Refugees in Italy – both asylum seekers, as well as those who already have obtained a protection status – live largely in absolute misery and homelessness.

Around 12.000 Roma and members of other minority groups are threatened to be deported to Kosovo. Around 5.000 of them are children and minors. A majority of them was born and raised in Germany. They face social exclusion and massive discrimination upon their arrival in Kosovo. As shown by a recently published UNICEF REPORT, 75% of the children who were deported dropped out of school. Even when they do get the opportunity to visit a school, deported children remain isolated. Since many of them s

On Wednesday, Greek police reported that 16 refugees drowned when trying to cross the river Evros that marks the border between Turkey and Greece. Bodies of six men and three women were found tuesday on the Greek side, while another five bodies were recovered on the Turkish shore. The corpses had been spottet on friday already by two women. The drowned refugees had tried to swim to the Greek shore of the river which had grown in width significantly due to heavy rain. The number of refugees tryi

The outcome of the so-called "Dubliners project" was presented to the public this week in Rome. Instigated by the Italian Refugees Council (CIR) and in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Internal Affairs and six partner organisations, amongst them PRO ASYL, 75 refugees affected by the Dublin II regulations were interviewed in order to highlight and illustrate the problems originating from the Dublin system. "Refugees aren't parcel post", said an Afghan describing his odyssey through Eur

Today, we expect the arrival of around 180 Iraqi refugees from Syria who will be admitted by the German authorities on the basis of an admission program adopted in 2008. With this act of admission Germany complies with its quota of approximately 2.500 admitted vulnerable people. The refugees are mainly members of religious minorities, children and young people as well as people with relatives living in Germany. The EU Ministers of the Interior agreed in 2008 to admit about 10.000 especially vul

Complaint submitted to the European Commission On November 11, 2009, PRO ASYL, along with fellow refugee organizations Dutch Council for Refugees, Finnish Refugee Advice Center, and British Refugee and Migrant Justice, filed a complaint with the European Commission against Greece. Twenty other European refugee organizations support the complaint. PRO ASYL demands that the European Commission immediately initiates an infringement procedure in the European Court of Justice based on Greece's fail

On the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, PRO ASYL is presenting a petition to the European Parliament which is addressing the dying of thousands at our outer borders. More than 1500 documented cases of deaths at the doors of Europe over the last 12 months illustrate a serious human rights record. Nearly 30.000 citizens, predominantly from Germany, and human rights organisation from 17 European countries are supporting the petition and are appealing to the Europea

"The situation in Greece is out of control" Research into the situation of asylum seekers in Greece Carried out by Karl Kopp, PRO ASYL's Director of European Affairs, from October 20th to 28th 2008 The research focused on the situation of asylum seekers and individuals returned to the Greek capital on the basis of the Dublin II Regulation. Kopp spoke personally to many  refugees as well as representatives of civil society, the UNHCR and the Ministry for Health between

Appeal: Year by year thousands die at Europe`s borders: Stop the deathtrap at the EU borders! In search of a dignified life thousands of refugees and migrants die at the borders of Europe. These are people who are driven from their homelands by war, persecution, violence and miserable living conditions. In order to escape they squeeze into tiny boats, hide in lorries, sleep in very basic campsites or in front of high security border controls. Drowning, suffocation or dying of thirst are frequen