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Study: German Airport Procedures – a Flawed Blueprint for EU’s Border Procedures

Study: German Airport Procedures – a Flawed Blueprint for EU’s Border Procedures

25th June 2021 | News

Through a new study that analyses German airport procedures and compares them with the border procedures proposed in the European Commission’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum, PRO ASYL substantiates its criticism of the proposals. In a new study published on 22 June,...
Editorial: World Refugee Day – Prevention and Perspective, Please!

Editorial: World Refugee Day – Prevention and Perspective, Please!

18th June 2021 | News

UNHCR has just published its annual flagship report, Global Trends, with its analysis of global displacement. Unsurprisingly, like every year, the headline is that there are record levels of forced displacement, now at 82.4 million people, the majority internally...
Greece: Outcry over Prison Sentence for Moria6 and Safe Country Decision while Greece’s Deterrence Proves Effective

Greece: Outcry over Prison Sentence for Moria6 and Safe Country Decision while Greece’s Deterrence Proves Effective

18th June 2021 | News

Last weekend, four Afghan youths were sentenced to ten years imprisonment in connection to the Moria fire last September in a two-day trial that was decried for not meeting legal standards. Greece’s decision to designate Turkey a safe third country has been widely...
Med: UN Condemnation of Returns to Unsafe Libya by Merchant Ship, Survivors Rescued in Maltese SAR Zone Accepted by Italy, Parliament President Urges EU Lead on Rescues at Sea

Med: UN Condemnation of Returns to Unsafe Libya by Merchant Ship, Survivors Rescued in Maltese SAR Zone Accepted by Italy, Parliament President Urges EU Lead on Rescues at Sea

18th June 2021 | News

The Un Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the international Organization for Migration (IOM) condemn the return to Libya of 270 people rescued in international waters by the Merchant ship Vos Triton. Hundreds of people rescued in the Maltese SAR zone have been accepted by...
Spain: Hundreds Disappeared on Atlantic Route while the Misery of Children in the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla Persists

Spain: Hundreds Disappeared on Atlantic Route while the Misery of Children in the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla Persists

18th June 2021 | News

Thousands of lives have been lost on migration routes to Spain and more deaths are feared with nearly 500 people disappearing along the Atlantic Route within the past two weeks. In the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, the situation of children remains harrowing with...
UK: Home Office Expands Surveillance with No Prior Consultation, Deportation of Youth Abandoned after Public Outcry, Kent Council Refuse to Accept Unaccompanied Children with Services at Breaking-point

UK: Home Office Expands Surveillance with No Prior Consultation, Deportation of Youth Abandoned after Public Outcry, Kent Council Refuse to Accept Unaccompanied Children with Services at Breaking-point

18th June 2021 | News

More than 40 human rights organisations condemn a significant expansion of monitoring and surveillance measures for people on immigration bail by the Home Office – a step taken with no consultation process or parliamentary debate. Following growing protests the Home...
OHCHR: Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Urges States to End Wide-Spread Pushbacks

OHCHR: Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Urges States to End Wide-Spread Pushbacks

18th June 2021 | News

Last week, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, published his report to the Human Rights Council that is dedicated to addressing the human rights impact of pushbacks of migrants on land and at sea. The publication draws...
Editorial: EU Asylum Agency Moving Forward and the End of the “Package Approach”?

Editorial: EU Asylum Agency Moving Forward and the End of the “Package Approach”?

11th June 2021 | News

News broke this week of an unexpected success for the Portuguese Presidency. Making progress where the Germans failed, they have persuaded the southern Member States to allow elements of the asylum reform proposals to move forward. The so-called Mediterranean 5 (soon...
ECRE Legal Note 9: Asylum in Greece: A Situation Beyond Judicial Control?

ECRE Legal Note 9: Asylum in Greece: A Situation Beyond Judicial Control?

11th June 2021 | News

The ECRE Legal Note 9 examines judicial engagement in asylum law and policy in Greece and provides an assessment of opportunities for and obstacles to the use of legal challenges to support compliance with EU asylum law in Greece. The note is divided into three...
European Court of Auditors: Special Report on Frontex’s Support to External Border Management: Not Sufficiently Effective

European Court of Auditors: Special Report on Frontex’s Support to External Border Management: Not Sufficiently Effective

11th June 2021 | News

On 7 June 2021, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published its Special Report entitled ‘Frontex’s support to external border management: not sufficiently effective.’  The performance audit focuses on four of Frontex’s primary activities: situation monitoring, risk...
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