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Reality check on the “model” camp of Samos : “All I want is to be free and leave”

[18.12.2021, 00:01 CET] For Immediate Release On Saturday 18th of December, International Migrants Day, Europe Must Act will release a...

"All I want is to be free and leave". Life in the Closed Controlled Access Centre in Samos

On International Migrants Day, Europe Must Act and the Samos Advocacy Collective release a report on life in the Closed Controlled Access...

Why EMA started, and must continue

Europe Must Act exists to mobilise the voices and power of people who believe in human rights and the need to defend them. Since we...

Green lights in solidarity with people trapped at the EU-Belarus border

[10.12.2021, 00:01 CET] For Immediate Release People on the move are stopped at the European border, mistreated, hunted down, sent back...

Commission proposals will weaken EU asylum law on EU-Belarus border

Last week the European Commission published a proposal that essentially gives EU member states bordering Belarus permission to ignore their

Inquiry about Detention in the Closed Controlled Access Centre in Samos

30th November 2021 As of November 16th, 2021, asylum seekers residing in the Closed Controlled Access Centre in Samos have been subjected...

EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson asked to “speak up for human rights” after 2 years in office

[01.12.2021, 07:00 CET] For Immediate Release Wednesday, December 1st marks the 2nd anniversary of Commissioner Ylva Johansson office as...

Dear Commissioner Johansson, do you remember your commitment to "speak up for human rights"?

1 December 2021 Dear Commissioner Johansson, Today marks two years since you assumed office as the EU’s Commissioner for Home Affairs....

The EU towards detention as standard reception practice. The case of Greece

By Cecilia Sanfelici Two months ago, a new camp for asylum seekers was opened on the Greek island of Samos in a provocative and...

NGOs raise alarm at growing hunger amongst refugees and asylum seekers in Greece

[25.11.2021, 07:00 CET] For Immediate Release A halt to cash assistance for asylum seekers, and the denial of food support to recognised...

Pushback tactics: a European-wide violation of fundamental rights

By Helen Barber Multiple people are feared to have died in a tragedy near Essex after trying to cross UK waters from France in a dinghy...

In the fight between Poland and Belarus, refugees are the ones losing

By Hannah Lettl An estimate of 3,000 refugees is currently trapped within the Polish-Belarusian border. The Belarusian leader Aleksandr...