Opinion piece - co-signed by ANAFÉ, GISTI, JRS France, LA CIMADE

On 12 May, the French Senate will examine a bill aimed at entrusting the French Office for Immigration and Integration (OFII) with the task of providing legal information in administrative detention centres (CRA), places of deprivation of liberty where people are detained because they do not have papers. The aim of this proposal is to remove associations from these centres by abolishing their role in helping people to exercise their rights. If adopted, this text would deal a fatal blow to (…)

Declaration from the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES)

The European Commission has issued a consolidated list of “safe third countries of origin,” which will be ratified by the Council and the European Parliament, making it binding on all EU countries.
The creation of the “safe countries of origin” list is part of the policies of externalizing European migration policies, limiting asylum, facilitating and accelerating deportation and expulsion procedures, and becoming a political bargaining chip to whitewash undemocratic regimes to reward them (…)

Nouakchott

The Association Mauritanienne des Droits de l’Homme (AMDH) expresses its deep indignation and condemns in the strongest possible terms the mass roundups and arbitrary arrests of migrants carried out by the Mauritanian authorities in recent days. These actions, carried out with brutality and disregard for fundamental rights, constitute a serious violation of human dignity and of the international and regional commitments made by our country.
We recall that Mauritania has signed several (…)

Series of articles on the Balkans by Morgane Dujmovic

The European Migration and Asylum Pact adopted this spring could lead to an increase in police tracking of people exiled in the Balkans. For some twenty years now, the EU and Frontex have been developing surveillance systems with lethal effects. By going up the rivers which separate several countries in the region, this portfolio goes back to the sources of this cycle of violence.
To see the different episodes, click on the corresponding tab ⤵️
Episode #1
In the spring of 2024, Morgane (…)

A cartographer’s perspective, by Nicolas Lambert

To see how the map evolves over time, scroll down this page or see here (note: due to the amount of data processed, the map may take a few tens of seconds to display or update).
This map by Nicolas Lambert shows how the seas bordering Europe have become cemeteries for tens of thousands of people fleeing war, dictatorship, or poverty. It presents 31 years of data, shifting "the perspective from isolated incidents to a geographic and systemic reading."
Since the early 2000s, nearly 68,000 (…)