Asylum - Asile

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• Internamenti cpt e altri campi

  5 febbraio 2007, di Conflitti globali
  Se guardate attentamente la cartina riprodotta nell’apertura di questo numero, potete farvi un’idea dell’Europa in gabbia. Circa duecento strutture dedicate all’internamento, al controllo e all’identificazione dei migranti. Non solo in Europa, ma anche nei paesi candidati e aspiranti all’ingresso nella Ue, nei tributari, come Marocco, Algeria e Tunisia, e in quelli con cui l’Europa intrattiene relazioni complesse, oscillanti tra la connivenza e il sospetto, come la Russia di Putin. La cartina ricorda irresistibilmente la dislocazione delle legioni e delle guarnigioni all’epoca in cui l’impero romano, ancora unificato, cominciava a mettersi sulla difensiva, diciamo da Marco Aurelio in poi.

• Conference : Terrorism, Migration and Asylum: EU perspectives

  22 January 2007, by Centre for European Policy Studies, Centre for Migration Law
  This conference, jointly organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and the Centre for Migration Law (CMR), Nijmegen seeks to shed light on the question how access to the European Union and the legal status of immigrants and asylum seekers has changed in recent years and how this trend is related to counterterrorism measures adopted at national and EU level. A topic, particularly addressed will be whether and how far situations have come into existence, which would be considered to be in conflict with human rights and fundamental principles, like the rule of law.

• Selected List of Challenge Publications

  2 January 2007, by Challenge
  A selected list of Challenge publications

• Brussels European Council 14/15 december 2006 : Presidency Conclusions

  19 December 2006, by European Presidency
  Delegations will find attached the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council (14/15 December 2006).

• Conseil Européen – Bruxelles 14 & 15 décembre 2006 : Conclusions de la Présidence

  19 décembre 2006, par European Presidency
  Les délégations trouveront ci-joint les conclusions de la présidence du Conseil européen de Bruxelles (14 et 15 décembre 2006).

• Common EU standards on asylum : optimal harmonisation and exclusive procedures ?

  19 décembre 2006, par Vedsted-Hansen Jens
  L’esprit de Tampere concernant le respect absolu du droit d’asile, inscrit dans le traité d’Amsterdam et réaffirmé par les instances communautaires, ne s’est pas encore traduit par une harmonisation européenne suffisante en matière de traitement et de protection des demandeurs d’asile.

• The concept of « mass influx of displaced persons » in the European directive establishing the temporary protection system

  19 décembre 2006, par Arenas Nuria
  La protection temporaire accordée à des personnes en situation de risque, dans le cas où le principe du non refoulement est applicable, déjà inscrite dans la Convention de Genève sur les droits des réfugiés (1951), s’insère aujourd’hui dans une nouvelle perspective liée au contexte humanitaire des années 90 concernant le droit d’asile.

• Reinforcing the management of the European Union’s Southern Maritime Borders

  12 December 2006, by European Commission
  This document shows the growing role that Frontex will play in the management of borders. It illustrates the tension between operational requirements, including the need for information exchange, and security.

• European Parliament briefing papers : Introduction

  5 December 2006, by Centre for European Policy Studies, Challenge, Guild Elspeth
  In 2006, CEPS was asked by the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament to prepare a number of briefing papers on issues of substantial interest in the field of immigration, asylum, borders, biometrics and data protection. The objective of this series of briefing papers was to inform the Parliamentary Committee on the debates, issues and state of play on these issues. Over the year we prepared 14 briefing papers which can be grouped under six main headings – access to the territory of the EU; lawful presence on the territory; unlawful presence on the territory; expulsion; tracking the individual and a return to intergovernmentality. The European Parliament has, in the spirit of transparency and generosity, permitted us to publish these notes, slightly amended in this collection. Each briefing paper was prepared by a different expert working with the CEPS team. To each of them we are deeply grateful for their hard work and contribution to the project.

• A Typology of «Transit Zones»

  4 December 2006, by Toth Judit
  The term ‘transit zones’ can be broadly understood in member states as meaning designated places where rejected migrants are physically detained until they are returned to a state that is obliged to receive them back, including their country of origin. Non-EU nationals (eg people without documentation proving their identity, irregular migrants, asylum-seekers and unaccompanied minors) residing inside ‘transit zones’ are subject to the jurisdiction of the territorial state, which remains bound by its international obligations on human rights. However, they are treated in a different wayby comparison with the ordinary legal regime, at least in four aspects (a) detention or restriction of liberty and free movement is designed to prevent their irregular/unlawful entry into the territory, (b) less guarantees are available under the accelerated procedure concerning the substantial evaluation of ‘non-refoulement’ and asylum, (c) absence of publicity, and (d) physical conditions of accommodation are backward in general avoiding further «pull factor effect». In addition to the tough questions of burden-sharing, solidarity and human crisis management for islands as well as for the southern and eastern borders of the EU, transit zones may present the institutionalisation of temporariness as a form of radical social exclusion and marginalisation in modern society and a conservation of borders as dividing lines.

• Centres for Third Country Nationals

  4 December 2006, by Bietlot Mathieu
  The term ‘camp’ identifies all the premises where those third country nationals intending to enter the European Union are involuntarily placed. This concept includes all the systems of imprisonment by which the immigrant is deprived of his/her rights and liberties. While the camp can be ‘open’ or ‘closed’, the close nature usually predominates in practice. An EU policy dealing with the reception of asylum seekers and their accommodation in camps is still in its infancy. The discretionary power exercised by the Member States in this field is very important. Also, there is a wide diversity of camps for third country nationals in Europe. Special attention needs to be paid to the respect of fundamental rights and the individual needs by each third country national who might be residing in camps. This is at times difficult to ensure due to size of the camps, the lack of resources as well as because of the negative image linked to those immigrants who are placed in these camps. Also, in practical terms there is some confusion among the different statuses of the immigrants who are might be found in the camps. Finally, the statistical data concerning how many third country nationals are actually inside camps has not been yet centralized nor at EU level neither at national level.

• JHA «Troika» develops common agenda for 2007 - 2008

  23 October 2006, by Geyer Florian
  The interior ministers from Germany, Portugal and Slovenia met on 2 October 2006 in Berlin to agree on a common JHA agenda for their countries’ subsequent Council presidencies in the period from 1 January 2007 until 30 June 2008. The publicized results of the meeting in Berlin read in large parts as an exhaustive tour d’ horizon of all issues currently under discussion or implementation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs.

• Immigration rises in OECD countries but asylum requests fall, says OECD

  17 October 2006, by OCDE
  Between 3 and 3.5 million immigrants, including those already living in their new country on a temporary basis, became official long-term residents in OECD countries in 2004, according to International Migration Outlook, the latest edition of the OECD’s annual report on migration movements and policies.

• Bibliographie sélective : L’immigration en France : un débat toujours d’actualité

  16 October 2006, by Bibliothèque Nationale de France
  A l’occasion de la sortie du Guide des sources pour l’histoire de l’immigration en France de 1830 à nos jours et de la tenue à la BnF du colloque international « Histoire et Immigration : la question coloniale », le département Droit économie, politique présente une sélection de documents sur ce sujet retenu comme thème d’actualité par la Bibliothèque nationale de France pour l’année 2006.

• Improving the exchange of information on national asylum and immigration policies

  9 October 2006, by European Council
  The Council today adopted a Decision on the establishment of a mutual information mechanism concerning measures Member States take in the areas of asylum and immigration. This Decision is based on a proposal from the Commission, presented on 10 October 2005 at the initiative of Commission Vice-President Frattini. It is based on the recognition that the absence of border checks in the Schengen area and the gradual development of a common EU asylum and immigration policy have increased the interdependency of national policies in these fields. This Decision creates an organised channel for information exchange on, and a discussion of, national measures Member States take in the areas of asylum and immigration.

• Améliorer l’échange d’informations sur les politiques nationales en matière d’asile et d’immigration

  9 October 2006, by European Council
  Le Conseil a adopté aujourd’hui une décision relative à l’établissement d’un mécanisme d’information mutuelle sur les mesures prises par les États membres dans les domaines de l’asile et de l’immigration. Cette décision est fondée sur une proposition de la Commission présentée le 10 octobre 2005 à l’initiative de M. Franco Frattini, vice-président de la Commission européenne. Elle repose sur le constat que l’absence de contrôles aux frontières dans l’espace Schengen et le développement progressif d’une politique commune de l’UE en matière d’asile et d’immigration ont renforcé l’interdépendance des politiques nationales dans ces domaines. Cette décision met en place un cadre organisé pour l’échange d’informations et la tenue d’un débat sur les mesures nationales prises par les États membres dans les domaines de l’asile et de l’immigration.

• Closing eyes to human rights leaves asylum seekers and migrants at risk

  5 October 2006, by Amnesty International
  In a letter to the Finnish Presidency ahead of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, (available below) Amnesty International acknowledged the need to regulate migration flows to Europe but criticized its blank-check approach.

• Union Européenne : Préoccupations concernant le rapprochement des politiques d’asile et de gestion des flux migratoires

  4 October 2006, by Coordination française pour le droit d’asile (CFDA)
  La présente note fait le point sur les directives et règlements communautaires en matière d’asile adoptés depuis 1999 en application du programme dit « de Tampere » en référence à un sommet de la présidence finlandaise (voir p. 4 : Système commun d’asile). L’aboutissement de ce programme et le lancement en novembre 2004 du programme « de la Haye » qui définit les axes de travail de l’Union dans les domaines de l’immigration et de l’asile jusqu’en 2010 confirment les inquiétudes de la CFDA.

• Le Livre noir de Ceuta et Melilla

  4 October 2006, by Migreurop
  Avec Le livre noir de Ceuta et Melilla, le réseau Migreurop souhaite donner la parole aux victimes des événements de l’an dernier, tout en replaçant cette répression dans le contexte européen d’externalisation des politiques de contrôle des frontières et de déni des droits à la circulation des populations du Sud. Les 17 morts de Ceuta et Melilla sont en effet la conséquence la plus visible d’une politique qui se poursuit et dont les victimes innombrables sont réduites au silence et à l’anonymat.

• Aux frontières de l’Union Européenne : plus de contrôles, moins de protection

  2 October 2006, by Coordination française pour le droit d’asile (CFDA)
  À l’occasion de la rencontre le 29 septembre à Madrid des ministres de l’intérieur des huit pays méditerranéens de l’Union européenne, la Coordination Française pour le Droit d’Asile (CFDA), qui rassemble plus de vingt organisations attachées à la défense du droit d’asile, interpelle le président Jacques Chirac et lui fait part de ses préoccupations face à l’évolution des discussions menées actuellement dans le domaine de l’asile et des migrations.

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