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A UNHCR educator with a group of Syrian children. (UNHCR)

Leonor Hubaut March 17, 2020November 22, 2023 Humanitarian aid, Syrian conflict, European funding, Refugees, EU-Turkey

Where did the six billion promised by Europe to Turkey go?

(B2) Between Ankara and Brussels the cloth burns as soon as we talk about big money. Everyone has a different interpretation of the deal

Europe Türkiye Borders - Immigration - Asylum Report

Emmanuelle Stroesser 15th February 2020November 22, 2023 Right of asylum, Greece, Doctors Without Borders, Refugees

[Evros, gateway to Europe 7] For MSF, the only crisis is that of a lack of political will

(B2, in Athens) Apostolos Veizis leads the operational medical support unit of Doctors Without Borders in Greece. He assures that he

Europe Türkiye Borders - Immigration - Asylum Report

Emmanuelle Stroesser 14th February 2020November 22, 2023 Right of asylum, Greece, HCR, Refugees

[Evros, gateway to Europe 6] UNHCR, guardian of the right to asylum, in a balanced position

(B2, in Greece) We are more used to seeing the logos of the High Commission for Refugees on

Europe Türkiye Borders - Immigration - Asylum Report

Emmanuelle Stroesser 14th February 2020November 22, 2023 Migration crisis, Right of asylum, EASO, Borders, Greece, Hotspots, Lesbos, Refugees

[Evros, gateway to Europe 5] EASO will double its workforce in Greece

(B2, in Athens) The European Asylum Support Office, better known by the acronym EASO, will double in size in

Borders - Immigration - Asylum Report

Emmanuelle Stroesser 11th February 202028th October Right of asylum, Frontex, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Greece, Refugees, Turkey

[Evros, gateway to Europe 2] Turkey pulls the strings at the EU's external borders (G. Koumoutsakos)

(B2 in Athens) Georgios Koumoutsakos is Deputy Minister for Migration and Asylum in the government of Kyriákos Mitsotákis formed

Europe Türkiye Report

Emmanuelle Stroesser 25th January 202022th June 2023 border control, Right of asylum, Greece, Refugees, reports

(report) In Greece, at the external borders of the EU

(B2) B2 goes on a report to the borders of Europe… in Greece. To understand why the reception of refugees is still there

Blog Analysis Mediterranean sea Missions Operations

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 7th October15th February 2020 Migration crisis, Human rights, EUNAVFOR Med, fact checking, libyan coastguard, HCR, Libya, Central Mediterranean, Q&A, Refugees, rescue at sea, SOLAS

Mediterranean: how many people were saved by Sophia's ships? by the Libyan Coast Guard?

(B2) In the past, until 2017, the number of people rescued appeared in all press releases, press kits and other documents

News Blog Borders - Immigration - Asylum Mediterranean sea

Nicolas Gros Verheyde August 15, 2018November 22, 2023 Migration crisis, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Emmanuel Macron, Gibraltar, Horst Seehofer, Italy, JRCC, Libya, Malta, MRCC, safe port, Refugees, SOS Mediterranean

The Aquarius welcomed in Malta

(B2) Malta ended up agreeing to welcome the Aquarius, which had picked up 141 shipwrecked people off the coast of Libya

West Africa - Sahel Blog Analysis Borders - Immigration - Asylum

Emmanuelle Stroesser 23th June 2018November 22, 2023 detention centers, Migration crisis, asylum seekers, fact checking, France, Italy, Libya, Niger, Q&A, Refugees, Relocation, Romania, Transit, UNHCR

From Libya to Niger, to Europe. What about the emergency evacuation transit mechanism?

(B2) Led by the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), funded by the European Union, the emergency evacuation transit mechanism resumed

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[Alert] Joe Biden launches the debate on post-Gaza. Possible sanctions against Israeli settlers November 18, 2023
(B2) In an opinion published in the Washington Post this Saturday (November 18), the American president sets the stage for the aftermath of the Israeli offensive in Gaza. But above all, he threatens extremist settlers with sanctions by
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Interview] Brexit, Putin, Middle East, Rule of law, Unanimity, High Representative… Jean Asselborn lets loose November 18, 2023
(B2) Just before his departure from the Luxembourg government, Jean Asselborn, the dean of foreign policy among Europeans, agreed to share with us the fruit of his experience. Twenty years of holding the handle
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[Verbatim] Warning Danger! Europe still lives in the age of innocence (Nathalie Loiseau) November 14, 2023
(B2) In front of a selected audience of soldiers, researchers, experts in geopolitics, students, Nathalie Loiseau (Horizons/Renew), delivered a vibrant appeal to Europeans to become aware of their assets - democracy, prosperity, peace -, assets
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[Verbatim] A European defense, still nowhere to be found (Defence interviews) November 2, 2023
(B2) Despite growing tensions on the world stage, the war in Ukraine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, European defense remains a mirage. The Atlantic Alliance is strengthening. And the Europeans always show up
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[In brief] In the absence of a rapid European possibility, Armenia will be armed by France 24th October
(B2) Ground-air defense, radars, enhanced cooperation, training... France promises Armenia all its military support. Support which overcomes the difficulty at European level of triggering significant and rapid aid under the
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[In brief] During the war in Ukraine, trade with Russia continues 24th October
(B2) Despite the war in Ukraine, imports of certain Russian special metals, such as titanium and aluminum, continue. To the greatest benefit of the oligarchs close to power, denounces a journalistic investigation. The main players in
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[Analysis] Von der Leyen's media coup in Israel: a real institutional coup? 15th October
(B2) The President of the European Commission committed a major political blunder on Friday (October 13). A diplomatic mistake and an institutional error. But above all a strategic error which could undermine all
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Reportage] In Toledo, Ukrainian soldiers in combat training and against IEDs September 3, 2023
(B2 - exclusive) Without fanfare, Spain continues training Ukrainian soldiers. More than 3000 have already been trained. Mainly within its infantry academy in Toledo. Express, practical and intense training to which B2
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[Analysis] ASAP, ammunition plan. Schizophrenia pushed to its climax 11th June 2023
(B2) The censorship of several major provisions of the European Commission's project aimed at boosting the production of munitions is surprising in more than one way. The proposed act of support for the production of
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