PRO ASYL: End com­pli­ci­ty with Gaddafi On occa­si­on of the World Refu­gee Day PRO ASYL again calls on the Euro­pean Uni­on and its mem­ber sta­tes to end co-ope­ra­ti­on with Libya in the field of migra­ti­on con­trol. „If Euro­pe has the sligh­test inte­rest in regai­ning decen­cy and cre­di­bi­li­ty con­cer­ning human rights issues, it has to end

PRO ASYL calls for an end to EU coope­ra­ti­on with Libya After the expul­si­on of the UN refu­gee Agen­cy (UNHCR) from Libya, PRO ASYL calls for the ces­sa­ti­on of all pay­ments made by the Euro­pean Uni­on and the end of any coope­ra­ti­on in migra­ti­on and refu­gee poli­cy with Libya. A Euro­pean res­cue plan has to be

PRO ASYL wel­co­mes the full vali­di­ty of the UN Con­ven­ti­on for all children PRO ASYL wel­co­mes today’s decis­i­on of the Ger­man govern­ment to with­draw its reser­va­tions towards the United Nati­ons Con­ven­ti­on on the Rights of the Child. This step has been long over­due: human rights and refu­gee orga­ni­sa­ti­ons have been advo­ca­ting for the with­dra­wal of

Con­ti­nua­tion of irre­spon­si­ble deportations PRO ASYL: The his­to­ri­cal respon­si­bi­li­ty is denied  The read­mis­si­on agree­ments signed by Ger­ma­ny and Koso­vo have lega­li­zed what has alre­a­dy been irre­spon­si­ble prac­ti­ce – the depor­ta­ti­on to Koso­vo of mem­bers of mino­ri­ties (Roma, Ash­ka­li and others), who will have to deal with mas­si­ve dis­cri­mi­na­ti­on and a life at the side­lines of

PRO ASYL demands soli­da­ri­ty with Greece ins­tead of shif­ting responsibility Given its eco­no­mic cri­sis, PRO ASYL appeals to the Ger­man Fede­ral Govern­ment to show soli­da­ri­ty towards Greece. The brunt of the dra­ma­tic eco­no­mic situa­ti­on should not be bor­ne by the wea­k­est mem­bers of Greek socie­ty such as pro­tec­tion seekers. Wit­hout exten­si­ve sup­port through Euro­pean funds

PRO ASYL: Push-backs, arbi­tra­ry detenti­on and the deaths of refu­gees are trade­marks of a ruthl­ess deter­rence policy Frank­fur­t/­Brussels- Today, on the occa­si­on of the Jus­ti­ce and Home Affairs Coun­cil, PRO ASYL tog­e­ther with the Euro­pean Coun­cil on Refu­gees and Exi­les ECRE (Brussels), the Hel­sin­ki Citi­zen Assem­bly (Istan­bul), the Group of Lawy­ers for the Rights of

Euro­pean refu­gee rights orga­ni­sa­ti­ons file com­plaint with the Euro­pean Commission Today, PRO ASYL, tog­e­ther with refu­gee advo­ca­cy orga­ni­sa­ti­ons from the Net­her­lands, Fin­land and the United King­dom (Dutch Coun­cil for Refu­gees, Fin­nish Refu­gee Advice Cent­re, Bri­tish Refu­gee and Migrant Jus­ti­ce) filed a com­plaint against Greece with the EU Com­mis­si­on. This com­plaint is endor­sed by ECRE and

PRO ASYL calls for a sus­pen­si­on of returns and a spee­dy dis­tri­bu­ti­on of pro­tec­tion seekers The situa­ti­on of pro­tec­tion see­kers in Greece escala­tes dra­ma­ti­cal­ly. To the EU Minis­ters of Inte­ri­or who are mee­ting in Stock­holm the Vice-Pre­si­dent of the EU Com­mis­si­on, Jac­ques Bar­rot, will pro­po­se a redis­tri­bu­ti­on of pro­tec­tion see­kers from Greece within Euro­pe. PRO

„Whoe­ver sends hundreds of pro­tec­tion-see­kers out on the stor­my open sea wit­hout life­boats is a cri­mi­nal. But also tho­se who try to block res­cue rou­tes to Euro­pe at any cost, share respon­si­bi­li­ty for the death of boat­peo­p­le at sea“, says Karl Kopp, spea­k­er for Euro­pean affairs at PRO ASYL. „Hundreds of deaths off the Liby­an

Appeal to the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment „Stop the death trap at the Euro­pean Borders!“ 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 most urgent and sad­dest chap­ter of the Euro­pean asyl­um and migra­ti­on poli­cy: the dying of thou­sands at