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• European Vessels, African Territorial Waters and ‘Illegal Emigrants’: The Right to Leave and the Principle of (Il)legality in a Global Regime of Mobility

  30 December 2008, by Cornelisse Galina
  Analyses of the legal challenges posed by the interception of migrants, be it in the territorial waters of sending states or the high seas, have predominantly focused on the rights of refugees and non-refoulement. However, a focus on the wider implications of this specific form of externalisation and the international legal framework in which it takes place is much called for. In order to evaluate the remarkable discursive shift from illegal immigration to illegal migration in European policies, an overview of the legal norms regulating international movement is indispensable.
  
  

• Living conditions in Europe - Data 2003-06

  24 December 2008, by Eurostat
  This pocketbook provides a comprehensive picture of the current living conditions in the Member States and the Candidate Countries of the European Union, as well as in the EFTA States. For the first time in this publication some data is presented concerning the potential candidate countries of the European Union.
  
  

• Restructuring in Europe Report 2008

  24 December 2008, by Commission of the European Communities
  The report presents a global overview of the European Union’s main strategies, policies and actions to anticipate change and tackle the negative effects of restructuring, that is to say when companies, industries and economic sectors are reorganised. It is the first of a series of regular reports dedicated to analysing restructuring processes and their effects on jobs.
  
  

• Azerbaijan: Adoption of Committee of Ministers’ recommendations on minority protection

  24 December 2008, by Conseil de l’Europe
  The Committee of Ministers has just adopted a resolution on the protection of national minorities in Azerbaijan. The resolution contains conclusions and recommendations, highlighting positive developments but also a number of areas where further measures are needed to advance the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
  
  

• Bombs accused ’told absurd lies’

  23 December 2008, by The Muslim Weekly
  A doctor accused of attempted car bombings in London and Glasgow has told «astonishing lies», jurors have heard. Bilal Abdulla, 29, claimed he did not know Kafeel Ahmed, 28, was planning a suicide attack when a Jeep was driven into a building at Glasgow Airport. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw QC told Woolwich Crown Court Mr Abdulla gave a «simply absurd» account of the June 2007 attack on the terminal building.