Joint recommendations: Ten steps to meet EU human rights obligations and safeguard access to asylum in Europe
In light of recent plans and ‘innovative strategies’ to prevent arrivals, speed up returns and deepen cooperation with third countries, 50 humanitarian and human rights organizations call in a new recommendation brief on EU Member States and the European Commission to firmly reject any attempts to weaken protection for asylum seekers at and within EU borders as well as in cooperation with third countries on asylum and migration.
As a new political cycle begins, the new European Commission and European Parliament should take a close look at their legal obligations and place emphasis on ensuring a successful and human rights-compliant implementation of the reform of the asylum and migration policy they finally adopted in 2024, after years of negotiation.
DRC EU Director, Céline Mias says: “The numerous initiatives aimed at deterring and diverting refugees’ and asylum seekers’ movements are highly damaging. The criminalization of mobility and the detention and threat of deportation of people seeking safety and protection puts an enormous strain on people already in a vulnerable position. Such initiatives should be rejected as they have proven to be inhumane and to breach international human rights law standards.”..
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