Migration

While the number of so called “pushbacks” at EU borders is on the rise for years now, thankfully the number of legal action against those practices is rising too. Now all the information on this issue has been collected in the context of a database that forms a repository of existing case law on pushbacks, documenting legal strategies and judgements from national and international courts and tribunals on pushbacks and border violence.

The presentation of our latest publication In defence of defenders: A practical guide to legal means and advocacy tools for criminalised Human Rights Defenders in Europe was followed by a panel discussion on the criminalisation of solidarity aiming to discuss among policy-makers, researchers, journalists and practitioners the existing challenges, as well as to discuss potential solutions.

Under the title “The Turkey-EU Cooperation on Migration – Charting a future course?” our Heinrich Böll Stiftung Istanbul office, together with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Thessaloniki Migration hub and their partner-organisations, The Economic Policy Research Foundation (TEPAV) and the Association for Migration Studies (GAR), organised a public workshop and closed roundtable discussion on January 12, 2023 in Ankara.

The UNHCR and the IOM jointly called upon Italy and all EU Member States who abide by applicable legislation, to protect people and distribute responsibility within the EU fairly. Humanity and the Rule of Law are in the EU’s most basic interests – if these go unheeded at its external borders, they can hardly be defended within.

Media coverage of migration issues played an important role in informing public opinion and contributing to the construction of the collective perception of migration. This is an article about our recently published e-paper entitled “Without voice: People on the move. An analysis of the media coverage on migration in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia during the period 2015-2021”.