Asylum Seekers / Refugees

La propia crisis de derechos humanos de Europa

Date: 24/01/2012 - 10:10

Un ensayo separado en el informe 2012 analiza las tendencias a largo plazo en materia de derechos humanos en Europa. El ensayo concluye que el menguante respeto por los derechos, la débil aplicación de la ley cuando ocurren las violaciones, la creciente influencia de los partidos extremistas y el distanciamiento de la idea de que los derechos se aplican por igual a todas las personas han llevado a una crisis que exige una acción urgente.

L’Europe et sa propre crise des droits humains

Date: 24/01/2012 - 10:08

Un chapitre spécifique du rapport 2012 analyse les tendances à long terme en matière de droits humains en Europe. Ce chapitre conclut que la détérioration du respect des droits humains, la faible application de ces droits lorsque des violations se produisent, l’influence croissante de partis extrémistes, et le recul de l’idée que les droits s’appliquent également à chacun équivalent à une crise qui réclame une action urgente.

Europe’s Own Human Rights Crisis

Date: 24/01/2012 - 10:06

In a separate essay in its World Report 2012, HRW analyses long-term trends on human rights in Europe. It concludes that declining respect for rights, weak enforcement when violations do occur, the growing influence of extremist parties, and the retreat from the idea that rights apply equally to everyone amount to a crisis that demands urgent action.

Ship Carrying Asylum Seekers Sinks Off Java

Date: 18/12/2011 - 08:29

 Rescuers searched for survivors Sunday after a wooden ship carrying about 250 asylum seekers, many of them from the Middle East, sank off Indonesia's main island of Java. Only 33 people have been rescued so far, an official said.

Four fishing boats searched for the more than 200 missing passengers who were attempting to reach Australia, but bad weather and 4-meter- (13-foot-) high waves were hampering the efforts, said Lt. Alwi Mudzakir, a maritime police official who was heading the rescue operation.

Aux bords de l’Europe : l’externalisation des contrôles migratoires

Date: 29/11/2011 - 19:22

Pour cette troisième édition de son rapport annuel, le réseau Migreurop poursuit son évaluation critique de l’externalisation des politiques migratoires mises en place par les gouvernements de l’Union européenne et de ses effets sur les populations.

The situation of migrants and asylum-seekers fleeing recent events in North Africa

Date: 14/09/2011 - 15:52

The report seeks to describe the human rights implications of the cross-border movement of migrants and asylum-seekers fleeing recent events in North Africa in the period from January to August 2011. It describes the displacement of migrants and asylumseekers during this period and highlights human rights concerns, as well as the relevant normative framework.

Avoiding the X word -- Jo'burg responds to refugees

Date: 11/07/2011 - 18:08

It is estimated that between three to six million "undocumented foreigners" currently live in South Africa; in addition, more than 400 000 asylum seekers and 50 000 refugees live in the country, with large representations from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Somalia, and Ethiopia, according to South Africa's Department of Social Development 1998-2008 review

Double drame pour les Africains sub-sahariens

Date: 30/06/2011 - 14:39

Le conflit déclenché en Libye, le 17 février 2011, par la révolte populaire contre le régime du Colonel Khadafi, a provoqué un exode massif dans les pays limitrophes. Les violences perpétrées par les forces de Khadafi contre les populations civiles, la guerre entreprise par les rebelles pour renverser le régime, ainsi que les bombardements de l’OTAN, ont contraint des centaines de milliers de personnes à fuir le pays. A cela s’ajoute des exactions spécifiques perpétrées à l’encontre des immigrés originaires d’Afrique sub-saharienne et qui les ont poussé à s’enfuir.

Double tragedy for Sub-Saharan Africans

Date: 30/06/2011 - 14:37

The conflict that began in Libya on 17 February 2011 with a popular revolt against Gaddafi’s regime has triggered a mass exodus of the civilian population into neighbouring countries. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled, mainly into Tunisia and Egypt, as a result of attacks by Gaddafi’s forces on civilian populations, the rebellion and NATO bombings. Migrant workers and refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa have been particular targets of violence.

World Refugee Day: report finds 80 per cent of world's refugees in developing countries

Date: 20/06/2011 - 05:59

The new UNHCR report reveals imbalance in international support for the world's forcibly displaced. Some of the poorest countries host huge refugee populations.

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