High Court orders last-minute reprieve from deportation of Tamils from the UK The UK High Court has halted a deportation flight to Sri Lanka from the UK this week on the eve of the planned departure. Two senior judges, Mr Justice Wilkie and Judge Gleeson, rejected the government’s position that it was safe to return the asylum […]
EU must provide legal avenues for asylum seekers to reach the EU territory The Red Cross and Red Crescent EU office (ICRC) has published a position paper entitled ‘Legal Avenues to Access International Protection in the EU’. ICRC recommends the creation of a uniform and easily accessible legal mechanism to appeal against denial of entry to EU territory, […]
German civil society: Asylum seekers must be able to decide in which EU country they wish to apply for international protection A coalition of seven German organisations- Pro Asyl, Diakonie, the Paritärische Welfare Association,AWO, the Jesuit Refugee Service, the German Bar Association and the Neue Richtervereinigung – issued yesterday a memorandum criticising the current system for identifying the Member State responsible for examining an asylum […]
M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece: Greek authorities need to step up efforts to improve asylum system This week, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe supervised the execution of the M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece judgement��and stated in its decision that the Greek authorities still need to intensify their efforts in order to execute the […]
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe: Supervision of the execution Hirsi Jamaa case must continue The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe reviewed this week the steps taken by Italy to execute the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy. In this judgment, the ECtHR […]
