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United Nations: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau: Regional study: management of the external borders of the European Union and its impact on the human rights of migrants

28 May 2013

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"The Special Rapporteur dedicated the first full year of his mandate to a study on the management of the external border of the European Union, and its impact on the human rights of migrants. He held consultations with the European Union in Brussels, and carried out visits to countries on both sides of the European Union’s external border: Greece, Italy, Tunisia and Turkey. While welcoming the inclusion of migrants’ rights in the policy framework, the Special Rapporteur remains concerned that the protection of the human rights of migrants, and in particular irregular migrants, is often not implemented on the ground. The report further addresses challenges in relation to the securitization of migration and border control; the use of detention as a tool in border control; the externalization of border control; and insufficient responsibility-sharing with external border States."

See: Full report (pdf)

See also: Press release: EU border management: "More attention must be given to the human rights of migrants" (link)

"The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, today warned that the increasing competence of the European Union in the field of migration has not always been accompanied by a corresponding guarantee of rights for migrants themselves, and in particular irregular migrants."

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