Editorial: French Presidency Plans: New Momentum or Hot Air?
There are reports of new momentum after a meeting of the JHA Council, preceded by a speech from President Macron. Even Commissioner Johansson seemed pleased, understandable after two years of wrangling recalcitrant Member States. The French ideas are based on a...
EU Eastern Borders: Interior Ministers Want to Beef Up ‘Protection’ of Borders, Lithuania Fines MSF Medics, Court Backs Red Cross in Polish Border Zone, Ombudsman Finds Polish Reception Insufficient
At a meeting of European interior ministers to discuss border security and asylum rules, politicians advocated for firmer measures to “protect” external borders. Lithuania has fined medics from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for entering the emergency zone near the...
ECRE Comments: EC Proposal on Situations of Instrumentalisation in the Field of Migration and Asylum
ECRE has published detailed comments on the proposed Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum (COM(2021) 890) (hereafter the “Instrumentalisation Regulation”). ECRE opposes the measures proposed in the Regulation,...