The European Union (EU) took in over 1 million refugees in 2023. The notorious Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, which was planned for 2,800 people, became a symbol of the bloc's failed refugee policy: Up to 20,000 men, women and children were housed there, living in catastrophic hygiene and health conditions.

The prevention of such situations must be the top priority, said migration researcher Franck Düvell from the University of Osnabrück at the presentation of the study "Global Refugee Report" (Report globale Flucht 2024) in Berlin this week. However, Düvell pointed out that still, people in many camps still live in "atrocious conditions."

"Fundamental norms of refugee protection continue to be ignored," he said.

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The Global Refugee Report is compiled annually by the project "Flight and Refugee Research" made up of migration researchers from the Universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Osnabrück, the International Center for Conflict Studies in Bonn and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), a think tank for sustainable development policy.

This year's report looks at the impact of the reformed Common European Asylum System (CEAS), which will see asylum seekers held up and registered at the EU's external borders. Asylum seekers will have to wait up to 12 weeks in reception camps before a decision is made on........

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