On June 13 the European Commission released its fourth report to the EU Parliament on the operationalisation of the European Border and Coast Guard. The progress described in the report includes operational cooperation with priority third countries and deployment of...
In the past week, both UNICEF and ECRE member, Hungarian Helsinki Committee have released reports on the plight of asylum seeking children confirming that the system is failing refugee and migrant children. Deprived, unprotected, and often alone, children on the move...
On 12 May 2017, the Frontex Consultative Forum released its annual report presenting observations and recommendations on the agency’s activities. Key sections of the report are dedicated to concerns about Hungary, upon which no action was taken by Frontex in 2016. In...
On 2 May 2017, the European Commission recommended Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway to cease over the next six months the controls at their internal Schengen borders. The recommendation to lift internal border controls are motivated by “stronger and more...
Last Friday the directives for the negotiation of an agreement between the EU and Serbia on actions of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) carried out on the territory of Serbia was discussed, as reported by Statewatch. The agreement will allow the...
