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Are Schengen Border Controls the New Norm?

Many young Europeans take the freedom to travel through much of the Union without having to pass border checks for granted. With the reintroduction of “temporary” border controls, this privilege may be coming to an end.

migration , Schengen , Border Control , EU
May 16, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Ever Wondered Why Refugees Don’t Take the Plane?

An EU directive forces refugees to resort to irregular migration channels to arrive in the EU, entrusting their lives to rubber dinghies and paying vast sums of money to smugglers.

migration , refugees , Border Control , visa
December 10, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Following Travel Ban, Dutch Suspend Border Control Negotiations With US

The Dutch government has suspended negotiations with the US about pre-departure border and customs controls at Schiphol Airport. The plan would save travelers time, because the customs controls could be carried out in...

travel ban , refugee ban , donald trump , president , US , Netherlands , Border Control , Schiphol , Jesse Klaver , Bert Koenders
February 03, 2017 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Dutch Parliament Supports Humane Treatment of Refugees

The Dutch House of Representatives has expressed support for a more humane European asylum policy, and in so doing has scrapped the plan of right-wing ruling party VVD to abolish the European asylum policy and close the European borders once and for all.

Netherlands , House of Representatives , refugees , asylum seekers , asylum , EU , European Union , Border Control , migration , migrants , migrant policy , Mediterranean Sea , Mediterranean
April 24, 2015 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Rights International Spain Presents Shadow Report to UN Torture Committee

Rights International Spain has issued a report to the United Nations Committee against Torture, so that it may be taken into account in its review of the Spanish state at the end of this month. Among other issues, the...

Ceuta , Spain , Melilla , Incommunicado detention , Rights International Spain , United Nations , UN Committee against Torture , torture , Border Control
April 08, 2015 • Rights International Spain
EU Will Up Its Fight Against Terrorism

After the radical Islamist attacks in Paris, the European Union is going to up its fight against terrorism. The heads of state and government leaders particularly want to strengthen and modernize the external borders...

EU , European Union , Privacy , PNR , terrorism , Schengen area , borders , Border Control , European Parliament , citizens , passenger name register
February 17, 2015 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Spain's Border Control Fails to Meet International Obligations

After a new video showing police violence and illegal deportations at the Melilla border was released, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks said that this was "another disturbing...

Council of Europe , Commissioner for Human Rights , Spain , Melilla , Border Control , Police violence , migrants
October 21, 2014 • Rights International Spain
The Head of Spain's Civil Guard in Melilla Faces Prosecution

The judge who opened the investigation into police brutality along Melilla border fence has decided to prosecute the commander in chief of the Civil Guard in Melilla for the crime of breach of trust. The commander...

migrants , Spain , South Border , Border Control , Civil Guard
September 22, 2014 • Rights International Spain
Human Rights Observers Visit Melilla Border in Spain

Activists belonging to different Spanish organizations conducted a field visit to Melilla, where Spain borders Morocco, to document the human rights violations that are being committed by immigration authorities on...

Melilla , Spain , migrants , Deportation , Border Control
July 23, 2014 • Rights International Spain
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