29 April 2022

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Note: The latest round-up of coverage relating to the invasion of Ukraine is available here.

News/commentary on UK developments:

How the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is 21st-century imperialism writ large (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

Modelling UK Reception on Greece’s Failed Reception System (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2022) [text]

Nationality and Borders Act becomes law: five key changes explained (The Conversation, April 2022) [text]

News comment: UNHCR’s Grandi fears UK legislation will dramatically weaken refugee protection (UNHCR, April 2022) [text]
- See also related Twitter thread.

"Priti Patel’s refugee pushback policy withdrawn days before legal review," The Guardian, 25 April 2022 [text]

Rwanda–UK deal degrades refugee conventions and Africa’s approach (ISS Today, April 2022) [text]

The U.K. wants to send refugees to Rwanda. That’s become a trend (WP's Monkey Cage, April 2022) [text]

The UK-Rwanda Agreement Represents Another Blow to Territorial Asylum (MPI Commentary, April 2022) [text]

The UK-Rwanda deal and its Incompatibility with International Law (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, April 2022) [text]

What Have We Become?: The UK Begins the Offshore Processing of People Seeking Asylum (Refugee Research Online, April 2022) [text]

Blog posts & press:

"Denmark in talks with Rwanda on transfer of asylum-seekers," Reuters, 20 April 2022 [text]

Europe’s Border Crimes: Bridging the Impunity Gap for the Enforced Disappearance of Migrants in the Mediterranean Graveyard (Border Criminologies Blog, April 2022) [text]

France: comment demander l’asile depuis Calais? (InfoMigrants, April 2022) [text]

Mobility and Sanctuary: How to Revive Asylum in Europe (Oxford Human Rights Hub, April 2022) [text]

"Revealed: EU border agency involved in hundreds of refugee pushbacks," The Guardian, [text]

The Role of NGOs within Search and Rescue Activities at Sea (Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog, April 2022) [text]

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