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Solidarity Statement: Freedom for Hamza Haddi and Mohamed Haddar
The European Union must stop the arbitrary incarceration of refugees and migrants Read More
Proposed exchange of personal data between Europol and USA evades EU data protection rights and protections
Updated 20 & 9 December 2002 Documentation updated: 5.12.02 This proposal was agreed at the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 19 December 2002.Two questions led to this item being withdrawn from the agenda of Read More
UK: Migration committee rejects full points-based system for UK
The government's proposal for "an Australian points-based system" for immigration has received a lukewarm reception from the Migration Advisory Committee. Read More
UK: Court of Appeal upholds the right to roam of Romany and Travellers
A significant judgment from the UK Court of Appeal upholds the rights of Romany and Traveller communities to maintain their way of life. Read More
800 migrants detained in Spain in poor conditions, says NGO
"More than 800 Tunisian migrants have been detained in the Spanish enclave of Melilla for more than 5 months, Tunesian NGO Ftdes claims." Read More
UK: Met Police could deploy facial recognition against protesters
Civil liberties campaigners warn that the facial recognition technology being deployed by London's Metropolitan Police could easily be turned against protesters, and there are significant concerns that, however it is used, the technology will have a far worse impact on ethnic minorities. Read More
EASO operations in Greece to expand significantly
A new agreement has been signed between Greece and the European Asylum Support Office. Read More
EU to target violent right-wing extremism, terrorism and “other extreme political movements”
The EU is taking action to counter "right-wing violent extremism and terrorism" through information-sharing, the development of anti-radicalisation and risk analysis programmes, online censorship and cooperation with third countries. As well as the far-right, "this work shall also address violent extremism and terrorism stemming from other extreme political movements," according to a document produced by the Council Presidency in November 2019. Read More
Statewatch Analysis: Italy guilty of refoulements in 2009 handover of Eritrean shipwreck survivors to Libya
An Italian court has ruled that the country’s Cabinet presidency and defence ministry were responsible for the refoulement of 14 Eritrean nationals in July 2009, when a warship rescued some 80 people and took them back to Libya, ignoring requests for international protection. Read More
France: Death of a ten-year-old child in Roissy: another victim of European migration policies?
Statement originally published by by Anafé (Association Nationale d'Assistance aux Frontières pour les étrangers) on 8 January 2020. Read More