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EU: MED CRISIS: New report addresses "dangerous and misleading simplifications" over migration to Europe; plus latest news reports

14 August 2015

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A new report by Medici per i Diritti Umani (Doctors for Human Rights) is based on information and testimonies collected by doctors working on a project to stop the torture of refugees travelling from sub-Saharan to northern Africa.

Report: Move or Die: Migratory Routes from Sub-Saharan Countries to Europe (pdf)

Press release (originally posted here)

Latest news reports

BALKANS

  • Passing through the Balkans, refugee caravan hits a fence in Hungary (Dalje.com, link)

    EU:

  • As in Israel, the EU Is Trying to Control the Treatment of Refugees (Hareetz, link)
  • Greece, Turkey burdened with migrant crisis, Germany calls for the UN (BGN News, link)

    TURKEY-GREECE

  • Turkish crackdown on 'ghost ships' sparked migrant drive to Greece: IOM (Hurriyet, link)
  • See also: question to the European Commission by Ska Keller MEP (Greens): ‘Ghost ship’ Blue Sky M and answer

    UK

  • Mixed welcome for Songs of Praise from Calais camp (Church Times, link)
  • What life is like in the Calais migrant 'jungle' - by young Brit who visited them (Mirror, link)

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