Greece: Court curtails detention in the context of the EU-Turkey deal

10th November 2017 | News

The Administrative Court of Mytilene restricted automatic detention of asylum seekers on the Eastern Aegean islands with a view of their return to Turkey under the EU Turkey deal. In three decisions from October, the court found that the applicants’ detention was...

Op-ed: Obstacles to accessing international protection and restriction of rights of asylum seekers in the Spanish enclaves in Africa

10th November 2017 | News

Estrella Galán, Secretary-General of the Spanish Commission for Refugees (CEAR) In the context of an increasing number of migrant arrivals to Spain in 2017, it is still just ranking third when it comes to a comparison of arrivals along the three main Routes across...

Remaining Manus Island detention centre inmates caught between a rock and a hard place

10th November 2017 | News

More than a week after the deadline for the closure of the controversial Manus Island detention centre on October 31, 600 inmates are refusing to leave because they fear attacks from local populations if transferred to alternative accommodation near townships. While...

New policy trend: doubtful practice of deportations based on informal bilateral agreements

10th November 2017 | News

The joint legal analysis “Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Sudan” by the Human Rights and Migration Law Clinic (HRMLC) of the University of Turin raises human rights and national constitutional concerns over the increasingly widespread use of Memorandum...

Weekly Editorial: The EU at a crossroad: reform and solidarity or isolationism and chaos

27th October 2017 | News

The EU Observer quotes an unnamed European Commission official as saying “Migration is the crisis on which the EU is building its future. How we solve it will define the future.” Leaving aside the fact that this is a self-inflicted rather than inevitable crisis,...