Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the New Democracy leader, recently announced a raft of plans to curb migration to Greece and to increase returns to Turkey. One measure he insists they will pursue is to introduce a list of ‘safe countries of origin’. What is a safe country of origin? International Law (the Geneva Convention) and EU law (the Asylum…

Despite numerous reports from NGO’s working on the ground and human rights organisations, including their own police force, that the situation in the Island camps was untenable and at breaking point, it took three tragedies and several deaths in the sea and on the land, for the new Greek government…

It is small wonder that we are reading the very sad and unacceptable news that a child has died in Moria camp. Greece has been condemned for years by human rights organisations and even the European Court of Human Rights for failing to protect these children and allowing them to…

By Sirwan Mansouri, a Kurdish Iranian refugee in the Middle East, who also volunteers for RefuComm. He has a B.A degree in English language and literature and an M/A. in Geography. Check out his website for refugees. Here he writes an informative account of life for refugees in Turkey for…

What have we learned in the last two years? In March 2016, the European Union signed a deal with Turkey with the aim of stemming the inflow of people to the continent. …

Free Like the Wind He was just 4 years old the first time he crossed a border. His family were forced to flee the civil war ripping Afghanistan apart. In Iran, his mother and father were treated like second-class citizens, and he wasn’t allowed to go to school. …

6th Oct 2017 — Curated News Daily. Our team scours the news to bring you important updates about refugees and migration from across Europe and beyond. UNHCR calls for accelerated winter preparations on Greek Aegean islands “UNHCR urges action on the islands to ease overcrowding, improve shelter, and stock and distribute appropriate and sufficient aid items,” said Philippe Leclerc, UNHCR Representative in Greece.

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Curated News Daily. Our team scours the news to bring you important updates about refugees and migration from across Europe and beyond. Official figures from UNHCR and IOM confirm that over 15,000 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean since 2014. The true figure is thought to be substantially higher. Germany…