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Home Office may forcibly remove child asylum seekers from UK in handcuffs – Children may be forcibly removed from the UK in handcuffs to “overcome noncompliance” as part of proposals Home Office is considering to send more asylum applicant families back to their home countries.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/06/home-office-may-forcibly-remove-child-asylum-seekers-from-uk-in-handcuffs

Far-right prejudice now ‘normalised’ across Europe, warns EU anti-racism chief – Racism across Europe is not only about speeches by extremists or headline-grabbing scandals – but also what is repeated and normalised in political discourse and down into everyday life, warns Michaela Moua, the European Commission’s anti-racism coordinator.

https://euobserver.com/204737/far-right-prejudice-now-normalised-across-europe-warns-eu-anti-racism-chief

An Eritrean man sentenced to twenty years in prison in the Netherlands for migrant smuggling: "His cruelty is inconceivable."
Nearly ten years after the start of a vast investigation, a Dutch court has convicted an Eritrean man for organizing the capture and torture of migrants en route to Europe, in order to extort money from their relatives.

https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2026/02/22/sa-cruaute-est-inconcevable-aux-pays-bas-un-erythreen-condamne-a-vingt-ans-de-prison-pour-trafic-de-migrants_6667795_3212.html

EU Commission balks at Sánchez’s regularisation of undocumented migrants – The decision by the Spanish government to provide legal status to about half a million undocumented people has raised severe disapproval in Brussels, according to officials who spoke with Euronews on condition of anonymity.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/10/exclusive-eu-commission-balks-at-sanchezs-regularisation-of-undocumented-migrants

Eritrean asylum seekers in ICE detention are threatening suicide rather than face forced return. That alone should stop every deportation immediately. Any policy that drives people to this level of despair is a humanitarian failure that demands urgent correction.

Years ago Canada tried to deport an Eritrean man, he wrote a very touching letter explaining what it took for him to get out of Eritrea & to reach Canada & commited suicide before his deportation. His name was Habtom 💔
#FreeEritrea