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International pressure mounting on Spain over attempt to legalize summary returns in Ceuta & Melilla

31st October 2014 | News

The EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström, a coalition of 13 NGOs – including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and ECRE – and the UN Refugee Agency have expressed their concern this week regarding Spain’s attempt to give legal cover...

Joint Press Release – Spain: Abandon Abusive Migration Plan

30th October 2014 | News

(Madrid, October 30, 2014) – The Spanish government should immediately drop its plans to provide a legal basis for summary returns from its enclaves in North Africa, 13 human rights groups said today. The Spanish and international organizations wrote to the United...

Task Force Mediterranean – Commission gives update on reinforced border surveillance, cooperation with third countries and legal ways to access Europe

30th May 2014 | News

30 May 2014 The European Commission has published an update regarding initiatives linked to the recommendations of the Task Force Mediterranean, established to identify measures to prevent migrant deaths at sea in response to the Lampedusa tragedy in October 2013,...

Spain’s planned removal of 30 Sahrawis prior to thoroughly examining their asylum claims violated their right to an effective remedy, rules ECtHR

30th April 2014 | News

30 April 2014 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Spain violated the right to an effective remedy of 30 asylum seekers of Sahrawi origin who faced removal to Morocco before a thorough examination of their asylum application. It was only the...

Report on the Implementation of the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility 2012-2013: taking stock of bilateral and regional dialogues

28th February 2014 | News

28 February 2014 A report published on 21 February on the implementation of the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM), adopted by the European Commission, shows that in the period 2012-2013 more than 90 migration-related projects have been supported with...

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