Ten Years of the EU-Türkiye Deal: The Lasting Impact of the EU–Türkiye Deal on Europe’s Borders
March 23, 2026Athens / Geneva/Brussels, March 2026 — Ten years after the European Union (EU)–Türkiye deal of March 2016, the policy’s humanitarian consequences remain visible across the Greek islands and beyond. Introduced during a period of increased arrivals along the Eastern Mediterranean...
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Death, despair and destitution: The human costs of the EU’s migration policies
February 20, 2024In the last years, a policy-made crisis has been unfolding across Europe, at its borders, and beyond, which has resulted in a surge in deaths, despair and destitution among people attempting to seek safety and protection within the European Union...
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MSF: “We call upon the European Commission and EU States to urgently invest in life-saving rescue capacities”
July 14, 2023Today, the European Parliament, representing the citizens of the EU, adopted a Resolution on the need for the European Union to step up its efforts in saving lives at sea and to invest in proactive state-led search and rescue activities....
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Non-Governmental Organisations urge European Commission to put under scrutiny Italian law restricting search and rescue activities at sea
July 13, 2023Brussels, 13 July, 2023 – Five leading Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have submitted a complaint to the European Commission (EC) about Italian Law 15/2023 and the practice by Italian authorities of assigning ports distant from the area where the rescue took...
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