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Europe: a Year on from Merkel’s ‘Wir schaffen das’ (We can do it!) on Refugees
Marking the anniversary of Chancellor Merkel’s statements offering sanctuary to Syrian refugees in 2015, the Chancellor has now made critical statements highlighting faults made in the European response to the refugee crisis. Ms. Merkel commented on Europe being ill-prepared for a refugee crisis that had been building for several years, and the severely lacking coordination and […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/08/europe-a-year-on-from-merkels-wir-schaffen-das-we-can-do-it-on-refugees/
180,000 Refugees Displaced from Yemen since March 2015
The UN reported the US-backed coalition in Yemen has created more than more than 180,000 refugees since March 2015. Yemeni refugees have fled to neighbouring Middle Eastern and North African countries, with 51,000 refugees living in camps in Oman, 39,880 in Saudi Arabia and 36,162 in Djibouti.
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/refugee-report-articles/2016/08/180000-refugees-displaced-from-yemen-since-march-2015/
Problems persist in the Balkans
In spite of tightened border restrictions and an increasingly difficult journey, refugee arrivals to the Hungarian border have continued, and issues with smugglers persist in Macedonia. There were also reports of violent attacks and sexual assaults on refugees in Macedonia. A volunteer with MSF stated “closure of the borders will not discourage people from migration. It will just put them in a more vulnerable position and make them more exposed to smugglers,”
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/refugee-report-articles/2016/08/problems-persist-in-the-balkans/
Greece: Arrivals Decreased; but the Refugee Crisis Continues
With refugee arrivals to Greece now diminished, the images of dead and injured refugees on Greek shores feel only like distant memories; the humanitarian crisis now in the hands of Italy and Turkey. However, the refugee crisis in Greece is far from over; in March 2016, up to 44,000 refugees were hosted in Greece, whereas as of 21st August there are 58,380 refugees in the country.
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/08/greece-arrivals-decreased-but-the-refugee-crisis-continues/
EU extends EUNAVFOR Med until 27th July 2017
Coinciding with the World Refugee Day, the European Union extended on the 20th June the mandate of EUNAVFOR Med (Operation Sophia) until 27 July 2017. The area of operations of this EU military missions is within the Central Mediterranean, predominantly off the Libyan and Italian coasts. Currently the mission has four surface vessels and six […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/06/eu-extends-eunavfor-med-until-27th-july-2017/
Last Week of May was the Deadliest so far for Refugees
According to preliminary data by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), from May 25 to May 31, approximately 1,083 refugees were reportedly dead or missing in nine separate incidents while en route to Europe. The majority of these deaths have occurred in the so called “Central Mediterranean route”. Many refugees embark on unsuitable vessels from Libya or […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/refugee-report-articles/2016/06/last-week-of-may-was-the-deadliest-so-far-for-refugees/
Refugee Report Paper | May 2016 | ‘The Italian Theatre’
Volume I, Issue II
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/05/refugee-report-paper-may-2016-the-italian-theatre/
Justice & Home Affairs Council to discuss Visa policy amidst EU-Turkey Agreement
The Council of the European Union will meet on Friday 20th of May to discuss once again issues related to the ongoing migratory crises. No provisional agenda has been provided so far but it is expected that discussions will gravitate around the following two main issues: the EU-Turkey agreement and it’s current state of play […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/05/justice-home-affairs-council-to-discuss-visa-policy-amidst-eu-turkey-agreement/
Greek Deportations to Turkey resumed
On 27th April, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported the deportation of refugees from Greece to Turkey has been resumed. Greek authorities had previously announced the suspension of deportations to Turkey, on 9th April, for a predicted two weeks in order to improve the deportation process. Deportations from Greece began as the EU-Turkey Agreement came into effect on 20th March […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/refugee-report-articles/2016/05/greek-deportations-resume/
EU provides €83 million to Greece in emergency funding
Through the new Emergency Assistance Instrument, the European Commission (EC) yesterday announced a further €83 million is to be provided Greece as emergency funds, with immediate effect. The €83 million funding brings the total emergency funding received by Greece to €264 million since 2015. The EC press release went on to outline the humanitarian organisations which will receive […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/refugee-report-articles/2016/04/eu-provides-e83-million-to-greece-in-emergency-funding/
