General information
Situated in the Caucasus at a crossroads between Europe and Asia, Georgia is at once a country of transit, emigration and destination. With a population of 4.7 million, one third of the inhabitants are below the poverty line and 16 per cent are unemployed Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Georgia has experienced sustained emigration; every fifth family in Georgia depends on money transfers from abroad .
During the recent elections (October 2012), out of 3.6 (…)

Fifth edition of the "Encampment map"

In attachment, the fifth edition of the "Encampment Map", a tool that Migreurop uses since 2003 to list immigration detention sites in Europe and beyond.

Using “Cooperation” to Deport Migrants

Migreurop brief aims to explain in four pages several issues on migration. Here, readmission agreements. It is be used and shared broadly.

Reduced mobility without rights?

As the European Union and Tunisia prepare to begin discussions on a “mobility agreement” on 6 December 2012 in Tunis, the Euro-mediterranean Human Rights network (EMHRN), the International federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Tunisian forum for economic and social Rights (FTDES), the European association for the defense of Human Rights (AEDH), the organization Migreurop and the Centre of Tunis for migration and asylum (CeTuMA) call upon the EU and the government of Tunisia to ensure that (…)

Report of Migreurop for the Human rights Commission of the Council
of Europe