23/09/2005 – The European Commission’s Communication of 2 September 2005 on regional protection programs defined new tools to enhance the protection capacity of transit and host countries and to improve Europe’s contribution to global refugee protection. This new strategic document comes at...

07/09/2005 – The present document highlights the core principles that should be reflected in any policy on return, including in any EU return directive. Standards on removal should be applicable to all areas of the member states of the European Union territory including so-called transit,...

28/06/2005 – Amnesty International is concerned that the Italian authorities on 22 June 2005 forcibly returned at least 45 people to Libya, where they may be at risk of serious human rights violations, including torture.

20/06/2005 – The treatment of foreign nationals detained in ‘temporary stay and assistance centres’ (CPTAs) (Versione italiana ugualmente disponibile).

20/06/2005 – The number of those detained solely under Immigration Act powers in the UK who have claimed asylum at some stage, including families with children, has increased. The vast majority of those detained under Immigration Act powers have claimed asylum in the UK at some stage.

20/06/2005 – The report describes the barriers blocking the way of many people who are fleeing persecution and serious abuses in their country of origin, and the situation which refugees, asylum-seekers and immigrants encounter when they arrive at Spain’s southern border (Melilla, Ceuta, the...

20/06/2005 – This background document looks at new legislation and the treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers in a number of European countries, including Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany etc, over the year 2004 (Version française disponible).

Amnesty international releases reports on UK, Spain, Italy (Brussels 20 June 2005) European Union countries are increasingly violating their international obligations on asylum according to three reports released simultaneously today by Amnesty International to mark World Refugee Day. The reports,...

23/05/2005 – In view of the coming discussions at the JHA Council on 2-3 June, AI reiterates its concerns regarding the impact of bilateral or EU migration partnership with Libya on refugee protection and migrants’ fundamental rights.

20/04/2005 – As part of the consultation regarding the development of a European policy plan on legal migration, Amnesty International takes the opportunity of the Commission Green Paper to address some of the key issues surrounding the debate on EU migration policy. Amnesty International’s...

Amnesty International briefing to EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (Brussels, 12 April 2005) Amnesty International has today issued a briefing paper on the deplorable treatment of refugees and illegal immigrants in Libya in the lead up to this week’s discussion at EU level about enhancing...

12/04/2005 – Amnesty International briefing ahead of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, 14 April 2005, on the future orientations of the EU’s engagement and co-operation with Libya as regards illegal immigration.