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COVID-19: Architect of the EU-Turkey deal calls for Greek camps to be evacuated
Gerald Knaus, the man widely considered responsible for coming up with the EU-Turkey Deal that has trapped thousands of people in squalid conditions on Greek islands, is now calling for those camps to be evacuated. Read More
Greece: Nearly 2,000 New Arrivals Detained in Overcrowded, Mainland Camps
Citing COVID-19, Authorities Arbitrarily Detain New Arrivals Read More
Brexit: Statement by the European Commission following the first meeting of the EU-UK Joint Committee
"Today, the European Union and the United Kingdom held their first Joint Committee meeting on the implementation and application of the Withdrawal Agreement, by means of teleconference. The Joint Committee is co-chaired by European Commission Read More
CEPS In Brief: Will privacy be one of the victims of COVID-19?
A paper from the Centre for European Policy Studies looks at whether the right to privacy will be violated in the name of addressing the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
Portugal to treat migrants as residents during coronavirus crisis
Portugal is granting temporary rights to people with pending residency applications, including asylum-seekers, residence until at least 1 July. Read More
‘Are we in Greece?’: Migrants seize their chance in Europe quest
A report from the Greek-Turkish border. Read More
Return to borderless Europe after COVID-19 will be difficult but not impossible
An article by the director of the GLOBSEC think-tank. Read More
Hungary: Orbán to rule by decree with new powers to ‘silence critics’
More news on the new powers granting the Hungarian government the ability to rule by decree. Read More
Brexit: The Protocol on Ireland/ Northern Ireland: What it says is not what it does
Professor Steve Peers sets out what the Northern Ireland Protocol will actually mean regarding checks at the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland. Read More
EU/Greece/Turkey: Crisis not averted: security policies cannot solve a humanitarian problem, now or in the long-term
At the end of February, the Turkish government announced it would allow refugees to travel onwards to Greece and Bulgaria, in the hope of extracting from the EU further financial support as well as backing for its military operations in Syria. It has now taken up its role as Europe’s border guard again, but the manufactured crisis induced by the Turkish decision and the EU response highlight the long-term failings of the EU’s asylum and migration model. Read More