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European Court of Human Rights finds insufficent evidence of degrading treatment of three Afghans in detention in Chios, Greece
The ECHR: Detention of three Afghan nationals in Vial migrant centre in Greece (Press release, pdf) found that only one of four complaints could be upheld - Article 5 § 2 (right to be informed Read More
UK: Brexit: Home Affairs Committee: Oral evidence: Home Office delivery of Brexit: policing and security co-operation
The Home Affairs Select Committee is carrying out an Inquiry into the effect of Brexit on Justice and Home Affairs issues. The last Oral evidence session (pdf) was on 23 January 2018. The Committee Chair Read More
EU: ‘Follow the money’ – new report examines spending of EU’s 3.1bn Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
"The Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund (AMIF) 2014-20 aims to contribute, via financial assistance, to the effective management of migration flows and to the implementation and development of a common EU approach to asylum and Read More
UK: Biometrics: MPs concerned over huge police mugshot database that still has “no real rules”
UK Biometrics: MPs concerned over huge police mugshot database that still has "no real rules" 24.1.18 Follow us: | | Tweet "Ministers face a parliamentary inquiry over the storing by police of 20 million Read More
UK-France: ‘Sandhurst Treaty’ on border control cooperation: full-text, plus other documents agreed at UK-France summit
UK-France 'Sandhurst Treaty' on border control cooperation: full-text, plus other documents agreed at UK-France summit 24.1.18 Follow us: | | Tweet "French President Emmanuel Macron met Theresa May, UK Prime Minister, during a French-UK Read More
Council of the EU: latest text of the proposed e-Privacy Regulation
"While covering a complex subject matter, this proposal is one that the Presidency recognises as important for the completion of the Digital Single Market and is therefore committed to put considerable efforts towards seeking compromise Read More
EU: Data protection and EU institutions, bodies and agencies
• Proposal for a Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and Read More
Council of the European Union: International Protection: latest version of the proposed Dublin Regulation, chapters I-III
DUBLIN: Proposal for a Regulation establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or Read More
EU: Commissioner to face awkward questions from MEPs over EU home affairs and migration spending
On the morning of Tuesday 23 January European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, responsible for home affairs and migration, is to appear before the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control to answer: Written Questions on the 2016 Read More
UN: “Facts and evidence”, not “panic and fearmongering”, required in online radicalisation debate
UN "Facts and evidence", not "panic and fearmongering", required in online radicalisation debate 17.1.18 Follow us: | | Tweet A global review of recent research on the "online violent radicalisation" of young people has Read More