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Italian Council for Refugees publishes report on access to the territory, border controls and the asylum procedure in Italy

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Friday, April 11, 2014

The Italian Council for Refugees (CIR) has published a report on the Italian legislation and practices regarding border controls, access to the territory and to the asylum procedure.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights: Lecture entitled ‘Refugee Protection, Migration and Human Rights in Europe’

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

During a speech this week, Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, urged EU Member States to do more for refugees, especially those fleeing Syria, and live up to their obligations under international law.

United Kingdom: Supreme Court rules that appellants challenging Dublin transfer do not need to prove 'systemic deficiencies' in destination State

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Monday, February 24, 2014

In EM (Eritrea) v SSHD [2014] UKSC 12, delivered on 19 February 2014, the UK Supreme Court unanimously decided that asylum seekers who appeal against their transfer to another Member State under the Dublin Regulation do not need to prove ‘systemic deficiencies’ in the asylum system of the destination State in order to success

ECtHR: Rule 39 Interim Measure issued on proposed expulsion of Syrian family from Denmark to Italy

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Monday, February 17, 2014

n 30 January 2014, the ECtHR granted an Interim Measure under Rule 39 of the Rules of the Court staying the expulsion of a Syrian woman and her three minor children from Denmark to Italy. The Applicant travelled by sea to Italy in October 2013. Upon arrival in Italy she and her children were apprehended by the Italian police and placed in a closed camp for three days. The Italian police registered the Applicant’s fingerprints and released the family from the camp.

ECtHR Grand Chamber hearing of Tarakhel v. Switzerland, Application No. 29217/12), 12 February 2014

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Monday, February 17, 2014

On 12 February 2014 the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR heard the complaint of the Tarakhel family against the Swiss government’s order that they be transferred to Italy under the Dublin II Regulation. The family submitted that removal would violate their rights under Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights due to the accommodation conditions for asylum seekers in Italy.

Borderline-Europe publishes report on the implementation of the Returns Directive in Italy, Cyprus and Spain

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Sunday, February 9, 2014

The report reveals serious shortcomings concerning the implementation of the EU Returns Directive in Spain, Italy and Cyprus and highlights the conditions under which migrants are detained in these countries. It concludes that the use of detention in these three countries fails to both facilitate the effectiveness of the deportation procedure, and protect the human rights of migrants.

Swiss Refugee Council: English version of report published on the reception conditions of asylum seekers and persons with international protection in Italy

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Monday, December 23, 2013

The Report finds that 8 out of 10 (83.9% or 3,000/3,551) of Dublin transfers to Italy are issued by Switzerland. According to the Report, due to a comparatively limited reception capacity, only a minority of transferees are able to benefit from an ERF funded project, which provides 220 places to Dublin asylum seekers. The Report states that the deficient asylum system leaves many homeless or forced to engage in criminal activities and prostitution.

Committee for the Prevention of Torture report considers Italy’s detention conditions for foreign nationals

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

On 19 November 2013, the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published a report concerning their visit to Italy in May 2012. The reportinter alia considers the detention conditions for foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation. The Report is broadly positive, praising the work of health care services and cultural mediators at Bologna Identification and Expulsion Centre.

EDAL publishes first journal article, on CJEU sexual orientation judgment (X, Y, and Z), and new Country Overviews for Italy, Slovakia and Greece

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

EDAL, launching a new feature of our website, has published a journal article (by Matthew Fraser, ECRE) covering the CJEU judgment in the joined cases of C-199/12, C-200/12 and C-201/12, X, Y and Z v Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel. The article argues that this judgment is carefully designed by the CJEU to address the questions it was asked, and not to reach beyond the confines of the specific circumstances of the case.

Switzerland: Swiss Refugee Council publishes report reception conditions for asylum seekers and persons with international protection in Italy

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Monday, October 21, 2013

The Report finds that 8 out of 10 (83.9% or 3,000/3,551) of Dublin transfers to Italy are issued by Switzerland. According to the Report, due to a comparatively limited reception capacity, only a minority of them are able to benefit from an ERF funded project, which provides 220 places to Dublin asylum seekers.

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