Since its foundation, Migreurop has denounced the consequences of the EU policies that use detention of migrants as the main tool to control migratory flows. Deprivation of liberty for someone whose crime is to try to live or survive in another country is highly questionable. Moreover, detention places are places of dehumanization where many abuses, human rights violations and acts of violence take place. The recent riots in detention centers for migrants in Malta, Italy and France since (...)
Migration policies
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Resettlement vs right of asylum
Far from being a solution for refugees, resettlement, in the context of a European asylum policy characterized by the bypassing of international obligations, is a supplementary weapon against the circulation of migrants.
Resettling refugees, the European instrument for the externalisation of asylum procedures
Working paper