Arbitrary arrests and expulsions of migrants have risen to a historic high in Algeria, Amnesty International says. The human rights organization has called on Algerian authorities to comply with international conventions.
Amnesty International has attacked Italy's government over its ''repressive management of the migratory phenomenon'' and the ''erosion of the human rights of asylum seekers'." The NGO said the choices made by Premier Giuseppe Conte's government inflict ''further suffering'' on migrants.
Amnesty International visited the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, and in a letter to Greece's Prime minister defines it "a scar on the conscience of Europe."
Libyan authorities have forcibly removed more than 79 migrants who had refused to leave a container ship that had rescued them at sea and taken them to a port east of Tripoli. Human rights organizations have expressed serious concern about Libya's actions.
Amnesty International has accused the EU's "cruel" migration policies of leaving refugees ''trapped'' in Libya, at risk of abuse in detention centers and "with no way out."
Amnesty International has launched a legal challenge against the Hungarian government, filing an appeal with the constitutional court on an immigration law that the rights organization has called ''shameful''.
Activists are demanding EU member states stop sending asylum-seekers back to Afghanistan. Violence against civilians is on the rise in the country, yet some European governments appear eager to continue the deportations.
Amnesty International has warned that refugee camps on Greek islands are dangerously overcrowded, putting female refugees "at increased risk of harrowing abuses."
Amnesty International has spoken out against Moroccan authorities' treatment of thousands of sub-Saharan migrants and refugees, saying that its ''relentless crackdown'' is ''cruel and unlawful''.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have launched a fierce attack on the Hungarian government for presenting a strongly contested package of measures criminalizing the activities of NGOs working on behalf of migrants.
The Greek government launched a special newsletter aimed at keeping citizens properly informed on all issues related to its management of the ongoing refugee crisis in the country.
A medical clinic at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has been destroyed in rioting between residents.