AIDA briefing: Withdrawal of reception conditions of asylum seekers
The latest AIDA Legal Briefing analyses European countries’ national legal frameworks and practice on the reduction and withdrawal of reception conditions of asylum seekers under the recast Reception Conditions Directive. It identifies circumstances in which the...
France: Court decision is a triumph for solidarity
Last week the French Constitutional Council delivered a landmark decision which ruled the so-called “crime of solidarity” (délit de solidarité), which criminalises a person who facilitates the irregular entry, should not be charged for any act provided for...Ireland: New reception rules following opt-in to EU Directive*
On 6 July 2018, Ireland adopted the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 231 of 2018) through it which transposed the recast Reception Conditions Directive into domestic law. The Regulations place reception conditions on statutory footing...
More talking, less saving, still drowning
As EU member states interior ministers attended an informal meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers to discuss migration and external border security, the situation on the Mediterranean continues to worsen with the death toll rising and two Italian vessels...
Rohingya won’t return to Myanmar any time soon, according to UN Special Rapporteur
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar has warned that Rohingya refugees will be unable to return to Myanmar anytime in the near future, because of the Government’s intractability in reversing discriminatory policies. Speaking...Spain: Supreme Court condemns government for failure to meet relocation target*
The Spanish Supreme Court condemned today the Spanish Government for partially failing to meet its obligation to relocate a total of 19,449 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy between 2015 and 2017. The Court recalled the mandatory nature of the Relocation...
Italy: Ministry Circular urges restriction of humanitarian protection status
A Circular issued by the Italian Ministry of Interior on 4 July 2018 has instructed Territorial Commissions for International Protection to restrict the granting of humanitarian protection statuses to asylum seekers. The Circular was sent to the Territorial...