Migration

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Externalisation of migration

Externalisation of migration & asylum

DOSSIER
The externalisation of migration and asylum management raises numerous ethical, legal and operational questions. The implications for human rights are often severe, while the potential political risks entailed put in jeopardy the very fabric of the European Union and the principles it stands for. With the goal to promote human security, this in-progress dossier looks into the intersection between human rights and foreign & security policy and its expression in terms of migration policies globally.
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What awaits for Italy-Albania migrant deal?

ANALYSIS
In November 2023, the governments of Italy and Albania presented a migrant deal entailing setting up centers on Albanian territory to offshore asylum procedures to Albania. That meant allowing Italian authorities to transfer migrants intercepted by Italian vessels at international waters to migrant centers in Albania under accelerated procedures. Kristina Millona’s analysis offers us a unique insight into the first agreement of its kind on European soil, exposing the politics behind such deals, as well as the lack of safeguards for people on the move.
By Kristina Millona
EU Borderveillance: Maritime Surveillance and Third Country Agreements

EU Borderveillance

Report
Read the full analysis of the EU's border control strategy in the following research paper titled: "EU Borderveillance: Maritime Surveillance and Third Country Agreements." by our partner Refugees=Partners The attached research assesses the measures that the EU employs to inhibit migration across the Mediterranean Sea, particularly since the Arab Spring of 2011. Drones and satellites provide the EU with imagery that informs its responses to migrants in the Mediterranean Sea
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Lost in a legal maze

Lost in a legal maze

VIDEO SERIES
This video series explores – perhaps for the first time – the legal difficulties and the legal pitfalls faced by asylum seekers in Greece and Europe, within a legal system designed to fail them. Eleven people at different stages of the asylum procedure talk to the camera about their own cases, revealing with their testimonies the lack of coherence in asylum policy, the high degree of arbitrariness and a systematic attempt to discourage them. In collaboration with Equal Legal Aid.
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EU-Lebanon deal: Turning a blind eye to reality

Commentary
Although Lebanon receives EU support to provide for Syrian refugees, they are increasingly being criminalized and deported. Less than a week after Commission President Von der Leyen’s visit in May, Lebanon issued new residence regulations that effectively block the pathways to legal residence. These new regulations were followed by deportations to Syria, which the EU does not consider safe for return. Instead of making support conditional on respect for the refugees’ human rights, the EU is turning a blind eye. 
By Sara Stachelhaus

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