Joint press release

Migreurop joins the concerns expressed by civil society organisations regarding the EU’s new approach on deportations, in a joint press release initiated by EuroMed Rights.
As the European Commission (EC) unveils its so-called “new common approach on returns” today, 11 March, aimed at speeding up returns to countries of origin and transit, the undersigned civil society organisations (CSOs) raise concerns about the human rights implications that these proposals would entail.
Problems (…)

Migreurop organised on 19 April 2023 a public webinar to analyse the ongoing EU reforms on migration and asylum, and their impacts along the exile routes. This webinar was organised in collaboration with La Cimade, Ciré, CNCD-11.11.11 and Statewatch. The first part of the webinar aims to update information on current EU reforms, including the European Pact on Asylum and Migration (see here Migreurop’s position paper on the subject) and the reform of the Schengen Borders Code. The second part (…)

Brief #14 - June 2022

Little known to the public, soft law is a formidable weapon in the hands of States, which use this method when they want to get around the constraints and rigidity that national laws or international texts and treaties would impose on them. It is often mobilized in the field of "migration control", without it always being easy to distinguish between the strict application of the law and its circumvention. The externalization of asylum and immigration policies is a typical example of the use (…)