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Francken gate – an illustrative example of risks in returning migrants at any cost

12th January 2018 | News

The current crisis in the Belgian government provoked by the alleged torture of undocumented migrants from Sudan returned from Belgium after being interviewed by a Sudanese government delegation is illustrative of the risks involved when EU and Member States apply a...

ECRE: European return policies – getting the numbers no matter the cost

1st December 2017 | News

Today ECRE published a Policy Note analysing EU return policies and a Case Study on returns to Afghanistan identifying the risks, and the ethical, legal and political implications of a narrow focus on increasing the number of returns in general and in the specific...

EU Commission’s mid-term review of the 2015 European Agenda on Migration: more focus on EU resettlement, legal migration and return

29th September 2017 | News

This week the European Commission published its review of the 2015 European Agenda on Migration and presented new initiatives in three key areas: EU resettlement, legal migration and return. In regard to relocation and resettlement, priority is given to the relocation...

Legal note: Asylum in Hungary damaged beyond repair?

31st March 2017 | News

A legal note published today provides a succinct analysis of the most problematic aspects of the Hungarian asylum system and legal framework, and the most egregious human rights violations asylum seekers currently face in the country, including at its external border...

French-German proposal for CEAS and returns reduces protection to minimum standards

24th February 2017 | News

A leaked joint policy note prepared by German and French governments strongly affirms the intention to further limit access to protection in Europe by curtailing procedural guarantees in the CEAS. The policy note lays out a plan for a “crisis mechanism”, to operate in...