The Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer) Commission on Justice and Security discussed the provision of legal aid to asylum seekers in a debate on the rule of law on 6 February 2018. The debate follows an announcement in the Coalition Agreement of October 2017 to curtail asylum...
Two recent reports, one by the OSCE and one by a group of civil society organizations lead by Forum Refugiés-Cosi on the TRACKS project, reveals gaps in the way national authorities identify and address the vulnerabilities of human trafficking victims. Trafficking...
The Hungarian government started the year with the latest attack in its war of attrition against civil society, the “Stop Soros” package of laws that continue the country’s assault on democracy and rule of law. Knowing that an outright ban on organisations and...
Broad Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) launched to address the deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Libya. As recent footage of tortured Sudanese nationals illustrate, refugees and migrants are especially vulnerable and exposed to abuse. Return...
By Aino Korvensyrjä, who is researching German crimmigration law for her PhD, with a focus on legal limbo statuses and punitive practices emerging with the suspension of deportation of third country nationals. She is active in the migration justice group Free Movement...
