Last weekend, the fast boat ‘Maldusa’ was able to assist around one hundred people on their arrival in Lampedusa during its first missions in the central Mediterranean. The boat will be used to support people seeking protection, provide initial material aid and document human rights violations. It is operated by the civil society welcome network of the same name with locations in Lampedusa and Palermo. The project is supported by United4Rescue, PRO ASYL and medico international.

With a report published today, PRO ASYL and Wadi are drawing attention to the dire situation of the Yazidis in Iraq - and at the same time are calling for an immediate stop to deportations from Germany for Yazidis. In addition, Yazidis must be given a permanent and secure perspective in Germany.

Court of Rome ruling on the shipwreck of 11 October 2013: Italian coast guard and navy are responsible for the death of 268 refugees due to failure to provide assistance. The court confirms once again: People in distress at sea must always be rescued from drowning!

by Con­nec­tion e.V. und PRO ASYL In a joint appeal to the Ger­man par­lia­ment, a broad civil socie­ty alli­ance calls on the Bun­des­tag and the Ger­man govern­ment to grant pro­tec­tion and asyl­um to Rus­si­an and Bela­ru­si­an as well as Ukrai­ni­an con­sci­en­tious objec­tors and deser­ters. Ger­ma­ny and all other EU count­ries must take in the­se peo­p­le fle­e­ing

"Only the consistent enforcement of international law at Europe's borders, safe and regular pathways, a European sea rescue system and the solidary reception of protection seekers within the EU can end the suffering and death at Europe's borders", reads the appeal of PRO ASYL and European partner organisations to the future German government.

Sea rescue and the fight for human rights per phone: For their tireless efforts/commitment on behalf of people seeking protection who find themselves in distress in the Mediterranean, the PRO ASYL Foundation is awarding its 2020/21 Human Rights Prize to Marion Bayer (Hanau), Hela Kanakane (Tunis) and Hagen Kopp (Hanau) from Watch the Med - Alarm Phone.

At the informal meeting of EU interior ministers on March 12, 2021, Croatia's Schengen accession will be on the agenda. PRO ASYL, the Croatian Centre for Peace Studies (CPS) and Balkanbrücke call for making the respect of human rights at the borders of the EU a precondition for the further accession process.

Moria is largely destroyed, thousands of people seeking protection are homeless and without care. RSA and PRO ASYL call for a concerted European emergency plan, the immediate evacuation of the refugees and their reception in other European countries. Now!