Hungary’s Mistreatment of Refugees Today Ignores History

European Council: Rushing asylum appeals process would not be fair or legal

Trading the return of people who reached the EU to seek asylum to one of a country that is still clearly unstable, for vitally needed humanitarian and development aid is sordid and immoral.

EU leaders made positive noises in New York about a global mechanism for refugees. But at home, instead of offering vital safe and legal passages through resettlement and relocation, the main focus remains on keeping people out at all costs

The global market is rife with sinister equipment like leg chains and spike batons which can easily be turned into tools of torture. Introducing tighter EU restrictions on the sale, brokering and promotion of these devices will bring us a step closer to eradicating this shameful trade

It would be inadmissible that any agreement forged in Brussels makes financial assistance for Afghanistan conditional on the Afghan government’s cooperation to accept the readmission and return of asylum seekers

We run from war, we run from pain. So why do people at the border treat us like animals

With 60,000 people stranded in appalling conditions in Greece, European leaders should be taking effective measures to resolve this humanitarian crisis rather than reinforcing borders. What is needed is a humane response based on sharing responsibility for the protection of people fleeing war and persecution,

At the current rate it will take 18 years to fulfill the relocation commitments made a year ago. It is shameful that Europe cannot put politics aside and solve this humanitarian crisis by fairly sharing responsibility for a relatively small number of refugees

20/09/2016 – I look forward to seeing you again at the end of this month to discuss EU migration compacts. On this occasion, I am writing to you ahead of the Brussels Donor Conference on Afghanistan (BCA) 4-5 October 2016, to urge the European Union (EU), as a key donor and partner to Afghanistan, to ensure that human rights are front and centre of any discussions on the future of the country to prevent a worsening of an already grave and fragile human rights situation.

15/09/2016 – On paper, all 193 UN Member States have reached consensus on cooperation going forward from the unprecedented 19 September UN General Assembly Summit for Refugees and Migrants. However, civil society laments uneven commitments and lack of urgency to deliver a new deal

27/07/2016 – Amnesty International is writing to follow up on the recent presentation of the European Union (EU) Global Strategy (EUGS) “Shared Vision, Common Action: A Stronger Europe. A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy,” June 2016 to the European Council.