Alternatives to Detention at a Crossroads: Humanisation or Criminalisation
See the full article here This article aims to critically examine the development of alternatives to immigration detention policies. In the European Union, the emergence of alternatives to detention in the immigration framework is a relatively new phenomenon, strongly...Human Rights for All! About the TRACKS project TRACKS- identification of TRafficked Asylum seeKers’ Special needs is a transnational project that offers to analyze the asylum-trafficking in human beings (THB) nexus through the prism of special needs of trafficked...
Urgent need to review the detention and deportation policy
KISA ascertains the Acting Director of the Civil Registry and Migration Department (CRMD) still insists on following the illegal policy of detention of persons in the Detention Center of Undocumented Migrants of Menoyia, among who are asylum seekers, EU citizens, and...Επιτακτική ανάγκη αναθεώρησης της πολιτικής κράτησης και απέλασης
Η ΚΙΣΑ διαπιστώνει ότι ο Αν. Διευθυντής του Τμήματος Αρχείου Πληθυσμού και Μετανάστευσης (ΤΑΠΜ), εξακολουθεί να εμμένει στην παράνομη πολιτική κράτησης ατόμων στο Κέντρο Κράτησης Άτυπων Μεταναστών στη Μενόγεια, μεταξύ των οποίων βρίσκονται αιτητές ασύλου, πολίτες της...Cyprus Mail – Kisa
Parliament’s passing of a bill to create a deputy ministry for migration was met with dissatisfaction by non-governmental organisation Kisa’s executive director, Doros Polykarpou, on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail he described the creation of such a deputy ministry as “constitutionally questionable,” asking “where does political power lie in terms of government with such […] [...]
A demonstration will be held condemning the attack on the offices of refugee non-governmental organisation (NGO) Kisa on Monday, the alliance against the far-right, racism and fascism said. Kisa’s offices were attacked on Friday, when an improvised explosive device went off outside their offices, smashing windows, destroying computers and photocopiers. In their statement, the protest […] [...]
The offices of migrant support group Kisa were destroyed on Friday after an explosive device shattered the glass, destroyed equipment, and all of its records The group said it had received threats by groups driven by “racist and nationalist motives” who it believes carried out the attack. Akel was quick to condemn the incident saying […] [...]