Publication date: 08 June 2023
The Fundamental Rights Report 2023 contains a section on asylum, borders, visa, migration and integration. Fundamental rights at borders, asylum and immigration policies in transition and EU information technology systems are of particular concern to the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.
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Publication date: 30 May 2023
In this bulletin, FRA takes stock of concerns and improvements regarding the fundamental rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. It highlights the EU Member States’ legal and practical responses. It identifies key trends, promising practices, long-standing and emerging patterns, and persistent concerns.
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Publication date: 26 June 2018
In this annual report Myria analyses the current migration and tests policy and practice against respect for fundamental rights. Myria draws conclusions and formulates policy recommandations.
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Main theme: Regularization, Data & Statistics, International Protection, Economic migration, Family reunification, Citizenship & Nationality
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: fundamental rights
Publication date: 01 February 2018
This updated report assesses how the presence of persons in need of protection affect the local communities in terms of housing, education, local economy and social responses
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Publication date: 28 May 2017
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) published its "Fundamental Rights Report 2017". FRA states that diverse efforts at both EU and national levels sought to bolster fundamental rights protection in 2016, while some measures threatened to undermine such protection. The report includes a chapter on asylum, visas, migration, borders and integration.
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Publication date: 02 July 2014
The Belgian Federal Migration Centre published today a report on the Belgian return policy after the transposition of the EU-Return Directive.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: entry ban, fundamental rights, return directive
Publication date: 02 July 2014
This handbook aims to strengthen the protection of children, specifically addressing the particular needs of child victims of trafficking.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: child victim of trafficking, fundamental rights, guardianship
Publication date: 01 July 2014
After the success of the first edition, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) launched an update of their guide to European law on asylum, borders and immigration.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: european law, fundamental rights
Publication date: 04 July 2013
Produced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the FRA, the Handbook provides an accessible guide to the various European standards relevant to asylum, borders and immigration.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: european law, fundamental rights
Publication date: 04 July 2013
The FRA Annual Report examines fundamental rights-related developments in many fields, including asylum, immigration and integration, border control and visa policy.
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Main theme: Integration, Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: economic crisis, fundamental rights
Publication date: 22 February 2013
ECRE has published its views and recommendations on a range of measures and initiatives taken or under discussion at EU level with the aim of promoting solidarity and responsibility-sharing within the EU in the field of asylum.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: Common European Asylum System, fundamental rights, solidarity
Publication date: 28 December 2010
Ms Joëlle Milquet, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment and Equal Opportunities responsible for migration and asylum policy, asked the European Economic and Social Committee to draw up an exploratory opinion on the role of legal immigration in the context of demographic challenges.
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Main theme: Migration
Publication Type: Opinion
Keywords: cultural diversity, demography, fundamental rights, labour demand, legal migration, mobility, non-discrimination
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On 28 February 2024 the European Ombudsman published a press release regarding the completion of its inquiry about the Adriana shipwreck in June 2023, which also included recommendations regarding broader systemic issues. The Ombudsman called on EU legislators to address fundamental rights gaps and to establish an independent commission of inquiry to assess the reasons for the large numbers of deaths in the Mediterranean.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: Mediterranean, shipwreck, fundamental rights, search and rescue
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Today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution wrapping up the fact-finding investigation by the Working Group on Frontex Scrutiny with 366 votes in favour, 154 against, and 15 abstaining. The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) inter alia share concerns over the situation in Greece, Lithuania and Hungary.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: Frontex, fundamental rights, EU border agency, search and rescue
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The Ombudsman is asking whether the Commission conducted a human rights impact assessment before signing the agreement, if periodic reviews will be conducted during implementation, and if there are criteria for suspending funding in case of human rights violations.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: fundamental rights, Tunisia, irregular migration
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This conference will provide legal practitioners with an update on the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and the efforts undertaken to implement the New EU Pact on Migration. This year it will also tackle challenges related to the use of artificial intelligence and its implications for people on the move.
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Ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Act vote in the European Parliament, a coalition of human rights organisations is calling on EU lawmakers to include provisions in the proposed EU AI Act to protect people from AI surveillance technologies used in migration.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: artificial intelligence, border security, fundamental rights
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Today, the Commission adopted a Communication that presents the strategic framework for European integrated border management (EIBM) for 5 years and a Recommendation to Member States on the mutual recognition of return decisions and expediting returns.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: European integrated border management, return decision, border control, fundamental rights
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How fundamental rights have been applied in the European migration policy in 2015 ? This is one of the question addressed by the report.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: fundamental rights
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The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a case-law in relation to international protection and protection of human rights in the case of alleged persecutions because of an applicant's sexual orientation.
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, credibility, fundamental rights, sexual orientation
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On 20 October 2014, the European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has opened an investigation into how Frontex ensures the respect of fundamental rights of migrants who are subject to forced returns from the EU to their countries of origin.
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Main theme: Return & Readmission, External Dimension
Keywords: European ombudsman, forced return, Frontex, fundamental rights
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The European Policy Centre and the European Programme for Integration and Migration are organising this Conference on 6 December that will explore issues around the rights of migrants, particularly those who are undocumented, and the role of the media in the migration and integration debate