Editorial: Fronting up to Frontex
As the scandals mount at Frontex, the question arises as to who will and who can hold Frontex to account. The situation also demonstrates much about contemporary EU asylum policies and the conflicting roles of the different agencies and institutions in the EU’s...
Editorial: Displaced Responsibilities: Finding a Wider Approach to Displacement in EU External Policies
When it comes to asylum in Europe, major implementation gaps remain, and violations remain unaddressed. At the same time, it is full steam ahead on the external dimension of asylum and migration policy, as ECRE’s analysis published this week shows. The publication of...
European Commission Publishes Findings of the First Annual Assessment of Third Countries’ Cooperation on Readmission
Following changes to the Visa Code in 2019, the Commission assessed the level of readmission cooperation with third countries and submitted a report to the Council. While the report itself is not public, a Communication published this week summarises the main findings...