On 15 March 2018, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in case A.E.A. v. Greece (application no. 39034/12) and found that Greece had violated the human rights of a Sudanese national who was unable to apply for asylum in Greece from 2009 to 2012 due to the systemic...
An official report on Europe’s largest detention facility Harmondsworth immigration removal centre (IRC) found “considerable failings”, including detention of victims of torture, lack of mental health provision and excessive periods of detention. The British...
The French Defender of Rights has condemned the recent rise in the number of children being placed in administrative detention under harsh conditions in a letter to the French Prime Minister last week. Since 1 January 2018, 40 children have been detained in France. In...
Revealing its first visions of the Up-coming Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is announcing a focus on ‘securing external borders’ rather than ‘only dispute over redistribution.’ Euroactiv quotes Chancellor Sebastian...
An interview with Sophie Beau, vice-President of SOS MEDITERRANEE. Could you briefly explain your mission and operations? SOS MEDITERRANEE is a European civil society association, founded in 2015. It was founded at the end of operation Mare Nostrum in Italy when the...
