Wie die EU ihre Souveränität, ihre Werte und Flüchtlinge schützen kann
Die Vorkommnisse an der griechisch-türkischen Grenze machen deutlich: die EU braucht dringend einen neuen Plan im Umgang mit Flüchtlingen in der Region um Syrien. Das europäische Vorgehen muss dabei...
View ArticleCorona Constitutional #4: Europa am Beatmungsschlauch
In der Coronakrise bündelt sich wie in einem Brennglas fast alles, was in der EU in den letzten zehn Jahren schief gelaufen ist: Finanzkrise, Flüchtlingsschutz, Rechtsstaatlichkeit. KATHARINA MANGOLD...
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Watching the Peacock Dance
Well, if that isn’t a pleasant surprise: Last year, on my way back from Bosnia, I crossed the Serbian-Hungarian border at Röszke and was able to catch a glimpse of the notorious "transit zone" from...
View ArticleHypocritical and Illegitimate
In March, the German Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure (‘Ministry’) amended a number of ship safety laws. While appearing standard at first glance, they are the latest attempt to obstruct the...
View ArticlePreserve the Ashes of Moria
On Wednesday night, first images began to circulate online from the fires in Moria, the large and infamous refugee camp on Lesvos. Children and young adults displaced by war, once again displaced by...
View ArticleThe Global Politics of Refugee Protection and Return
The main structures of the international refugee regime started to emerge soon after the end of World War II, linked with the forced displacement, expulsion, and deportation of millions of people...
View ArticleStill Waters Run Deep
Hungarian asylum policy has become a testing ground for how long an EU Member State can get away with systemic breaches of EU law. Some of these policies also foreshadow certain elements which are...
View ArticleFrom Denmark to Damascus
In recent weeks, Denmark made international headlines with its refusal to extend residence permits for Syrian subsidiary protection holders in Denmark from the Damascus province. Denmark’s emergence as...
View ArticleThe Limits of Indirect Deterrence of Asylum Seekers
On 9 July 2021, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down its decision in M.A. v. Denmark (Application no. 6697/18), a case testing the limits of one aspect of...
View ArticleTemporary Protection for Ukrainians
Unusual times are said to call for unusual measures. The war of aggression against Ukraine, and the departure of literally millions of citizens within a few days have triggered an unprecedented wave of...
View ArticleOn the Brink of a New Refugee Crisis
Democracy vs autocracy. Freedom vs censorship. National self-determination vs imperialist annexation. Peace vs war. These sharp dichotomies are the lenses through which we, Europeans, look at the...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Borders
Russia’s invasion on Ukraine has once again brought attention to Poland’s borders, as the majority of persons fleeing the war are crossing the border to Poland. Last summer, Poland’s policy with regard...
View ArticleEnlarging the Hole in the Fence of Migrants’ Rights
With the judgment in A.A. and others v. North Macedonia, the European Court of Human Rights further branches out the creative exception to the prohibition of collective expulsions. This prohibition is...
View ArticleTrapped in a Lawless Zone
It took me over one month before I could arrange an interview with Ahmad (name changed). As I approached him in December 2021 asking if he would agree to tell his story, he had recently returned to...
View ArticleThe Selective Nature of a pan-European Willkommenskultur
Four months into Russia’s war on Ukraine, there has been a tremendous show of support for Ukrainians fleeing violence and the atrocities of war – in Europe and elsewhere in the world. As is well-known,...
View ArticleLaw must be enforceable
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on 01.08.2022 that administrative decisions refusing family reunification requested under Regulation (EU) No. 604/2013 (Dublin III Regulation)...
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View ArticleDeparting from Hostile Refugee Landscapes
In December 2022, the Swedish Migration Agency estimated that the Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan has made the lives of Afghan women and girls so difficult that it counts as persecution based on...
View ArticleHuman Rights Violations to Deflect Refugees
The Council of the European Union (EU) recently reached a negotiating position (‘mandate’) on two significant elements of the ‘reform’ of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS): the Asylum Procedures...
View ArticleThe Dangers of Conflation
On May 17th 2023 Advocate General de la Tour handed down the Opinion in case C-402/22. It addresses the meaning of “particularly serious crime” found in Article 14 (4) (b) of the 2011 Qualification...
View ArticleConsolidating Group-Based Refugee Protection
Two pending cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provide an opportunity for the CJEU to consolidate group-based refugee protection. However, the nature of the preliminary...
View ArticleThe CJEU’s Feminist Turn?
In Case C-621/21, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that women in general and women facing domestic violence in their country of origin in particular, qualify...
View ArticleHumanitarian Externalisation
Why are the reasons given in support of the declared aim of the current asylum policies in the UK, EU and USA of breaking the business model of smugglers expressed in humanitarian terms? For example,...
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Hélène Cazes Benatar
Based in Casablanca, Hélène Cazes Benatar not only assisted a great number of refugees fleeing from Europe to North Africa, but also helped with the liberation of internees in Saharan forced labor and...
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