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Welander, Marta
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A Brief Timeline of the Human Rights Situation in Northern France
In April 2020, during the unprecedented challenges brought on by the Covid-19 health crisis across Europe, Refugee Rights Europe in partnership with Help Refugees and Human Rights Observers sought to produce an updated version of the summary report origin
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Transit Country in Crisis: The deteriorating shelter situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Since Bosnia became a key transit country in 2018 on the Balkan Route, it has become the locus of a systematically mismanaged humanitarian crisis that recently culminated in the closure of several camps and an escalation of people sleeping rough in the co
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Pushbacks and Rights Violations at Europe’s Borders: The state of play in 2020
In this report, Refugee Rights Europe and the End Pushbacks Partnership present available evidence of unlawful pushbacks and severe rights violations at European borders. The evidence clearly indicates that illegal pushback operations are taking place acr
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Refugee Rights Headlines: A compilation of blogs from the Refugee Rights Europe website
The blog posts in this booklet have been selected from a wider range of materials and photos on Refugee Rights Europe's (RRE) website, and cover a range of geographical locations in Europe, ranging from the Greek/Turkish border and the Greek islands, to t
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No Way Forward, No Way Out: Human rights infringements facing refugees and displaced people in Belgium
Ahead of the consideration of the sixth periodic report submitted by Belgium on 15 October 2019, at the 127th session of the Human Rights Committee, Refugee Rights Europe (RRE), in collaboration with La Plateforme Citoyenne de Soutien aux Réfugiés and oth
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Seeking Sanctuary: A summary report highlighting the situation for Syrian refugees in Europe
Fleeing violence and conflict in Syria, asylum-seekers often find themselves facing very challenging circumstances upon arrival in Europe. These include the containment policies and border-closures that prevent them from reuniting with their family member
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At the Western Doorstep: Highlighting the human rights violations experienced by refugees and displaced people arriving in Europe through the western Mediterranean route
Within the context of ‘externalisation’ of European borders to North African countries, Refugee Rights Europe (RRE) set out to research and highlight the experiences facing refugees and displaced people arriving in Europe through Morocco and via the Weste
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Left In-Between: Documenting the situation for refugees and displaced people in Brussels, Belgium
Hundreds of refugees and displaced people are known to be sleeping rough in and around Maximilian Park in Brussels, Belgium. The situation reportedly intensified since the destruction of the so-called ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, France, and conditions are to
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The State of Refugees and Displaced People in Europe: A summary of research findings across Europe 2017-2018
Released on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this report is a summary of Refugee Rights Europe’s key findings from our various field studies across Europe in 2017-2018. The report paints a harrowing pictur
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An Island in Despair: Documenting the situation for refugees and displaced people in Lesvos, Greece
Located across the sea from Turkey, the Greek island of Lesvos receives large numbers of refugees and displaced people hoping to seek asylum within the European Union. Since the so-called EU-Turkey Statement was signed in March 2016, thousands have found
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Twelve Months On: Filling information gaps relating to refugees and displaced people in northern France a year on from the demolition of the Calais camp
Twelve months after the demolition of the so-called ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, several hundred refugees and displaced people continue to reside in the region. Twelve Months On investigates a number of issues faced by these individuals, including police and
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Still on the Streets: Documenting the situation for refugees and displaced people in Paris, France
Despite promises from President Macron to get refugees “off the streets, out of the woods” by the end of 2017, large numbers of displaced people remain on the streets of Paris in freezing temperatures with little to no access to appropriate sanitation fac