By Hanaa Hakiki and Vera Wriedt, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights “Foreigners detected on the territorial border line of Ceuta and Melilla while trying to overcome the border elements to cross irregularly may be rejected in order to prevent their...
In a leaked African Union (AU) position paper, African States reinforce their unwillingness to host regional disembarkation platforms. The paper that was leaked during the European Union (EU) – Arab League of States (ALS) gathering in Egypt, where many of its...
On the 19 February 2019, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (the LIBE Committee) adopted the European Parliament Rapporteur’s report on the European Commission Proposal establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund (AMF). The 2021-2027 budget for...
The L 140 bill that is presented as a ‘paradigm shift’ was approved by the Danish Parliament on February 21 with support from the conservative liberal governing coalition, the leading opposition party of the Social Democrats and the far-right Danish People’s Party....
Reports on the disappearance of people who returned from Germany to Syria to reunite with relatives raise concern over Germany’s policy on family reunification and voluntary return support scheme. In a response to a parliamentary question, the German government stated...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Switzerland documents the latest developments in policy and practice, as the country is preparing for transition to a large-scale restructuring of its asylum procedure of 1 March 2019. Asylum procedure: In April 2018, as part of the...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Bulgaria provides the latest developments and persisting gaps in the asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention and content of protection in Bulgaria. Shortcomings in the Bulgarian asylum system have led to a European...
The paper argues that the next long term budget of the EU must provide an adequate amount of funding to support the integration policies of EU member states and deliver effectively on the main priorities set up in the EU Action Plan for Integration of the Third...
On 28 February, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in case Khan v. France (application no. 12267/16) that the failure of the French authorities to provide care for an unaccompanied minor in the Calais refugee camp was in breach of Article 3 of the Convention....
On 28 February, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in the H.A. and others case v. Greece (application no. 19951/16), regarding the detention conditions of unaccompanied minors in police stations. The case concerned nine unaccompanied minors of...
