03 March 2020

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

News re. situation at Turkish/Greek border:

*"Briefing: A Manufactured Refugee Crisis at the Greek-Turkish Border," The New Humanitarian, 4 March 2020 [text]

ECRE Statement on the Situation at the Greek Turkish Border (ECRE, March 2020) [text]

*Europe’s Borderlands: The New Shooting Range for Power Politics (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2020) [text]

"Greece Suspends Asylum as Turkey Opens Gates for Migrants," New York Times, 1 March 2020 [text]

*Greece/EU: Respect Rights, Ease Suffering at Borders (Human Rights Watch, March 2020) [text]

*IOM Urges Restraint, Calls for a Humane Response on EU-Turkey Border (IOM, March 2020) [text]

More than 13,000 Migrants Reported along the Turkish-Greek Border (IOM, March 2020) [text]

*"Op-Ed: The Wrong Side of History? A Missed Opportunity to Lead on a Human-rights-led Response to Mixed Migration between Turkey and Greece," Mixed Migration Centre, 4 March 2020 [text]

*Tensions Mount at Greek Border with Turkey Amid Contested History of Migration in the Aegean (The Conversation, March 2020) [text]

Time to Immediately Act and to Address Humanitarian and Protection Needs of People Trapped Between Turkey and Greece (COE Commissioner for Human Rights, March 2020) [text]

"Turkey Will Not Stop Refugees 'Who Want to Go to Europe'," DW, 28 Feb. 2020 [text]

UNHCR Statement on the Situation at the Turkey-EU Border (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

Blog posts & press:

Hot Returns Remain Contrary to the ECHR: ND & NT Before the ECHR (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

*The Malta Declaration on Search & Rescue, Disembarkation and Relocation: Much Ado about Nothing (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, March 2020) [text]

"Nine Out of 10 Migrants Who Come to Greece are Escaping Violence," Ekathimerini, 27 Feb. 2020 [text]

"Refugee Crisis in Greece: Anger and Foreboding Grow on Lesbos," DW, 2 March 2020 [text]

UNHCR Deplores Attacks against Humanitarians on Greek Islands, Appeals for Calm (UNHCR, March 2020) [text]

“Volunteer Tourists are Still Showing Up at Greek Refugee Camps. Are They Really Helping?,” Time Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020 [text]

"Who is Responsible for Helping out Migrants at Sea?," BBC News, 26 Feb. 2020 [text]

Reports:

2019 EU Asylum Trends (European Asylum Support Office, Feb. 2020) [text]
- "Asylum applications in the EU+ up by 13% last year." See also related Politico article.

"The Case of the Eight Turkish Military Personnel Who Sought Asylum in Greece after the Failed 2016 Coup Attempt in Turkey: Fair Trial as a Reason Precluding Non-Refoulement and (Stricto Sensu) Proportionality," Chapter in Human Rights in Times of Illiberal Democracies (Wolf Legal Publishers, Forthcoming) [postprint]
- Note: Access to the chapter text is embargoed until 1 May 2020.

Civil Society Input to EU-Africa Cooperation on Migration: EU-AU Relations, ECRE Working Paper, no. 7 (ECRE, Feb. 2020) [text]

Dublin Regulation on International Protection Applications: European Implementation Assessment (EPRS, Feb, 2020) [text]
- See also related ECRE Weekly Bulletin editorial.

EU Charter and the Dialog of the Judges in Asylum and Immigration Cases, EUI RSCAS Working Paper, no. RSCAS 2020/10 (European Univ. Institute, 2020) [text]

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