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Asylum and Migration
Asylum-seekers aren't criminals
07/05/2012
"We shouldn't treat asylum-seekers as if they were criminals", said Nicolas Beger, Director of Amnesty International's European Institutions Office. "166 organisations throughout Europe are making the powerful point that locking vulnerable people up is simply wrong. The world is watching how EU asylum law upholds the right to liberty."
Deaths in Mediterranean: Time for Europe to face its responsibilities
29/03/2012Today, as the Council of Europe adopts a report by its Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) seeking to identify who was responsible for the deaths of 63 migrants in the Mediterranean, Amnesty International has expressed its disquiet that PACE has yet to receive satisfactory replies from key players, including NATO, countries involved in NATO operations, and European Union institutions.
EU Must Boost Refugee Resettlement
28/03/2012With the European Parliament expected tomorrow to approve a joint European Union resettlement programme, Amnesty International has urged EU governments to boost their commitment by resettling larger numbers of vulnerable refugees.
AI, ECRE and JRS Europe welcome IDC’s global campaign to end immigration detention of children
21/03/2012Today, the International Detention Coalition launched a global campaign to end the immigration detention of children by presenting a new report “Captured Childhood” at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Draft Brighton Declaration: The European Court of Human Rights must not be marginalized
08/03/2012“The European Court of Human Rights must not be given a secondary role in the protection of human rights in Europe” says Nicolas Beger, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office.
Italy slated by ECHR on refugees
23/02/2012Amnesty International's reaction to the case of Hirsi Jamaa and Others v Italy. This case concerns the Italian interception and push-back to Libya of refugees and asylum-seekers in 2009.
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Music album for International Roma Day
06/04/2012
To coincide with International Roma Day, Amnesty International proudly presents its Roma music album. Music is a vital ...
PEOPLE UNDER THREAT: Fatima Hussein Badi, Death Penalty, Yemen
26/03/2012
Around the world people are suffering the consequences of having their human rights violated. Amnesty International calls on the Danish presidency to ensure the EU’s active engagement in these cases.
Recommendations to the Danish EU Presidency
04/01/2012
We present specific recommendations on human rights policy for the Danish presidency to deliver during its six-month term as President of the Council of the European Union (January-July 2012).