21 March 2025

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Border Criminologies Blog [access]
- See recent posts in a new thematic series on the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.

New Common European System for Return (European Commission, March 2025) [access]
- Includes links to additional documents & information. See also related articles from ECRE and Human Rights Watch and an EPRS briefing.

What is the Future of the Prohibition Against Collective Expulsion in the European Human Rights Legal Framework? (EJIL: Talk Blog, March 2025) [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

New open access book:

Borders, Migrations and Human Rights (Ledizioni, 2025) [open access]
- "[T]his volume brings together leading scholars to analyze the resurgence of border enforcement as a central political priority, often at the expense of international legal obligations and human dignity.Drawing from sociology, law, history, psychology, and literary studies, the book interrogates the evolving functions of borders—not only as physical demarcations but as sites of legal, political, and social contestation. Contributors explore topics such as the securitization of migration, the constitutional rights of migrants, EU border policies, the criminalization of solidarity, and the narratives of border-crossing in literature and cultural discourse. Through this multi-faceted lens, the volume reveals how contemporary border practices reshape democratic societies, challenge human rights principles, and expose the persistent tensions between national security and universal justice."

Reports:

Brutal Barriers: Pushbacks, violence and the violation of human rights on the Poland-Belarus border (Egala &Oxfam, March 2025) [text]

Crimmigration through Administrative Surveillance of Civil Society at the EU's External Borders, Law Research Paper, no. 3 (Univ. of Luxembourg, March 2025) [text]

Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU: Theoretical, Interdisciplinary, and Practical Perspectives, Law Research Paper, no. 2 (Univ. of Luxembourg, March 2025) [text]

Living in Fear and Humiliation: Rising Xenophobic Harassment and Violence towards Central Asian Migrants in Russia (Human Rights Watch, March 2025) [text]

Maintaining International Protection in Europe during Syria’s Transition (ECRE, March 2025) [text]

Toolkit on How to Request Interim Measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of the European Court of Human Rights for Persons in Need of International Protection (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]

UNHCR Observations on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (UNHCR, March 2025) [text]

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