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• Returns at Any Cost: Spain’s Push to Repatriate Unaccompanied Children in the Absence of Safeguards

  19 November 2008, by Human Rights Watch
  Spain’s accelerating effort to send back unaccompanied children who enter the country illegally might subject them to danger, ill-treatment and detention, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government needs to halt repatriations until it has a process to ensure their well-being, and, as an immediate step, give them the same right to an independent lawyer that adult migrants have under Spanish law.

• Mauritanie : « Personne ne veut de nous »

  4 novembre 2008, par Amnesty International
  Le nouveau rapport d’Amnesty est le fruit d’une mission de recherches que des délégués de l’organisation ont effectuée en Mauritanie en mars 2008. Celle-ci à mis au jour des arrestations et des expulsions collectives dramatiques demandées et soutenues par L’Union européenne et l’Espagne plus particulièrement.

• «It is wrong to criminalize migration»

  4 November 2008, by Hammarberg Thomas
  I have observed with increasing concern a trend to criminalize the irregular entry and presence of migrants as part of a policy of ‘migration management’. Such a method of controlling international movement corrodes established international law principles. It also causes many human tragedies without achieving its purpose of genuine control.

• Report on the Application of Directive 2003/86/ec on the Right to Family Reunification

  4 November 2008, by European Commission
  On 22 September 2003 the Council adopted Directive 2003/86/EC setting out common rules on the exercise of the right to family reunification by third-country nationals residing lawfully in Member States (hereinafter «the Directive»). It applies to all Member States except IE, DK and the UK.

• Strengthening the Global Approach to Migration: Increasing Coordination, Coherence and Synergies

  4 November 2008, by European Commission
  The Global Approach to migration can be defined as the external dimension of the European Union’s migration policy. It is based on genuine partnership with third countries, is fully integrated into the EU’s other external policies, and addresses all migration and asylum issues in a comprehensive and balanced manner. Adopted in 2005, it illustrates the ambition of the European Union to establish an inter-sectoral framework to manage migration in a coherent way through political dialogue and close practical cooperation with third countries.

• GERMAN TERROR ARRESTS: From the Rhine River to the Jihad

  29 October 2008, by Spiegel Online
  The arrest of two Muslim extremists at the Cologne-Bonn airport last week shows that German converts continue to volunteer for the jihad. Investigators fear that some are on their way back now that they’ve received training. It was Friday morning, shortly before 7:00 a.m., and all passengers had boarded KLM flight 1804 at the Cologne-Bonn airport. The small Fokker 50 was ready for takeoff. This particular Friday was a special day for devout Muslims, being one of the last days of the holy month of Ramadan.

• Workshop : The detention of non-citizens in Europe and its consequences for the Rule of Law, Barcelona, 24th October 2008

  21 October 2008, by Observatorio del sistema Penal y los Derechos Humanos , Université Autonoma de Barcelona
  The migratory phenomenon gives us an important example of the challenges that European policies have to face related to the respect of Human Rights and the basic guarantees of the Rule of Law. The status of migrants defined by several European migration laws bring together a number of elements which increases migrant people’s vulnerability and perpetuate their image as «the other».

• La « carte bleue » immigration soumise au vote en commission.

  20 octobre 2008, par Parlement européen
  Le projet de créer une « carte bleue » européenne, inspirée par la « green card » américaine et destinée aux immigrants hautement qualifiés sera soumis à un vote crucial en novembre 2008 à la commission parlementaire des libertés civiles. Avant le vote en question, nous avons rencontré Mme Ewa Klamt (Allemande, membre du PPE-DE), députée à l’origine du projet au Parlement.

• Strengthening the EU’s Comprehensive migration policy: new initiatives of the European Commission on the Global Approach to migration, on Integration and on Family Reunification of third-country nationals

  13 October 2008, by European Commission
  Today the Commission adopted new initiatives to reinforce the EU’s comprehensive approach to migration. It includes a Communication on «Strengthening the global approach to migration: increasing coordination, coherence and synergies», a Report to the 2008 Ministerial Conference on Integration on «Strengthening actions and tools to meet integration challenges» and a Communication reporting on the application of Directive 2003/86 on the right to family reunification. The proposals presented today build on the principles suggested in the recent Communication on A Common Immigration Policy for Europe and provide the first building blocks for the actions thereof proposed, which should also be taken on board of the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum.

• Renforcement de la politique globale de migrations de l’Union européenne : nouvelles initiatives de la Commission européenne relatives à l’approche globale des migrations, à l’intégration et au regroupement familial des ressortissants de pays tiers

  13 octobre 2008, par European Commission
  Aujourd’hui, la Commission a adopté de nouvelles initiatives pour renforcer l’approche globale de l’UE sur la question des migrations : une communication intitulée « Renforcer l’approche globale de la question des migrations : accroître la coordination, la cohérence et les synergies », un rapport à la conférence ministérielle de 2008 sur l’intégration portant sur le « renforcement des actions et des outils pour relever les défis de l’intégration » et une communication relative à l’application de la Directive 2003/86 sur le droit au regroupement familial. Les propositions présentées aujourd’hui s’appuient sur les principes exposés dans la récente communication intitulée « Une politique commune de l’immigration pour l’Europe » et apportent les premiers éléments des actions proposées, qui devraient également être reprises dans le pacte européen sur l’immigration et l’asile.

• Ten Issues and Recommendations for the European Parliament Elections on Freedom, Security and Justice

  6 October 2008, by Carrera Sergio , Groenendijk Kees, Guild Elspeth
  The European Parliament elections taking place on 4-7 June 2009 will provide a unique opportunity for addressing the role and potential of the EU on policies related to an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ). These policies lay at the heart of every citizen’s expectations. This Policy Brief presents ten key issues and policy recommendations for the political parties and their campaign manifestos, in relation to borders, asylum, immigration, data protection and criminal justice.

• Economic migration, social cohesion and development: towards an integrated approach

  22 September 2008, by Council of Europe ministers responsible for migration affairs
  Migration is a central theme in contemporary European policy because it is intrinsically connected with the most formidable challenges facing Europe: development, economic growth and productivity, demographic change, maintaining social security systems, ensuring social cohesion and intercultural dialogue, and upholding human rights and the rule of law. This report was prepared as a main reference for the 8th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers Responsible for Migration.

• The French Presidency’s European Pact on Immigration and Asylum: Intergovernmentalism vs Europeanisation? Security vs Rights?

  16 September 2008, by Carrera Sergio , Guild Elspeth
  The intersection between the Commission Communication on a Common Immigration Policy for Europe, another on a Policy Plan on Asylum and the various drafts of the French Presidency’s European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, raises a number of questions: First, what are the nature, context and key issues of the Pact? Does it present anything really new to the current state of affairs in EU law and policy? Second, does the EU really need a pact on immigration and asylum, given the already ongoing processes of Europeanisation surrounding these policy domains?

• The contribution of migrant organisations to income-generating activities in their countries of origin

  3 September 2008, by International Labour Office (ILO), Schüttler Kirsten
  Of all aspects of international migration, remittances are the least controversial. Labour-receiving countries welcome and encourage them, since they signal a continuing attachment of the migrant worker to the country of origin, and possibly a disposition to eventually return home. Moreover, remittances tend be perceived as a substitute for aid. In this logic any increase in volume reduces the pressure to increase ODA. Labour-sending countries for their part welcome remittances as an important source of foreign exchange.

• Pacte européen sur l’immigration et l’asile

  2 septembre 2008, par European Presidency
  Depuis un demi-siècle, le projet politique et de civilisation qui porte la création et l’approfondissement de l’Union européenne a permis des progrès considérables. L’un des fruits les plus remarquables de cette entreprise est la constitution d’un vaste espace de libre circulation couvrant aujourd’hui la majeure partie du territoire européen. Ce développement a permis un accroissement sans précédent des libertés pour les citoyens européens comme pour les ressortissants des pays tiers circulant librement sur ce territoire commun. Il représente aussi un important facteur de croissance et de prospérité. L’élargissement récent et à venir de l’espace Schengen conforte encore la liberté de circulation des personnes.

• Population projection 2008-2060

  2 September 2008, by Eurostat
  The EU 27 population is projected to increase from 495 million on 1 January 2008 to 521 million in 2035, and thereafter gradually decline to 506 million in 2060. The annual number of births is projected to fall over the period 2008-2060, while at the same time the annual number of deaths is projected to continue rising. From 2015 onwards deaths would outnumber births, and hence population growth due to natural increase would cease.

• Inventory of the Agreements Linked to Readmission

  22 July 2008, by MIREM
  The inventory of all the standard bilateral readmission agreements, concluded by each of the 27 EU Member States, would not suffice to provide an overall picture of the various mechanisms and cooperative instruments that have emerged, over the last decade, to sustain the removal or expulsion of illegally staying third-country nationals.

• Minutes of the CHALLENGE Training school : Migration, Visas and Asylum: Social, legal, political and economic issues

  15 July 2008, by Carrapiço Helena, Faure Atger Anaïs, Mir Miriam
  Since Maastricht, the issue of a common EU policy on the movement of third-country nationals into and across the EU has made its way steadily up the political agenda. The issue finds itself high on the priority lists of nearly all EU Council presidencies and forms part of the Strategic Objectives of the Barroso Commission. Yet the ‘migration dossier’ is highly complex as it comprises a considerable number of different facets, making it nearly impossible to find a «one size fits all» approach.

• Proposal for a European Pact on Immigration and asylum

  15 July 2008, by European Presidency
  The European Council considers that the time has come to provide a new impetus, in a spirit of mutual responsibility and solidarity between Member States and also of partnership with third countries, to the definition of a common immigration and asylum policy that will take account of both the collective interest of the European Union and the specific needs of each Member State.

• Development v. Terrorism — migrant remittances or terrorist financing?

  8 July 2008, by Vlcek William
  This paper discusses recent developments in the campaign to combat terrorist financing in Europe and the intersection of these with the flow of migrant remittances from the Members States of the European Union to Third Countries. New regimes of control within the European Union (EU) towards migration affect more than just those seeking entry to Europe. Migrants frequently leave behind families that they expect to support from their earnings once they secure employment at their final destination.

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