Refugees from Afghanistan are being violently pushed back when they try to enter Turkey, Human Rights Watch says. According to disturbing new testimonies, Turkish authorities are also deporting migrants to Afghanistan in growing numbers.
Latvia’s government has rejected accusations by the human rights organization Amnesty International that authorities mistreated migrants, including children, at its border with Belarus.
The campaign group working to free three young Africans known as the ‘El Hiblu 3’ has delivered an open letter to Malta’s Attorney General. The migrants from Guinea and Ivory Coast were arrested and accused in Malta of having committed multiple crimes -- including acts of terrorism and hijacking a ship.
In a letter to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, prominent aid organizations have slammed Berlin's Afghan refugee admission program as "extremely questionable in terms of organization and content." The aid groups warned that Germany's selection process is "in danger of failing" and have threatened to withdraw from talks.
The death of a Syrian refugee at a detention facility in Lebanon has caused outrage after photos and video allegedly showing his dead body riddled with wounds surfaced. Now, Amnesty International is demanding a civilian trial against his alleged torturers.
Iran and Turkey are repeatedly carrying out illegal pushbacks of Afghan refugees or forcibly returning them to life-threatening risks under the Taliban regime, Amnesty International has said. Migrants who managed to enter Turkey or Iran have been subject to arbitrary detainment and torture before being returned, the rights group found.
Amnesty International denounced the fact that "since president Kaïs Saïed power grab on 25 July, 2021" the condition of human rights in Tunisia "has significantly regressed". The NGO asks for the repeal of all measures that do not respect and uphold human rights standards.
Tripoli's SSA security force are reportedly torturing, beating and humiliating migrants in detention facilities after intercepting their boats in the Mediterranean. The SSA indirectly draws money from funds provided by the EU as part of the bloc's efforts to stem the flow of migrants to European shores, the report added.
Amnesty International has recorded accounts from asylum seekers "pushed" into Lithuania after being lured to Belarus under false pretenses. Some of the migrants were tortured and abused, the report said.
Spanish and Moroccan activists called for a probe into the clash that left at least 23 people dead at Spain's North African exclave of Melilla. The unrest began when some 2,000 migrants tried to rush the border fence.
Amnesty International has asked football's governing body FIFA to pay compensation of at least 440 million dollars to the thousands of migrant workers "who suffered human rights abuses" in Qatar during preparations for the 2022 World Cup. Amnesty has denounced the dire working conditions of migrant workers ahead of the tournament.
Libyan militias have rejected claims that they are responsible for human rights abuses against migrants. They have threatened to sue Amnesty International over the accusations of unlawful killings, interceptions and arbitrary detention.