DETENTION AND RETURNS
Leading asylum NGO pushes against link between asylum and returns
The European Council for Refugees and Exiles, the leading European asylum NGO, has published a policy note which demonstrates that linking asylum and return procedures generates serious human rights concerns while failing to meet its stated objectives. The policy note adds that combining these procedures is even more dangerous in the context of border procedures, which already entail a lower set of safeguards. It recommends EU member states to assess the risk of refoulement, private and family life considerations, state of health and the best interests of the child, before returning people who are denied international protection.
Greece is detaining migrants as common practice with EU support, new report says
In November 2021, the Greek Council for Refugees and Oxfam published a joint briefing paper denouncing the generalised practice of detaining undocumented migrants and asylum seekers for administrative purposes in Greece in EU-funded centres. Greece changed its legislation recently in order to expand the grounds on which migrants and asylum seekers can be detained, often ignoring alternatives to detention and violating the right to freedom of movement, health and family life.
DETENTION AND RETURNS
Leading asylum NGO pushes against link between asylum and returns
The European Council for Refugees and Exiles, the leading European asylum NGO, has published a policy note which demonstrates that linking asylum and return procedures generates serious human rights concerns while failing to meet its stated objectives. The policy note adds that combining these procedures is even more dangerous in the context of border procedures, which already entail a lower set of safeguards. It recommends EU member states to assess the risk of refoulement, private and family life considerations, state of health and the best interests of the child, before returning people who are denied international protection.
Greece is detaining migrants as common practice with EU support, new report says
In November 2021, the Greek Council for Refugees and Oxfam published a joint briefing paper denouncing the generalised practice of detaining undocumented migrants and asylum seekers for administrative purposes in Greece in EU-funded centres. Greece changed its legislation recently in order to expand the grounds on which migrants and asylum seekers can be detained, often ignoring alternatives to detention and violating the right to freedom of movement, health and family life.