Brussels warns Malta that push-backs are illegal, willing to discuss further assistance

European Court blocks deportation of migrants - NGOs protest outside police HQ - PM to make statement

▻http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130709/local/ngos-holding-protest-outside-police-headquarters.477305

Brussels warns Malta that push-backs are illegal, willing to discuss further assistance

▻http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130709/local/brussels-warns-malta-that-push-backs-are-illegal.477302

Malta cancels migrant flights after European court order

▻http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/10/uk-malta-immigrants-idUKBRE96905I20130710?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNew

La CEDH empêche le refoulement de migrants vers la Libye

▻http://www.boats4people.org/index.php/fr/actualite/actuarticles/610-malte-refoulement-cedh-ong

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Fast mobilization leads to a small victory for refugee children and their parents in Malta

Women, men and children seeking refuge in Malta were yesterday at risk of being pushed back to Libya or to be kept in detention. In just a few hours the pressure and mobilization in Malta, Brussels and Geneva halted any unlawful rapid push-back operation initially discussed by the Maltese government.

▻http://destination-unknown.org/fast-mobilization-leads-to-a-small-victory-for-refugee-children

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Outrage over Malta’s plan to kick out asylum seekers

▻http://euobserver.com/justice/120817

ECtHR blocks pushback of Somali migrants from Malta to Libya following outcry from civil society

On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed the Maltese government a Rule 39 interim order blocking the return of around 45 Somali migrants from Malta to Libya. The decision was prompted by an application brought by the Jesuit Refugee Service and People for Change Foundation, together with a number of supporting organizations. The ECtHR has given the Maltese government one month in which to give a full and individual consideration to the asylum applications of the migrants.

▻http://www.ecre.org/component/content/article/70-weekly-bulletin-articles/406-ecthr-blocks-pushback-of-somali-migrants-from-malta-to-libya-following-out

No shortcut to solutions

A lot has been said over the last week about boat arrivals and the threat of push-backs.

UNHCR’s position does not need to be repeated – suffice to say that it was imperative that asylum seekers were not forcibly returned to Libya.

Fundamental human rights are neither expendable nor acceptable bargaining chips. Respect for their implementation is in any country’s national interest.

Un document écrit par Jon Hoisaeter, UNHCR Representative to Malta

▻http://www.unhcr.org.mt/component/content/article/80-setting-the-agenda/684-no-shortcut-to-solutions

Malta’s ‘push back’ stand-off: what can Australia learn?

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▻http://theconversation.com/maltas-push-back-stand-off-what-can-australia-learn-16078

Migrant pushbacks | ’No final decision was taken’, Malta tells Strasbourg court

Sending migrants back to Libya ‘just one of the possibilities considered’, Government tells European Court of Human Rights.

▻http://maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Migrants-pushback-No-final-decision-was-taken-Malta-tells-Strasbourg-