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EU: European Border and Coast Guard: briefing by European Parliamentary Research Service
"In December 2015, the European Commission proposed setting up a European Border and Coast Guard System (EBCGS), building on the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member Read More
UK: EQUALITY: New investigations welcome, but hostile environment must change
"On Sunday Theresa May revealed that the Government is launching an audit of public services to tackle racial disparities. Meanwhile, the Labour Party is launching a consultation on tackling discrimination and promoting racial equality. Both Read More
EU: New rules on net neutrality agreed
"European Union telecoms regulators adopted strict rules on Tuesday limiting how telecoms firms like Vodafone and Orange can prioritize some types of Internet traffic, dealing a blow to an industry hoping to boost revenues. The Read More
EU: Towards a corporate copyright reform in the EU?
"During our copyfails blogpost series we described how badly the EU copyright regime is broken, and how these failures could be fixed if the political will existed. However, after reading the draft IA, our conclusion Read More
UK: #UnisResistBorderControls
"Five months ago, the Justice4Sanaz campaign launched the #UnisResistBorderControls campaign at SOAS. This urgent campaign brings together grassroots activists and campaigners to oppose widespread abuses against non-EU international students and staff within the British higher Read More
Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (31.8.16)
- UK-FRANCE: Response to Calais situation: more security measures The UK and French governments yesterday issued a joint statement setting out what they plan to do "to strengthen the security of our shared border, to Read More
“Nobody is ever just a refugee”: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s powerful speech on the global migrant crisis
"The Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie called on attendees of the United Nation’s World Humanitarian day last week to rethink the refugee crisis. “Nobody is ever just a refugee,” said the novelist and non-fiction writer, Read More
UK-FRANCE: Response to Calais situation: more security measures
The UK and French governments yesterday issued a joint statement setting out what they plan to do "to strengthen the security of our shared border, to strongly diminish the migratory pressure in Calais and preserve Read More
UK: Killing investigated as hate crime days after UN warning on racism
Police have arrested six teenage boys following the death of a Polish man in Harlow, with the investigation considering "the possibility of it being a hate crime". Arkadiusz Józwik was attacked just days after the Read More
USA: The Strategic Costs of Torture: How “Enhanced Interrogation” Hurt America
"Despite their disagreements, all these perspectives share one key assumption: that whether the torture was good or bad depends on whether or not it “worked”—that is, whether it produced lifesaving results. Leaving aside the very Read More