By James Dennison and Andrew Geddes, Observatory of Public Attitudes to Migration, European University Institute, Florence A common assumption amongst political commentators is that Europeans are becoming increasingly opposed to the admission of migrants, asylum...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein defined EU cooperation with Libya on migrant control as inhumane. EU denied the accusations, highlighting their positive intentions and the cooperation with UN agencies. However, the agencies in question,...
Turkish and Libyan coast guards representing key-partners for the EU on the European Agenda on Migration, are accused by search and rescue conducting NGOs of attacking refugees in distress on the Mediterranean Sea and conducting illegal pushbacks in violation of...
ECRE and the ELENA Network have published a new Legal Note on asylum applicants’ access to legal aid in Europe. The note outlines relevant European legislation and jurisprudence from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human...
The latest Progress Report from the European Commission and Annex on Standard Operational Procedures of the hotspot approach released on November 15 describes the initiative as a cornerstone of European support to Italy and Greece and an operational success. However,...
The United Kingdom Home Office has recently responded to a highly critical report by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee regarding asylum accommodation. The Home Office response has received sharp reactions from both the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee and...
The report ‘An Emergency for whom? Published this week the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa – migratory routes and development aid in Africa’ finds that the program lacks checks and balances to guaranty the fund’s benefit for African countries. The focus on...
Either deliberately or by default the EU is moving towards a strategy of “externalisation” – and the proposed expansion in use of the safe third country concept is a central element. The concept allows for the outsourcing of protection to other countries, those deemed...
Interview with DDr* Dessi Desmond, Deserteurs- und Flüchtlingsberatung on the occasion of the entering into force of the latest Austrian Aliens Law Amendment Act The Aliens Law Amendment Act 2017 (FrÄG 2017) entered into force on the first of November in...
The recent adoption of the new anti-terrorism law by the French authorities, which entered into force on 1 November 2017, introduces extended border controls across the territory of France, including international transit zones in the cities of Paris, Lyon, Marseille,...
