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NORTH AFRICA/LIBYA: The Guardian: Most refugees in Libyan detention centres at risk – UN - According to an internal document by the UN refugee Agency (UNHCR and the international Organisation for Migration (IOM) )seen by the Guardian, 3,919 of the 5,378 people held in Libyan migrant detention centers were “persons of concern”, due to particular vulnerabilities. Beside military attack many of the people detained are susceptible to diseases due to the poor hygienic conditions. Aid organisations ask for immediate evacuations of those detained.
RETURN: UNHCR: Hurting in Yemen, Somali refugees head home in time for Eid - UNHCR and IOM have organised the return of 125 Somali refugees from Yemen. Around 250,000 Somalis have fled to the country since the nineties. With the conflict in Yemen on-going since 2017, the social support structure for refugees has depleted.
BORDER MANAGEMENT: The Guardian: ICC submission calls for prosecution of EU over migrant deaths - A legal submission to the international criminal court (ICC) says the EU and member states should be prosecuted for the deaths of thousands of people who drowned in the Mediterranean fleeing Libya. The submission calls for punitive action over the EU’s deterrence-based migration policy after 2014, which “intended to sacrificed the lives of migrants in distress at sea” to deter others from seeking protection in Europe and could amount to “crimes against humanity”.
SEARCH &RESCUE: Al Jazeera: Tunisia accused of refusing to allow migrant boat to dock – Tunisian authorities have prevented 75 migrants, who have been rescued by an Egyptian tug boat off the Tunisian coast, from disembarking in the port of Zarzis. The regional authorities were reportedly awaiting confirmation of government support given the recent increase in arrivals of people from Libya. According to the captain, the conditions on board are critical and water and food supplies are running low.
SEARCH &RESCUE: DW: "Sea-Watch 3" ist wieder frei [Sea-Watch 3 released] – Italian authorities have released the rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3, operated by the civil sea rescue organization Sea Watch. Italy had seized the vessel after it was used in a rescue operation saving 65 migrants in the Mediterranean. A spokesperson of Sea Watch said that all their actions had conformed to the law. Investigations against crew members for aiding illegal migration are upheld.
GERMANY: DW: BAMF lehnt viele Anträge auf Familiennachzug ab – The German Federal Office for Asylum and Migration (BAMF) rejected 75% of requests for family reunions under the Dublin III regulation, according to the government’s response to a parliamentary question. The government did not provide reasons for the high rate of rejections. The Dublin III regulation allows for asylum claims to be transferred from one EU member state to another if the applicant has relatives in another EU country.
ITALY: Devdicsourse: Genoa hosts 100 rescued migrants as EU nations discuss their future – After rescuing 100 people from a dinghy off the Libyan coast on Thursday, the Italian navy ship disembarked the group on Sunday in the port of Genoa, Italy. According to Italy’s interior minister, Matteo Salvini, the migrants will be transferred to five other European Union Member States and taken in by the Vatican.
UNITED KINGDOM: Standard: 74 migrants held as 'record number' of boats intercepted in English Channel - Seventy-four people including children have been detained after UK Border Force intercepted eight small boats in the English Channel. Other boats had been picked up by French authorities. Home Secretary Sajid Javid said, the UK Border Force had stepped up its activity out of the Joint Co-ordination and Information Centre in Calais.
US: LA Times: U.S. is using unreliable dental exams to hold teen migrants in adult detention – The LA Times reports that the use of dental exams to help determine the age of migrants increased sharply in the last year. Although a federal law prohibits the government from relying exclusively on forensic testing of bones and teeth to determine age, court records show that this has been the case on several occasions.
The Guardian: Where does the Coalition's re-election leave refugees on Manus and Nauru? – After the re-election of Australia’s Coalition government Asylum seekers and refugees say the mental health of those on Manus Island, in Port Moresby and Nauru has deteriorated dramatically. The Guardian reviews the situation in the detention centers and prospects for change in conditions.
The Connexion: 'Forgotten problem' of refugees in northern France – The charity organisation Help Refugees calls attention to the on-going humanitarian crisis in the North of France where many migrants live in precarious conditions while waiting for an opportunity to travel to the UK. They provide basic needs for between 1,000-1,500 people and largely rely on the work of volunteers.
Canada.ca: Government of Canada honours national historic significance of the Refugees of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution – The Canadian government commemorates the years of 1956 and 1957 when Canada received more than 37,500 refugees who fled Hungary after Soviet troops marched on Budapest to crush a revolution that sought political reform and independence from the Soviet Union.
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