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UNITED NATIONS: UNHCR: Second life-saving evacuation of vulnerable refugees from Libya lands in Rwanda – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reports that on October 10, the second evacuation flight to Rwanda from Libya carrying a group of 123 refugees arrived at Kigali International Airport. According to UNHCR, they have been given asylum-seeker status while their cases are assessed and further solutions are pursued, including resettlement, voluntary return to countries of previous asylum, voluntary return to countries of origin where safe to do so and integration with local Rwandan communities.
EU COMMISSION: Statewatch: Hungary: Commission takes next step in the infringement procedure for nonprovision of food in transit zones – The European Commission decided to address a reasoned opinion to Hungary concerning the non-provision of food to persons held in the Hungarian transit zones at the border with Serbia. This concerns persons whose applications for international protection have been rejected, and who are waiting to be returned to a third country. The Commission finds that compelling returnees to stay in the Hungarian transit zones amounts to de facto detention under the EU's Return Directive and the failure to provide food in these circumstances does not respect respective obligations.
SEARCH & RESCUE: SOS MED: Ocean Viking rescues 176 people. Where will they be disembarked? – The rescue vessel Ocean Viking rescued 176 people during two separate operations in the Central Mediterranean on the night of 12 October and on 13 October. According to SOS MEDITERANEE, that runs the vessel jointly with Doctors without Borders (MSF), they were also notified by the so-called Libyan coastguard of a boat in distress, which they did not find after 9h of searching. The crew requested a port of safety to disembark those rescued but so far they have only been indicated a port in Libya, which they do not consider to be safe.
SEARCH & RESCUE: Daily Sabah: 2 children dead, 33 rescued after migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Ayvalık – A 2-month-old baby and a child died on Monday after a boat carrying 35 people sunk off the coast of Ayvalık district in Turkey's Balıkesir province. The group was trying to reach Greece from Turkey. The NGO Alarm Phone, who runs a distress hotline for migrants in the Mediterranean, informed the Turkish coast guard of the emergency. They went on to rescue 33 people.
SEARCH & RESCUE: Evangelisch.de: Sea-Watch finanziert neuen Rettungseinsatz der "Alan Kurdi" – The Alan Kurdi, the rescue vessel of the NGO Sea Eye, is ready to embark on another Search & Rescue (SAR) mission in the Mediterranean thanks to a donation of Sea Watch, another civil society rescue organisation. As the Sea-Watch-3 is still blocked in the port of Licata in Sicily the NGO donated 60, 000 euros to enable Sea Eye, which was running low on funds, to start its mission.
GREECE: Euractiv: Greece calls for more NATO ships to patrol Aegean Sea following Turkey’s Syria offensive – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on NATO to increase naval patrols in the Aegean Sea. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan earlier threatened that Ankara would allow millions of refugees to head to Europe if the EU criticised Turkey’s ongoing military offensive in Syria. Greece asks for the NATO mission to be expanded to the south Aegean to fully cover the country’s maritime borders and wants to raise the issue at a NATO summit in December.
ITALY: Borderline Sicilia: Hotspot di Messina: criticità nella redistribuzione dei migranti. La denuncia di ASGI, Borderline Sicilia e ActionAid – The NGOs ASGI, Borderline Sicilia and ActionAid carried out a monitoring visit to the hotspot in Messina. In an open letter to the authorities they describe an extremely critical situation regarding access to medical and psychological care, legal protection, and material reception conditions for migrants present at the hotspot.
SWEDEN: sverige radio: Migrationsverket: Ny bedömning om nordöstra Syrien trolig – The Swedish Migration Agency announced that they will likely need to re-evaluate the safety situation in Syria once again. The announcement comes one week after a Swedish representative declared that they would start looking into the possibility of deporting Syrians as the first EU country.
ECDPM: Crafting the African response to European external migration policies – Researcher Amanda Bisong reflects on the situation of African countries in the face of the EU’s strategy to externalize migration control to the African continent. She calls on African countries to align their migration policies towards achieving long-term solutions and together with European partners balance the benefits of migration while promote safe and regular pathways within Africa.
Financial Times: The world has the capacity but lacks the political will to manage migration – As many people fleeing hardship or climate change do not qualify for the asylum they seek, this article proposes to rethink the conceptual division between economic migrant and refugee to find innovative solutions. Examples from asylum seekers passing through Mexico provide a starting point.
UNHCR: New approach to refugee support is a ‘game changer’ – says UNHCR’s Gillian Triggs – In her first address as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection before UNHCR’s Executive Committee meeting, Gillian Triggs appealed on states to implement the Global Compact on Refugees. At a time when some countries enact more restrictive policies on asylum, Triggs stressed that States must adhere to their international obligations to allow people fleeing conflict and persecution to seek asylum on their territory. The Compact seeks more predictable and equitable responsibility-sharing, recognizing that a sustainable solution to refugee situations cannot be achieved without international cooperation.
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