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The human cost of Fortress Europe: detention and expulsion of asylum-seekers and migrants in the EU: Amnesty International open letter to the incoming UK Presidency on the occasion of World Refugee Day

This letter was written as three reports on the detention of asylum seekers in the EU were published (one for the UK, one for Italy and one for Spain)

EU Member States threatening the integrity of the international refugee protection system: Amnesty International’s open letter to the UK Presidency on the occasion of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council, 12 October 2005

This letter was written in the light of large numbers of asylum seekers being repelled from borders in Morocco and Spain, leading to the death of a number of would-be migrants.

Europe and Central Asia: summary of Amnesty International’s concerns in the region: July – December 2004

Includes a number of concerns regarding refugees, asylum seekers and returnees.

Amnesty International’s Statements to the 2005 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting

This document includes Amnesty International’s statement to Working Session 2: migration, refugees and displaced people.

More resources for human rights: a ten-point program for the Luxembourg Presidency of the European Union

Includes a number of concerns regarding asylum.

Council of Europe: preliminary observations on the December 2004 Draft European Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism

Includes a number of concerns regarding asylum.

Human rights dissolving at the borders? Counter-terrorism and criminal law in the EU

The central argument of this report is that it is in the breach, not in the respect of human rights, that security is put at risk. Amnesty International’s analysis seeks to propose ways in which the European Union could act to ensure that its approach to terrorism not only acknowledges but actively incorporates the need … Continue reading Human rights dissolving at the borders? Counter-terrorism and criminal law in the EU

Human Rights dissolving at the borders? Counter-terrorism and EU criminal law: executive summary

The full report is also available in this digital library. The central argument of this report is that it is in the breach, not in the respect of human rights, that security is put at risk. Amnesty International’s analysis seeks to propose ways in which the European Union could act to ensure that its approach … Continue reading Human Rights dissolving at the borders? Counter-terrorism and EU criminal law: executive summary

Delivering on human rights: Amnesty International’s ten-point program for the UK Presidency of the European Union

Includes a number of concerns regarding asylum and security.

Europe and Central Asia: concerns in Europe and Central Asia: July – December 2003

Includes numerous concerns regarding refugees and asylum seekers.