Regional Focus: Europe, esp. Rescue at Sea

"Behind Lampedusa Shipwreck: A Journey of Perils and Profits," Wall Street Journal, 19 Dec. 2013 [text]

EU Leaders Should Stop Shedding Crocodile Tears and Focus on Measures that Save Lives and Provide Access to Protection for Refugees (ECRE, Dec. 2013) [text]

An Examination of the Reception Conditions Directive and its Recast in Light of Article 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (ECRE, Dec. 2013) [text]

"The Lampedusa Disaster: How to Prevent Further Loss of Life at Sea?," TransNav: The International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, vol. 7, no. 4 (Dec. 2013) [full-text]

A Missed Opportunity? Why is the EU Migration "Task Force" Failing to Meet its Objective to Save Lives? (Amnesty International, Dec. 2013) [text]

Moving Forward on Asylum and International Protection in the EU's Interests - UNHCR's Recommendations to Greece for the EU Presidency, January-June 2014 (UNHCR, Dec. 2013) [text]

Proposal for a Central Mediterranean Sea Initiative: EU Solidarity for Rescue-at-sea, Protection and Comprehensive Responses (UNHCR, Oct. 2013) [text]
- Draft version.

Reception Conditions in Italy: Report on the Current Situation of Asylum Seekers and Beneficiaries of Protection, in Particular Dublin Returnees (Swiss Refugee Council, Oct. 2013) [text via Refworld] [summary]

"Venue-Shopping and the Role of NGOS and Civil Society in the Development of the EU Asylum Policy," Journal of Comparative Migration Studies, vol. 1, no. 1 (2013) [open access text]

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