nzz: Italien verbietet MSF-Schiff Landung auf Sizilien

Rom verschärft den Druck auf NGO, die nicht den von der italienischen Regierung aufgesetzten Verhaltenskodex für private Seenotretter unterschrieben haben. [mehr...]

focus online: Zu langsam abgeschoben: Abgelehnte Asylbewerber dürfen in Deutschland bleiben

Flüchtlinge, die über einen sicheren Drittstaat nach Deutschland eingereist sind und wieder in diesen Staat zurückgeschickt werden sollen, dürfen bleiben – wenn die Abschiebefrist abgelaufen ist und sich der Drittstaat weigert, den Flüchtling zurückzunehmen. [mehr...]

welt.de: Die Wahrheit über den Zustand der deutschen Turnhallen

Turnhallen als Flüchtlingsunterkünfte galten als Notlösung auf Zeit. Zum neuen Schuljahr sollten sie wieder für den Unterricht genutzt werden. Eine Umfrage der "Welt" zeigt, wie unrealistisch das ist. [mehr...]

the guardian: 'Here it is a big dream': Syrians taken in by Vatican begin new life in Rome

Trastevere becomes temporary home for 12 Syrian asylum seekers after Pope Francis offers sanctuary after Lesbos visit [more...]

the guardian: Before they are numbers, these people are human beings’: pope’s poignant visit to refugees in Lesbos

After a tour heavy on symbolism and replete with emotion, Pope Francis shared his plane back to the Vatican with 12 refugees as he called for the EU to learn lesson of humanity [more...]

the guardian: Pope Francis meets refugees and migrants in Lesbos - video

60 minutes: Migrants Attack 60 Minutes Crew In Sweden.

the guardian: Resettling Syrians, aid and visa changes on table at EU-Turkey migration summit

Draft of summit conclusions says EU ready to double aid to €6bn, as leaders discuss plan to resettle one Syrian refugee in Europe for every Syrian returned to Turkey from Greek islands [more...]

mail online: 'Hundreds-strong' mob of masked men rampage through Stockholm station beating up refugee children in revenge attack for female asylum centre worker killed by Somali 'boy'

A mob of black-clad masked men went on a rampage in and around Stockholm's main train station last night beating up refugees and anyone who did not look like they were ethnically Swedish. Before the attack, the group of 200 people handed out xenophobic leaflets with the message 'Enough now'. [more...]

die-glocke.de: Polizei leitete 61 Strafanzeigen ein

Die Polizei Warendorf hat mit Unterstützung von Kräften der Einsatzhundertschaften aus Münster und Dortmund in Ahlen einen Einsatz zur Feststellung aufenthaltsrechtlicher Verstöße vor allem bei Personen aus dem nordafrikanischen Raum durchgeführt. Das Ergebnis sind 61 Strafanzeigen. [mehr...]

the guardian: Swedish police accused of covering up sex attacks by refugees at music festival

PM says police report’s failure to mention incidents at 2014 event amounts to ‘double betrayal’, while reports emerge on New Year’s Eve attacks in Malmö [more...]

the guardian: 'I've seen these children grow up': the stories behind photographs of refugees

Associated Press photographer Muhammed Muheisen, who has been taking pictures of refugees for a decade, discusses eight of his most striking images [more...]

pbs: Feeling burden, Sweden imposes border controls

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the guardian: A perilous journey: Khalid's flight to Europe from Syria - an illustrated account

This is the story of a Syrian who fled war and escaped to Europe. The piece is the first of a three-part series that depict torture, incarceration and other hardships endured by three men while in Syria and on their journeys to Europe. The second and third will appear tomorrow and Friday [more...]

guardian: Calais refugee camp conditions diabolical, says report

First study of conditions at camp known as the Jungle finds an ‘absolutely abject situation’, with ‘harmful levels of bacteria and appalling hygiene’ [more...]

The Spectator: Merkel’s grandstanding on Syrian refugees will lead to many more deaths at sea

The incentive is greater for people to risk the perilous journey to Europe.
Of all the irresponsible decisions taken in recent years by European politicians, few will cause as much human misery as Angela Merkel’s plan to welcome Syrian refugees to Germany. Hailed as enlightened moral leadership, it is in fact the result of panic and muddled thinking.
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