Theme
Migration
and Asylum
Human mobility has steadily shrunk in the Euro-Mediterranean region over the recent years. So has the ability for civil society organisations in the region to promote and protect the human rights of migrants and refugees. Since 2020, the use of forced returns and refoulements across international borders has continued to increase: almost 50,000 people were intercepted in the Central Mediterranean in 2022 and returned to Libya or Tunisia. And the European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum has only confirmed its perception of migration as a threat to its internal stability.
Latest Publications
Stop considering Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco “safe” countries!
Today, the European Commission is proposing to establish a first EU list of safe countries of origin, including Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. EuroMed Rights strongly opposes the concept of “safe country of origin”
Three years since the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive: from emergency to longer-term solutions
Brussels, Belgium, 4 March 2025 Today marks three years since the EU activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), which provided a safe pathway to protection for millions1 of people fleeing
Solidarity networks: for the dignity and justice of the families of missing or deceased migrants
On this day of 6 February, which marks CommemorAction[1], EuroMed Rights publishes a map of the actors in the Mediterranean region who are involved in the search for missing persons
In the face of growing authoritarian tendencies against people on the move, we must defend a migration policy based on human rights
On the occasion of International Migrants Day, the signatory organizations oppose security policies that undermine the fundamental rights of people on the move in the Mediterranean region. While this day,