Niels Rohleder is a political adviser on migration and legal affairs of the Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) at the Danish parliament. Contact: niels.rohleder@ft.dk Since the early 1950s the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has been crucial to the...
Media reported this week that the German Federal migration office is considering plans to establish homes to return unaccompanied refugee children from Morocco who have committed a crime or who want to return voluntarily. According to leaked policy documents attained...
After redrawing from negotiations with the EU Commission a government statement was issued on May 4 underlining that Hungary have no intention to implement proposals for bringing asylum law in compliance with EU rules and is ready to face legal disputes. Among the...
The Greek authorities have adopted a policy which excludes asylum applicants in the so-called refugee hotspots who appeal a rejection from the possibility of participating in IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programme in a later stage. This...
On 2 May 2017, the European Commission recommended Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway to cease over the next six months the controls at their internal Schengen borders. The recommendation to lift internal border controls are motivated by “stronger and more...
