp denounce police violence.

On Anniversary of Migrant Deaths, Public Disclosure Needed

(Brussels, March 26, 2012) – NATO and its member states should provide information to help clarify the chain of events that led to the death of 63 boat migrants in the Mediterranean a year ago, a coalition of human rights groups said in joint letters to NATO and member states released today.