Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Asylum Applications in EU+ Remain Broadly Stable Despite Spike in January (EASO, March 2019) [text]

The European Agenda on Migration: EU Needs to Sustain Progress Made Over the Past 4 Years (European Commission, March 2019) [text]
- Includes links to various factsheets on migration management, debunking myths, and EU actions. See also related LRB Blog post.

"Externalizing EU Migration Control while Ignoring the Human Rights of Migrants: Is There Any Room for the International Responsibility of European States?," Questions of International Law, 28 Feb. 2019 [open access]
- This "Zoom in" features two contributions from three scholars: "Border-induced Displacement: The Ethical and Legal Implications of Distance-creation through Externalization" and "Is Italy Internationally Responsible for the Gross Human Rights Violations against Migrants in Libya?".

Legal Migration to the EU (EPRS, March 2019) [text]

NGOs Calling on European Leaders to End the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis at Europe’s Borders (Human Rights Watch et al., March 2019) [text]

No Reason for Returns to Afghanistan, Policy Note (ECRE, Feb. 2019) [access]
- Follow link for policy note and case law compilation. See also related editorial in the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.

"Op-ed: How to Design Fair and Efficient Asylum Procedures in Populist Times?," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 1 March 2019 [text]

"Op-ed: Pull Factors – The Myth that Never Dies…," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 15 March 2019 [text]

"Operation ‘Sophia’: EU Officials Aware Naval Military Mission Made Crossing the Med More Dangerous," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 8 March 2019 [text]

Reforming Asylum and Migration Policies in Europe: Attitudes, Realism and Values, RSCAS Policy Paper, no. 2019/13 (European Univ. Institute, 2019) [text]

Saving Lives in the Mediterranean: Human Rights Organisations Propose Plan for "a Fair and Predictable Rescue System" (Statewatch, March 2019) [text]

Research project:

CEASEVAL: Research on the Common European Asylum System [access]
- Aims to evaluate the Common European Asylum System provide recommendations for further development. Recent working papers/reports include: "Baseline Study on Access to Protection, Reception and Distribution of Asylum Seekers and the Determination of Asylum Claims in the EU"; "The Future of the CEAS – an Analysis of Rules on Allocation"; "A Review and Analysis of the Recent Literature on the Common European Asylum System"; "Sharing Responsibilities in the Common European Asylum System"; "Solidarity – an Integral and Basic Concept of the Common European Asylum System"; and "State-of-the-art Report on Public Attitudes, Political Discourses and Media Coverage on the Arrival of Refugees."

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (5 March 2019)
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (5 March 2019)

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