UN investigators revealed once more that migrants and refugees detained in Libya face serious abuse, with women especially facing sexual violence. The report highlights how females are forced to submit to rape in exchange for food. It also mentions the discovery of "dozens" of mass graves with migrants' bodies.
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.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has convicted Hungary of inhuman and degrading treatment of an Iraqi refugee family. The family in question was detained in the transit zone between Serbia and Hungary for more than four months in 2017.
Save the Children has denounced that the fact that the total number of internally displaced children in 2021 has reached a record total 25.2 million. The organization said that conflict, violence and climate-related disasters were the main causes that led to an increase in displacement.
Thousands of Afghans are still having to wait for an appointment to apply for a German visa to join their families, who have already left the country. The security situation as well as human rights in Afghanistan have worsened since the August 2021 takeover by the Taliban.
At least four migrants were confirmed dead and three missing after their boat capsized off the Libyan coast. With warmer weather, scores of migrants continue to try to cross the Mediterranean, departing from the shores of the troubled North African nation.
As part of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has underscored the importance of attention to all people forced to flee due to "a specific kind of persecution and discrimination -- people on the run because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics."
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.
The British government has announced a new deal to export its asylum claims procedure to Rwanda, which will host the refugees indefinitely. However, offshoring responsibility towards refugees to the autocratic East African country raises a number of serious legal, economic and ethical questions.
A Jesuit center for refugees in Italy has noted that 67,040 migrants arrived in Italy in 2021 by sea, almost twice as many as the year before. Among them were nearly 10,000 unaccompanied minors.
Diplomatic tensions between Iran and Afghanistan have been on the rise following the circulation of videos alleged to show Afghan refugees being beaten and humiliated by Iranians over the weekend.
Tunisians – who make up more than 70% of migrants deported from Italy – often lack access to legal representation and face inhumane living conditions at pre-deportation centers, according to a recent paper published by three advocacy groups.