Sertan Sanderson

London

Senior Journalist and Broadcaster at Deutsche Welle (DW)

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Articles

ECHR rules in favor of Italy in 2017 shipwreck case off Libyan coast

2 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Italian authorities had not acted illegally in a complex case dating back to November 06, 2017, when the MRCC had tasked the Libyan coast guard with rescuing migrants shipwrecked at sea and then take them back to Libyan soil. The case in question involved the rescue of 150 people from a rubber dinghy, which had left Libya a few days earlier.
Netherlands starts processing Syrian asylum cases once more

2 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) of the Netherlands announced that asylum decisions will now be made on almost 17,000 outstanding as well as new asylum applications lodged by Syrian nationals seeking asylum. However, this comes after the government had downgraded the risk assessment level for Syria, saying that the danger of people facing persecution and arbitrary violence in Syria is now at the lowest level according to EU assessment guidelines.
Poland considering border checks with Germany

2 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

The Polish government is mulling the introduction of temporary checks along its border with Germany. The development comes as the Eastern European country accuses its neighbor Germany of effectively pushing irregular migrants back into Poland while refusing to hear their asylum cases.
Germany: Study finds a quarter of foreigners wish to leave - except asylum seekers

2 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

A comprehensive online survey conducted by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg, Germany found that 26 percent of migrant respondents to a survey aged between 18 and 65 were considering emigrating again. Two-thirds of those participants were under the age of 40, representing the high rate of younger immigrants to Germany.
Heated debate over vigilante border checks on Dutch border with Germany

2 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

A group of Dutch citizens were seen conducting their own border checks near the northern town of Ter Apel in the municipality of Westerworde Saturday (June 7), according to reports on the Dutch local broadcaster RTV Noord. The citizens involved had apparently been stopping vehicles and looking for potential asylum seekers entering the country. After the initial action on Saturday, locals tried to repeat the same checks on Sunday, which however was thwarted by authorities.
Canary Islands President: 'No one in Spain seems to want little Black children'

2 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has made a statement to the effect of claiming that Black migrant children in any part of Spain are regarded as unwanted. He said that neither people living in the Canaries nor the central government in Madrid seem to "want little Black children." "That is the reality," Clavijo further stated.
Germany's asylum rejection policy faces multiple inroads - not only at borders

2 weeks ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

Interior Minister Dobrindt, who only took office a month ago following the formation of the new German government, is tasked with imparting the reason behind Germany's new course on immigration to his Polish counterpart, Tomasz Siemoniak.
Germany: Over 2,100 refugee cases under review after travels to home countries

2 months ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

In the past six months, protection status revocation proceedings were initiated on a total of 2,157 cases of people taking temporary journeys home to their country of origin, a spokesperson for BAMF told Germany's weekly Welt am Sonntag newspaper. The two countries with the most cases of such unauthorized trips were Iraq and Syria, with 762 and 734 instances, respectively. These were followed by Afghanistan (240), Iran (115) cases and Turkey (31).
More and more Syrians leave Turkey to return home amid uncertainty

2 months ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Wednesday (April 16) that a total of 175,412 Syrian nationals had returned to their home country between December 9 and April 13 in a "voluntary, safe, dignified and orderly" manner. On the social media platform X, the minister added that "the date of December 8, 2024 marks the ending of an era and the beginning of a new one," referring to the date of Syria's liberation from Assad.
Germany: Court rules asylum seekers can be sent back to Greece

2 months ago | infomigrants.net | Sertan Sanderson

The top court in Leipzig, Germany's Federal Administrative Court, has ruled in a case that involved two men with different nationalities and backgrounds, who had initially submitted asylum requests in Greece, which were approved there. However, the two men later made their way to Germany, where they lodged additional asylum applications. These were rejected on the grounds that they had already been granted asylum in an EU country.