On 7 June 2017, the Administrative Tribunal of Nice rejected a petition from French NGOs calling for a “référé-liberté” ,an emergency procedure to protect the rights of asylum-seekers and close down the retention zone at the French-Italian border. According to Forum...
Yves Niyiragira is Executive Director of Fahamu, a pan-African organisation that works for social justice. He has more than 12 years of experience in policy analysis, advocacy, and managing campaigns on a number of African Union legal instruments and policy...
You recently published a report on Libya based on visits and interviews and entitled ‘Hell on Earth.’ Could you outline the main threats to migrants in the country and in particular people in need of protection? Refugees and migrants I met in Italy told me horror...
The Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee of the European Parliament has adopted a report on the European Commission proposal to recast the Eurodac Regulation. It outlines a wide expansion of the scope of the Eurodac database that raises strong...
On 13 June the Hungarian parliament adopted the LexNGO which requires NGOs to register as an “organisation receiving foreign funds”, and display this label on all publications. Hungarian NGOs have labelled the law unnecessary, stigmatising and harmful. Hungarian NGOs...
Last week, the UN Refugee Agency raised strong concerns over continued reports about alleged push-backs at the Greek-Turkish land border last week. The Greek human rights organisation Hellenic League of Human Rights has reported on push backs during the last week and...
On 9 June 2017, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court published a long-awaited decision suspending a Dublin transfer to Hungary. The leading case concerned a Congolese applicant who had been fingerprinted in Hungary before reaching Switzerland where he applied for...
A report by the UN Panel of Experts on Libya raises concern over direct involvement of the Libyan Coast Guard in human rights violations against migrants. The Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to UN Security Council resolution 1973 from 2011, states in...
This Wednesday the European Commission has launched infringement procedures against the Czech Republic for non-compliance under the 2015 Council decision over relocation. The 2015 Council Decision requires Member States to pledge available places for relocation every...
29th June 2017, Brussels 9:00 – 14:00 Quaker Council for European Affairs, Square Ambiorix 50, 1000 Brussels Migration has recently taken centre stage in the landscape of EU-Afghan relations. The European Union has had a long-term commitment to Afghanistan for many...
