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• Sharing responsibility for refugee protection in Europe : Dublin reconsidered

  28 April 2008, by European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
  ECRE launches a new report entitled Sharing Responsibility for Refugee Protection in Europe: Dublin Reconsidered. This report highlights the inherent limitations and injustices of the Dublin system, which transfers asylum seekers between EU Member States, and outlines alternative proposals for a fairer and more efficient system.

• OFPRA : Rapport annuel 2007

  9 avril 2008, par Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA)
  L’année 2007 marque toutefois un net infléchissement de la tendance de forte baisse des demandes, amorcée depuis 2004. Alors que la demande globale d’asile avait baissé en 2006, pour la troisième année consécutive, de 33,6 %, elle ne s’est réduite que de 9,7 % en 2007. Les premières demandes d’asile ont également baissé de 9,4 %, comprenant 23 804 cas en 2007 contre 26 269 en 2006. Les réexamens ont chuté de 28,6 %.

• Fit for purpose yet? The Independent Asylum Commission’s Interim Findings

  1 April 2008, by UK Independent Asylum Commission
  The Commission has found almost universal acceptance of the principle that there must be an asylum system, and that it must be applied fairly, firmly and humanely. These criteria must be fulfilled for the UK system to be ‘fit for purpose’.

• Providing Europe with the tools to bring its border management into the 21st century

  31 March 2008, by Frattini Franco
  «Why does Europe need a new approach to border management? Europe needs a new approach to border management to better face the challenges posed by globalisation, increased mobility and ever changing security threats. We need to be one step ahead to the increasingly better organised networks of terrorists and criminals who have discovered the lucrative trafficking in human beings, drugs and weapons. Innovative and effective border controls have to strike a difficult balance between ensuring the free movement of a growing number of people across borders and guaranteeing greater security for Europe’s citizens. Border controls therefore have to focus more on potential challenges, be flexible enough to adapt to unexpected circumstances and be easy to operate by border guards.»

• 5th CHALLENGE Training School : Migration, Visas & Asylum: Social, Legal and Political Issues (18 & 19 April 2008)

  31 March 2008, by Centre for European Policy Studies
  The Training School will address the social, legal and political issues comprised in the construction of a common EU Immigration and Asylum Policy. The ‘migration dossier’ is highly complex as it comprises a considerable number of different facets. Therefore, the Training school seeks to focus on the various issues and questions related to «migrations» from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. This event brings together young researchers to deepen and widen their knowledge on the issues at stake along with key academics and policy makers

• Cadre pluri-annuel de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux

  28 mars 2008, par European Council
  Le Conseil de l’Union Européenne, en application du règlement CE n°168/2007, a adopté, le 28 février 2008, le cadre pluriannuel de l’Agence des droits fondamentaux. La décision du Conseil comprend trois articles qui visent respectivement la période du cadre pluriannuel, les domaines thématiques ainsi que la complémentarité et coopération de l’agence avec d’autres organismes.

• L’Europe en mouvement

  12 février 2008, par European Commission
  L’une des réalisations majeures de l’Union européenne est la création d’un vaste espace sans frontières à l’intérieur duquel les personnes peuvent se déplacer librement sans contrôle aux frontières. Les citoyens européens sont également libres de choisir le pays de l’Union dans lequel ils souhaitent vivre et travailler.

• Poor Privacy Rights in Scandinavia

  4 February 2008, by Privacy International
  The recently published Privacy and Human Rights Report 2007 reveals that privacy rights in Norway, Sweden and Denmark are unsatisfactory.

• Informal Meeting of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs, 24 -26 January at Brdo

  22 January 2008, by European Presidency
  The first informal ministerial meeting under Slovenia’s Presidency – i.e. the meeting of the EU Council on Justice and Home Affairs – will be held from 24 to 26 January 2008 at Brdo. The meeting will be hosted by the Minister of Justice Dr Lovro Šturm, and Minister of the Interior Dragutin Mate.

• Réunion informelle des ministres de la justice et des affaires intérieures de l’Union européenne, du 24 au 26 janvier 2008 à Brdo pri Kranju

  22 janvier 2008, par European Presidency
  La session informelle du Conseil de la justice et des affaires intérieures de l’Union européenne, qui se déroulera du 24 au 26 janvier 2008 à Brdo pri Kranju, sera la première réunion informelle des ministres ayant lieu durant la présidence slovène. Cette rencontre sera accueillie par le Ministre de la justice, M. Lovro Šturm, et le Ministre de l’intérieur, M. Dragutin Mate.

• Mass Deportations of Asylum Seekers decided by Libyan Authorities

  22 janvier 2008, par Palidda Salvatore
  Yesterday, the government of Tripoli announced with a press release (by Jana) that « all illegal immigrants » staying in the Libyan territory will be expelled « without exception ». According to the last estimate of Libyan authorities, they are two million people. Among these many asylum seekers and refugees, women and children, coming mostly from the Horn of Africa.

• Deportazioni di massa di migranti diposte dalle autorita’ libiche

  22 gennaio 2008, di Palidda Salvatore
  Il Governo di Tripoli ha annunciato ieri con un comunicato stampa (diffuso dall’agenzia Jana) che «tutti gli immigrati illegali» presenti sul territorio nazionale saranno espulsi «senza eccezioni».

• Call for papers FIFTH CHALLENGE TRAINING SCHOOL Migration, Visas and Asylum: Social, legal, political and economic issues

  22 January 2008, by Centre for European Policy Studies
  The Centre of European Policy Studies (CEPS) is organising the Fifth CHALLENGE Training School on «Migration, Visas and Asylum: Social, Legal, Political and Economic Issues». The event will take place at CEPS on the 18 & 19 April 2008. You may find attached to this e-mail the detailed Call for Papers. CEPS invites submission of Proposals for Papers addressing the conference’s theme no later than 21 February 2008.

• Décret n° 2007-1890 du 26 décembre 2007 portant création d’un traitement automatisé de données à caractère personnel relatives aux étrangers faisant l’objet d’une mesure d’éloignement et modifiant la partie réglementaire du code de l’entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d’asile

  31 décembre 2007, par Ministère de l’immigration, de l’intégration, de l’identité nationale et du codéveloppement
  Voici le décret n°2007-1890 du 26 décembre et paru dimanche 30 décembre dans le Journal offciel. Ce décret porte sur la création d’un traitement automatisé de données à caractère personnel relatives aux étrangers faisant l’objet d’une mesure d’éloignement et modifiant la partie réglementaire du code de l’entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d’asile.

• European Council : Presidency Conclusions December 14th 2007

  18 December 2007, by European Presidency
  The European Council welcomes the enlargement of the Schengen area and the abolition of controls at the internal borders of the Member States participating in the SIS one4ALL project, as from 21 December 2007 for land and sea borders, and by 30 March 2008 for air borders, thus extending the effective free movement of persons.

• Background to the JLS issues to be discussed at the European Council meeting on 14 December 2007

  18 December 2007, by European Commission
  The European Council on 14th December will consider a large number of JLS issues. This memo provides a brief outline of these issues as well as links to background documents. In addition, it highlights relevant initiatives and proposals to be introduced, discussed and/or adopted in 2008.

• AN ANALYSIS AND CATEGORISATION OF THE ASYLUM APPELLANTS IN MALTA, 2005-2007

  17 December 2007, by Frendo Henry
  This Challenge project report is sourced through a privileged access to archived documentation held at the Refugee Appeals Board, Fort St Elmo, Valletta. This is the tribunal responsible for finally determining refugee status, which the author has chaired since its inception in November 2001. That was just after Malta had legislated to assume responsibility for asylum applications, forgoing its earlier opt-out on the 1967 New York Protocol modifying the 1952 Geneva Convention on Refugees, i.e. no longer limiting asylum to refugees from Europe but extending access to any provenance. This meant, too, that Malta would no longer rely on UNHCR, mainly through its Branch Office in Rome, to interview or review asylum-seekers including appellants, and to help directly by means of arranging permanent third country resettlement for refugees or special humanitarian cases.

• Comments Standing Committee on the use of Eurodac

  12 December 2007, by Standing Committee
  The Standing Committtee for Experts on international immigration, refugee and criminal law was invited for the hearing of the European Commission of 8 October 2007 on plans to give access for law enforcement authorities to Eurodac data. At this hearing of 8 October, the Standing Committee considered it necessary to send an extensive additional letter to the Commission, attached to this mail. Their first comments are attached as well.

• The Commission regrets delay in transposition of European rules on procedures for granting asylum

  5 December 2007, by European Commission
  On 1 December 2007, the deadline for transposition of the Asylum Procedures Directive (Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005, on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status) expired. Until today, only 6 Member States (Bulgaria, Germany, Luxemburg, Austria, Romania and the United Kingdom) have communicated their national measures informing that they transpose fully the Directive. 4 Member States (Belgium, Estonia, France and Lithuania) have notified partial transposition.

• Transposition of the Asylum Procedures Directive

  5 December 2007, by European Commission
  The Asylum Procedures Directive (Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005, on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status) is one of the four building blocks of the first stage of the Common European Asylum System. The other main asylum instruments are Regulation (EC) 343/2003 («Dublin Regulation»), Directive 2003/9/EC («Reception Conditions Directive,») and Directive 2004/83/EC («Qualification Directive»). These legislative instruments guarantee a minimum level of protection and procedural safeguards in all Member States for those who are genuinely in need of international protection, whilst preventing abuses of asylum applications which undermine the credibility of the system and place additional administrative and financial burden on member States.

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