One year after the dismantlement of the Calais camp the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) noted that nearly 15,000 persons transferred out of the Calais camp over the past two years have had their asylum applications examined,...
During last week’s European Council meeting Member States expressed strong support for Italian cooperation with Libyan authorities. The Council’s conclusion revealed little of the concerns that caused EU Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks to request...
Following a recent ruling from Greek Council of State, two decisions by the Greek Appeals Committees further clarify requirements for establishing a sufficient connection between asylum seekers and a ‘safe third country.’ They found that transit through a country in...
A key issue in contemporary European politics is the response of progressive parties to the political crisis on migration. It is playing out now in the elections in Austria and the Czech Republic, both of which are more worrying than the elections of early this year,...
The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC), a human rights arm of the Bar of England and Wales, published a fact-finding report on the results of the dismantlement of the Calais camp known as the “Jungle” which took place one year ago. They found that over 4000...
UNHCR in September called for support for Greek camps in Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Leros. Last year substantial funding did little to address the fundamental structural problem of containing asylum seekers and refugees in limbo in overcrowded camps, and so will a...
In the recently published report ‘Games Of Violence – Unaccompanied Children And Young People Repeatedly Abused By EU Member State Border Authorities’ Doctors without borders (MSF) documents cases of abuse and unlawful conduct from EU border authorities along the...
The European Council included trafficking of human beings among priorities in the fight against organised and serious international crime between 2018 and 2021, and the facilitation of illegal migration tops the list of EU crime priorities among member states. The EU...
The UK High Court ruled this week that the definition of ‘torture’ in the latest Home Office policy on detention of “Adults At Risk” was unlawful. Aspects of the “Adults At Risk” policy were challenged by seven detainees and the NGO Medical Justice, focusing inter...
Past weekend, the conservative bloc agreed upon a set of rules on migration including a guideline limiting the number of people receiving protection in Germany to 200.000 per year for asylum seekers, family reunification, relocation and resettlement. The joint policy...
