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• A right-based approach to migration policies in a context of emergencies: ’Expelling States’ and semi-persons in the European Union

  28 April 2009, by Fernández Bessa Cristina, Manavella Alejandra, Silveira Gorski Héctor C.
  The European socio-political climate and its repercussions on person’s rights and liberties trigger multiple challenges. The widening process of the European Union (EU), the hardening of legislation on immigration and terrorism, and the new practices of police and security services make the basic principles and values on which consolidated European democracies lay tilt.

• The effects of exceptional legislation on criminalization of immigrants and people suspected of terrorism

  27 April 2009, by Fernández Bessa Cristina, Manavella Alejandra, Ortuño Jose Maria
  On the current global context of war against terrorism, the traditional liberties and guarantees of the Rule of Law, are not been respected for all people. This is the case of immigrants for example, as they are considered potential dangerous people. The measures to regulate immigration and the measures to fight against terrorism are dangerously being confused, causing terrible consequences for some people.

• External Actions of Internal Security Policies

  22 April 2009, by Cuttitta Paolo
  Paper presented at the workshop «The Implications of Readmission and Enforced Return on Euro-Mediterranean Relations and Beyond», organised by the Robert Schuman Centre and the European University Institute within the frame of the Ninth Mediterranean Research Meeting, held in Montecatini, 12-15 March 2008.

• E-borders, Citizens and security : European Cross-Border Collaboration

  22 April 2009
  This seminar convened with end-users of technologies designed to improve security and to facilitate cross-border information exchanges. The seminar opened with a speech by the European Minister Caroline Flint. Police and others involved in combating cross border crime both with partner organizations and with detecting and apprehending international criminals inside their own borders discussed many of the ways in which loopholes are exploited. Attention was drawn to trafficking and to the misuse of the internet, public unawareness about how to protect themselves using e-information exchange, and crucially how to educate the young about the perils of web use, especially of social networking sites. Challenge was presented with attention on issues of ensuring public accountability, secure architectures, migration and policing being of particular interest.

• Police feared ‘Al-Qaida terror attack’ on UK was planned for Easter

  22 avril 2009, par News Agencies
  Counter-terrorism officials believe an alleged al-Qaida terror plot against the UK, designed to cause mass casualties, was due to be carried out over Easter. The police raided fifteen locations in the North-West of England on Wednesday, 8 April, arresting 12 suspects of whom 11 are Pakistani nationals. They are believed to be part of a Pakistan-based and trained al-Qaida cell.

• Implementation of Directive 2004/38 in the context of EU Enlargement: A proliferation of different forms of citizenship?

  21 April 2009, by Carrera Sergio , Faure Atger Anaïs
  This paper assesses the impact and potential effects of inadequate domestic transposition of Directive 2004/38 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States and the effects of the transitional arrangements secured in the latest rounds of enlargement on the status and practice of European citizenship in an enlarged EU.

• The Securitisation of Islam in Europe

  21 April 2009, by Cesari Jocelyne
  This paper summarises the main hypotheses and results of the research on the securitisation of Islam. It posits that the securitisation of Islam is not only a speech act but also a policy-making process that affects the making of immigration laws, multicultural policies anti discrimination measures and security policies. The paper deconstructs and analyses the premises of such policies as well as their consequences on the civic and political participation of Muslims.

• Report by the Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, on his visit to the Netherlands (21-25 September 2008)

  15 April 2009, by Hammarberg Thomas
  Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg and his delegation visited the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 21 to 25 September 2008. In the course of his visit the Commissioner held discussions with the authorities, parliamentarians, representatives of civil society and members of the judiciary, and he and his delegation visited several institutions.

• The Italian (In)Security Package: Security vs. Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in the EU

  23 March 2009, by Merlino Massimo
  The 2008 Italian security package has triggered various concerns and criticism in Italy and across Europe. This working paper aims at analysing the nature, scope and implications of some of the legislative measures and practices constituting the package. In particular, it is argued that they are incompatible with the relevant provisions and principles of EU law – namely non-discrimination and free movement of persons – as well as international human rights standards.

• Belgian al Qaeda cell found linked to 2006 airline plot

  16 March 2009, by News Agencies
  An alleged group of persons arrested last December in one of the largest counter-terrorism operations in Belgian history have been found to have connections to a senior al Qaeda operative who helped orchestrate the 2006 «airline plot.»

• Detained Lives- the real cost of indefinite immigration detention

  11 March 2009, by London Detainee Support Group
  Detained Lives reveals the ineffectiveness and the human impact of the UK’s hidden practice of indefinite immigration detention without time limits. It presents the perspectives of people detained for more than a year on all aspects of detention. The research explores whether indefinite detention achieves its stated aims of deporting people, through analysis of London Detainee Support Group’s case files.

• Study on regularisation practices in Member States

  10 March 2009, by International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
  DG Justice, Freedom and Security commissioned the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) to undertake a Study on practices in the area of regularisation of illegally staying third-country nationals in the Member States of the EU.

• Left to survive

  21 January 2009, by Human Rights Watch
  Some 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children who have entered Greece in 2008 without parents or caregivers struggle to survive without any state assistance, Human Rights Watch said in a new report issued today.

• Addressing the irregular employment of immigrants in the EU

  20 January 2009, by International Organisation for Migration
  The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has published a report entitled ‘Addressing the Irregular Employment of Immigrants in the European Union: Between Sanctions and Rights’ as a follow-up to the IOM conference of last April about «Combating Irregular Employment of Immigrants in the EU».

• Al-Qaeda cell apprehended

  14 January 2009, by News Agencies
  Five men and one woman were held in Brussels from raids, and police say they believe one of those charged was planning a suicide attack. No information was given concerning target or location. Eight additional persons were held in the recent raids, but a judge decided that there was insufficient evidence to hold them.

• 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.

• Mumbai attacks: How young Britons are radicalised in Pakistan

  23 December 2008, by The Telegraph
  Reports that some of the terrorists who attacked Mumbai were British has focused attention on the UK Muslims who receive military training at extremist madrassas in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In this report, filed three years ago, Telegraph correspondents expose how young Britons travel to al-Qaeda camps to learn how to destroy the West: Deep inside an anonymous office building at the heart of the Pakistani Army’s sprawling Rawalpindi headquarters last week, a metal door swung open and two smartly dressed British officials stepped into a spartan, windowless room.

• British Muslims have become a mainstay of the global ’jihad’

  23 December 2008, by Independent
  
More than 4,000 British Muslims have passed through terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to security agencies, providing a fertile recruitment pool for the Islamist international jihad. Men from the UK’s Kashmiri community have joined groups such as Lashkar-e-Toiba, the prime suspects in the Mumbai attacks, which have been fighting against Indian forces in Kashmir. Others from a Pakistani background are in the ranks of the Taliban and other groups taking part in action against British and Nato forces in Afghanistan.

• Final Statement of the migration and development Paris conference

  3 December 2008, by European Presidency
  Today, 25 November, in Paris, France is hosting the second Euro-African Ministerial Conference on migration and development, during which the African and European partners will take note of the reinforcement of the dialogue in the context of the Rabat process and the existence of a Euro-African consensus on a global approach to migration. They are also expected to commit themselves further to developing a genuinely operational relationship by adopting a multi-annual cooperation programme to ensure balanced and concerted management of migration in West Africa.

• French detention and immigration policies

  3 December 2008, by Hammarberg Thomas
  «Security concerns should not undermine a full respect for human rights norms. Some French policies on detention and immigration risk undermining these standards.» With these words, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, presented today his report on France, identifying problems as regards prison conditions, preventive detention (rétention de sûreté ), juvenile justice and rights of migrants.

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