On 9 May 2017, the Interior Minister of Italy asked the regional governments to provide a total of 1,600 additional beds in detention centers. This corresponds with political ambition of returning unsuccessful asylum-applicants as illustrated in the recent legislation...
On 12 May 2017, the Frontex Consultative Forum released its annual report presenting observations and recommendations on the agency’s activities. Key sections of the report are dedicated to concerns about Hungary, upon which no action was taken by Frontex in 2016. In...
The recent elections in the Netherlands and France have done little to support the idea that all European populations crave old-school nationalism or isolationism. In fact, they confirmed that playing on people’s fears and scapegoating foreigners is not a trump (or...
An agreement between Germany and the Greek Ministry of Migration Policy has reportedly led to the introduction of a monthly limit to the number of people transferred to Germany under the Dublin Regulation. As the majority of transfers from Greece to Germany are based...
The Turkish Directorate-General of Migration Management (DGMM) has published its Annual Migration Report for 2016, which provides information inter alia on its international protection procedure established by the Law on Foreigners and International Protection (LFIP)...
Niels Rohleder is a political adviser on migration and legal affairs of the Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) at the Danish parliament. Contact: niels.rohleder@ft.dk Since the early 1950s the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has been crucial to the...
Media reported this week that the German Federal migration office is considering plans to establish homes to return unaccompanied refugee children from Morocco who have committed a crime or who want to return voluntarily. According to leaked policy documents attained...
After redrawing from negotiations with the EU Commission a government statement was issued on May 4 underlining that Hungary have no intention to implement proposals for bringing asylum law in compliance with EU rules and is ready to face legal disputes. Among the...
The Greek authorities have adopted a policy which excludes asylum applicants in the so-called refugee hotspots who appeal a rejection from the possibility of participating in IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programme in a later stage. This...
On 2 May 2017, the European Commission recommended Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway to cease over the next six months the controls at their internal Schengen borders. The recommendation to lift internal border controls are motivated by “stronger and more...
