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EU-Morocco Political agreement on Mobility Partnership: Towards the first readmission agreement with an African country? 07.03.2013On 1 March 2013, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the EU's Commissioner on Home Affairs, Read More
Statewatch News Online: Germany: Border control and deportation operations to Belarus
Germany Border control and deportation operations to Belarus 26.9.12 The German magazine Junge Welt published on 30 August 2012 an article which looks at cooperation between the German police (Bundespolizei) and Belarus in border control Read More
Statewatch News Online: EU: Member States and "friends" gear up for "Smart Borders"
EU Member States and "friends" gear up for "Smart Borders" The Danish Council Presidency held a EU conference on "Innovation Border Management" in February 2012.[1] It was attended by EU Member States, associate Schengen States Read More
Statewatch News Online: Italy/Turkey: AI calls on Italy not to forcibly return Avri Er
Italy/Turkey AI calls on Italy not to forcibly return Avri Er Following the rejection on 24 March 2010 of Avri Er’s asylum or international protection application by the Territorial Commission for the Recognition of International Read More
Statewatch News Online: EU police intelligence handling codes
"Handling codes” used by Europol (like other police forces) raise interesting questions. How are sources under C and D codes handled? What if sources under C and D are combined with “reliability” under no 4? Read More
Statewatch News Online: Italy: G8-Genoa policemen’s trial suspended as planted molotov cocktails disappear
Italy: G8-Genoa policemen's trial suspended as planted molotov cocktails disappear One of the most significant incidents during the three-days of police violence against protestors that marked the G8 summit in Genoa on 19-21 July 2001, Read More
Statewatch News Online: Portugal: Renditions continue: Algerian prisoner abducted and deported
Portugal: Renditions continue: Algerian prisoner abducted and deported Sofiane Laib, an Algerian who was serving a sentence in Portugal in a prison establishment run by the judicial police in Lisbon since 2 April 2003, was Read More
Statewatch News Online: Greece: Immigration news digest (10 January – 8 February 2006)
Greece: Immigration news digest (10 January - 8 February 2006) Committee for monitoring migration policy agreed - The Greek Parliament has unanimously accepted Mr Papandreou's proposal to create an inter-party Committee responsible for monitoring the Read More
Statewatch News Online: Spain/Germany: Spain annuls German EAW’s
Spain/Germany: Spain annuls German EAW's The Spanish newspaper El País reported that the Audiencia Nacional (a Madrid-based court whose competencies include terrorist offences, serious organised crime affecting more than one region and 'passive' extradition) is Read More
Statewatch News Online: UK: NGO statement on the Inquiries Bill
THE INQUIRIES BILL: THE WRONG ANSWER A Joint Statement by: Amnesty International British Irish Rights Watch The Committee on the Administration of Justice Human Rights First The Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association Read More