EU governments deny the existence of a violent campaign by masked men to turn away asylum seekers at EU borders. A months-long investigation by @LHReports & leading media unmasks these groups, reveals who commands & finances them
MONITOR EXKLUSIV:
„Operation Korridor“: Recherchekooperation belegt schwere Misshandlungen von Flüchtenden an EU-Außengrenzen. Dazu morgen mehr bei #MONITOR https://t.co/EhZUEX15Lc
Is the JHA Council really going to endorse this statement next Tuesday? Extreme right approach, extreme right language. Perhaps not surprising from the extreme right Presidency drafting it. But are other EUMS ministers ready to endorse it?
NGO Joint Statement: European countries should immediately cease all deportations to Afghanistan:
Call on Europe to cease deportations and ensure protection of Afghans amid the deteriorating security situation in the country: https://t.co/0Fp3jlZ9xC
🔔 Fantastic news! EU Parliament has adopted my report, calling for stronger protection of human rights in EU migration deals with third countries.
According to the report, the EU's agreements on migration should meet the following conditions ⤵ (1/3):
https://t.co/jMEol26VTb
📌HOLDING FRONTEX TO ACCOUNT:
ECRE'S PROPOSALS FOR ENHANCING NONJUDICIAL SCRUTINY MECHANISMS
This @ECRE Policy Paper inquires whether the existing accountability mechanisms are commensurate with the hugely extended powers of #Frontex
👉https://t.co/Sa9M5Y5Isl
Human Rights Compliance – #HardlyRocketScience BUT… The scenarios envisioned in the European Pact on Migration and Asylum is another story altogether. Here the procedural labyrinth facing an asylum seeker arriving through regular channels:
Hey @Frontex we saw you’re looking for images of ‘good cooperation’ at #Europe’s borders to celebrate peace and unity this #EuropeDay
We’ve got a few proposals for you 👇
https://t.co/QGQNHIoaOK
📌Wait... are we the baddies? Something Rotten in the State of #Denmark
For 🇩🇰 and countries seeking to emulate it, ECRE has compiled this handy list of eight signs that, yes, you really are the baddies
Read editorial by @ecre Director Catherine Woollard https://t.co/3nYbvN8OY4
Frontex says it’s helping to save lives & counter smugglers in the Central Med. Critics say the EU is directing the Libyan coast guard (LCG) as a proxy force to prevent migrants reaching Europe. @LHReports investigates THREAD
🔴🇩🇰Experts who contributed to COI reports on #Syria say the final reports used by the Danish authorities to claim #Damascus safe do not reflect reality and strongly condemn the decision to remove temporary protection for Syrian refugees from Damascus
https://t.co/B15PtZn0gJ
📌ECRE Policy Note: Tightening the Screw: Use of EU External Policies and Funding for Asylum and Migration
Read our analysis of the substantive changes to EU external affairs proposed by the #Pact and related EU policy developments👉https://t.co/veysSRUTiU
#HardlyRocketScience
#ECREWeekly Bulletin @ecre
Displaced Responsibilities: Finding a Wider Approach to Displacement in EU External Policies
👉Read editorial by @ecre Director Catherine Woollard: https://t.co/49XbWRnq7y
#HardlyRocketScience
#ECREWeekly Bulletin @ecre
Denmark: 🇩🇰Authorities Widen the Areas of Syria Considered Safe for Return to Include Greater Damascus
👉Read & subscribe: https://t.co/xkNkvGJHHs
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#ECREWeekly Bulletin @ecre#Frontex: One Investigation Closes as Another Begins and the Agency’s Role in Return and Ability to Purchase Firearms Under Scrutiny
👉Read & subscribe: https://t.co/XCswe4r6Ow
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ECRE Comments on the Commission Proposal for a Regulation Addressing Situations of Crisis and Force Majeure in the Field of Migration and Asylum COM (2020) 613 https://t.co/UMRdxBYLo8 and Policy Note for short version: https://t.co/u4pn9qmpZK
#HardlyRocketScience
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ECRE Comments on the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Asylum and Migration Management COM (2020) 610 2020/0279 (COD) https://t.co/KgG4JhJ6W9 and Policy Note for short version: https://t.co/zuJGm9qj17
#HardlyRocketScience
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#ECREWeekly Bulletin
Matter of Pact: Speculating on the Fate of the Pact
"Rather than going nowhere fast, the #Pact is in fact going somewhere, albeit slowly..."
📌Read editorial by @ecre Director Catherine Woollard: https://t.co/EitGv1TUQR
#HardlyRocketScience
New EC/EEAS Com out today on 'New Agenda for the Mediterranean' EU obsession with return and migration control conditionality is prominent, but there's disagreement on how far it will go
Read here why it is a bad idea in the first place: https://t.co/JccBs8n6RO
@ecre