Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Border Criminologies Blog (June-July 2020) [access]
- A call for submissions had been put out in May for a themed series of posts focusing on "border controls and COVID-19." A number of those published focus on Europe; follow the link above and check out the navigation menu on the right to access them.

Coronavirus: Misinformation is Leading to ‘Fake News’ Anxieties in Dutch Refugee Communities (The Conversation, July 2020) [text]

COVID-19 is Grist to the Border Regime Mill: Could a New Era for EU Border Control be on the Horizon? (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, July 2020) [text]

*The COVID-19 Measures Impact on the Rights of Migrants and Refugees in the EU (Opinio Juris Blog, June 2020) [text]

Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg, July 2020) [text]
- See also related workshop.

Trapped by Covid and a Hostile Europe: Sudanese Migrants and Refugees in Belgium (African Arguments, July 2020) [text]

Reports:

Diminished, Derogated, Denied: How the Right to Asylum in Greece is Undermined by the Lack of EU Responsibility Sharing (Oxfam & Greek Council for Refugees, July 2020) [text]
- See also related press release.

Forced Return Monitoring Systems: 2020 Update (EU Fundamental Rights Agency, July 2020) [access]

*"Frontex Return Operations and Their Human Rights Implications," Chapter in Deportation of Foreigners: EU Instruments, Nation-State Practices and Social Actors’ Involvement (Peter Lang, Forthcoming) [preprint]

*Redeploying EU Asylum Policy: A Way out of the Governance Quagmire (Jacques Delors Centre, June 2020) [text]

Risk Analysis for 2020 (Frontex, April 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Issues Recommendations for EU to Ensure Refugee Protection during the Pandemic and Beyond (UNHCR, July 2020) [access]
- Follow link to access three documents outlining UNHCR's recommendations.

UNHCR Observations on Proposed Amendments to the Asylum Legislation in Cyprus (UNHCR, June 2020) [text]

Wake Up Call: How Government Contracts Fail People Seeking Asylum (Refugee Action, July 2020) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (27 June 2020)
- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (27 June 2020)