The Migrants’ Files: surveying migrants’ deaths at Europe’s door

Feature on the current challenges Europe is facing in terms of migration from outside the continent and its humanitarian role.

The article was written by The Migrants' Files, which is a project by a European consortium of journalists that aims at assessing the number of men, women and children that died as a result of EU Member States migration policies.

ESO: Background information: Asylum and irregular immigration in the EU: state of play http://www.europeansources.info/record/asylum-and-irregular-immigration-in-the-eu-state-of-play-2/

ESO: Background information: Commissioner Malmström welcomes the Parliament's vote on the new EU Home Affairs' Funds 2014-2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-commissioner-malmstrom-welcomes-the-parliaments-vote-on-the-new-eu-home-affairs-funds-2014-2020/

ESO: Background information: EU wants investigation into Spanish border guard shootings http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-wants-investigation-into-spanish-border-guard-shootings/

Journalismfund.eu, 31.03.14: Working grant - The Migrants Files http://www.journalismfund.eu/migrants-files

Deutsche Welle, 15.04.14: 'Migrant Files:' The EU's refugee victims http://dw.de/p/1BhsR

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