Channel: Crossings Soar in 2021 with no Legal Routes, Fears for Displaced after Calais Funding Cut, UK “Warm Welcome” Illusive as Resettlement Flops
In 2021, three times as many attempts to cross the Channel were recorded as in 2020. France is calling for an EU-UK treaty to open up “legal means” of reaching Britain, while UK officials say the hardline Nationality and Borders Bill will address the issue. In Calais,...
UK: Commons Passes Anti-Refugee Bill, Asylum Seekers Denied Right to Work, Lawyers Challenge Boat-Driving Charges, Disquiet Over Non-Existent Afghan Resettlement
The Nationality and Borders Bill has passed in the House of Commons, where none of the amendments proposed to safeguard human rights were adopted. A three-year government review of the right to work for asylum seekers has concluded that the work ban policy should be...
Hungary: Government Rebrands Lukewarm Ruling on Primacy of EU Law
Hungary’s Constitutional Court has ruled on a challenge aimed at determining whether the country’s domestic law takes precedence over EU law. While the judgment avoided an explicit general claim that Hungarian law was supreme, the Orban government insists it confirms...