This isn’t migration management; it’s an erosion of humanity.

21 September 2015

These images give a deeper sense of the speed and scale of Hungary’s operation to seal its borders, which culminated in a dire situation for refugees and asylum-seekers left in limbo.

17/09/2015 – Poland’s legal system falls dangerously short when it comes to protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and other minority groups from hate crimes, Amnesty International said in a new report today less than two months ahead of general elections.

No person in Poland should have to live in fear of violent attacks just because of who they are.

The Serbian authorities and the European Union knew this was going to happen and yet failed to respond adequately, meaning hundreds of the most vulnerable people are now stuck between razor wire and the abyss of not knowing what comes next.

For refugees fleeing from terrifying conflict zones to be met by such an intimidating show of militarised force is shocking, and a woefully irresponsible response to people already traumatized by war and brutality.

As the refugee crisis mounts with every passing day, the EU’s reaction has been paralyzed not resolute.

Ministers must abandon once and for all the Fortress Europe approach. Desperate people will keep coming and a coordinated emergency response coupled with an urgent overhaul of the EU’s approach to asylum can no longer wait.

Picture: On 4th September, the Hungarian police continued to block a train with hundreds of refugees at the town of Bicske. Upon arrival from Budapest number of refugees refused to disembark the train as they didn’t want to be placed into a (overcrowded) camp after having spend days at the Keleti train station in Budapest. Credit: Amnesty International

The proposals published by the Commission today will, as they say, “help to address the refugee crisis”, but they certainly will not solve it – neither in the short-term nor the long-term

The response to the refugee crisis in Europe has been piecemeal and incoherent at a time when the need for clear-sighted leadership and radical reform of Europe’s collapsing asylum system has never been greater