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Migration

Information on the Amendment of the Residence Law in Germany

Gambia Hilfernetz Newsletter13 December 2022 Dear Gambia Networkers, It is finally about to come – the “Chancen-Aufenthaltsrecht” and other important improvements for persons in Duldung in the Residence Act (Aufenthaltsgesetz). The amendment of the law will still be discussed in the Bundesrat on 16 December. However, the law does not […]

Human Rights, Migration, News

EU Parliament Backs Remedy Fund for Qatar Migrant Abuses

Human Rights in Spotlight as FIFA and Qatar’s “Just Play Football” Strategy Backfires Written by Claudio Francavilla, Senior EU Advocate. On November 24, the European Parliament urged FIFA and Qatar to compensate widespread abuses that migrant workers suffered while building the 2022 World Cup infrastructure and making the games possible. […]

Migration

ECOWAS, partners poised to find a long-lasting solution to the plight of stranded migrants in Niger

In response to the situation of thousands of migrants stranded in Niger, the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed a high-level humanitarian mission to Niamey. The mission is led by Prof. Fatou Sow Sarr, ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs and is expected […]

Human Rights, Migration, News

Over 11,000 migrants recorded missing in Africa since 2014, Joint Communiqué reveals

A Joint Communiqué issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross  (ICRC), the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) & Migration Stakeholders on the fate of missing African migrants at the end of a two-day international conference organised by the above-mentioned migration stakeholders in Tunis, Tunisian from […]