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UK: Watchdog rules force used on father who died after after Beckton police stop was proportionate
Statewatch News Online UK Watchdog rules force used on father who died after after Beckton police stop was ‘proportionate’ 31.10.18 Follow us: | | Tweet "An investigation into the death of Edir Frederico Da Read More
Council Presidency seeks to implement “regional disembarkation centres” in third countries
Statewatch News Online EU Council Presidency seeks to implement "regional disembarkation centres" in third countries 30.10.18 Follow us: | | Tweet The Austrian Council Presidency has produced a: Working Paper; Regional Disembarkation Arrangements (LIMITE Read More
Decriminalising solidarity by promoting the regularisation of migrants
Translation of a speech given by Fulvio Vassallo Paleologo (Osservatorio Solidarieta Carta di Milano) at the session ‘Decriminalizing Solidarity: an ever more topical challenge’, Sabir Festival, Palermo, 13 October 2018. Read More
UK: Home Office apologises for illegally demanding immigrants provide DNA samples
Statewatch News Online UK Home Office apologises for illegally demanding immigrants provide DNA samples 29.10.18 Follow us: | | Tweet "Sajid Javid has apologised after the Home Office illegally demanded immigrants provide DNA samples Read More
EU:Trilogue on interoperable centralised database starts on borders and asylum aspects
Statewatch News Online EU Trilogue on interoperable centralised database starts on borders and asylum aspects 27,10.18 Follow us: | | Tweet The trilogue between the Council and the European Parliament on the interoperable centralised Read More
EU: Common European Asylum System (CEAS): Asylum procedures at the border a sticking point for Member States
Statewatch News Online EU Common European Asylum System (CEAS): Asylum procedures at the border a sticking point for Member States 24.10.18 Follow us: | | Tweet As the Member States continue to disagree over Read More
France: Crimes of solidarity: freedom for the “7 of Briançon”
Statewatch News Online France Crimes of solidarity: freedom for the "7 of Briançon" 24.10.18 Follow us: | | Tweet Originally published by La CimadeThey are facing potential incarceration for helping migrants in danger in Read More
EU: New Asylum Information Database report: Access to protection in Europe: The registration of asylum applications
Statewatch News Online EU New Asylum Information Database report: Access to protection in Europe: The registration of asylum applications 24.10.18 Follow us: | | Tweet "The report analyses the legal and practical aspects of Read More
EU: E-evidence: Council pondering issues with the “notification procedure” for cross-border data-gathering; European Data Protection Board issues opinion
Statewatch News Online EU E-evidence: Council pondering issues with the "notification procedure" for cross-border data-gathering; European Data Protection Board issues opinion 24.10.18 Follow us: | | Tweet As discussions continue on the proposal for Read More
Wherever EU immigration policy rears its ugly head, violence and abuses follow
In the summer of 2018, after concerted efforts since 2014 by the EU and its Member States to block off the eastern (Turkey to Greece) and central (Tunisia and Libya to Italy) routes across the Mediterranean used by migrants and refugees to reach Europe, there was an increase in crossings using the western route (Morocco, and sometimes Algeria, to Spain). This was accompanied by an increase in deaths at sea and, in Morocco, extensive police operations to remove black African migrants from the north of the country, based on racial profiling and flagrant breaches of human rights. Read More