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📢 Our Member, 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗰í𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲, will participate in the final Conference of the 𝗖𝗼𝗦𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: “𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲” on 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟰-𝟮𝟱.

⚠️ To participate in 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 by filling in the Google form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

On a bright yellow background, a new guide is announced, with an image of the cover displayed. On it, a fist in black and white halftone punches the air, behind the title: Data Protection Handbook on Asylum and Migration in Europe. It is written by Romain Lanneau and produced by Statewatch in October 2025.

1/ NEW GUIDE: We’ve just published a new Data Protection Handbook on Asylum and Migration in Europe. ⚠️

Who it is for:
This handbook is for anyone who works in immigration, in asylum, or who advocates for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.

Seminar on the recast Blue Card Directive | Radboud University This seminar brings together a range of institutional, academic and Member State perspectives on areas such as the recast negotiation process, national implementation and the continuing challenges of ...

📢 Our member Tesseltje de Lange ( @proftesseltje.bsky.social) will speak at the 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, organised by the Centre for Migration Law (Radboud University).
📅 2͟8͟ N͟o͟v͟e͟m͟b͟e͟r 2͟0͟2͟5͟
📍 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: email cmr-congres@ru.nl
⚠️ Places are limited

check www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Algorithms for group recognition? Ensuring lawful and rights-based use of new technologies in group refugee recognition This article explores the potential role of new technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), in group-based refugee recognition procedures. W…

📣 Our Member, 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶 𝗖𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿, has published a new Article on 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁’: “𝘈𝘭𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘌𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯”
⚠️ Free access for 50 days!
📍 Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗣𝗢 𝗟𝗔𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 has published its 38th edition.
This number is dedicated to Migration, and Prof. De Bruycker contributed with an Article on the genesis and future developments of the New Pact.
Full access to the edition here: www.revuedesjuristesdesciencespo.fr/en/nos-revue...

Yesterday marked the launch of the Entry/Exit System (EES)!
To have comprehensive information about how it works, check the official site: travel-europe.europa.eu/ees##
Here is the link to the guidelines published by @fra.europa.eu: fra.europa.eu/en/publicati...

Volume 38 Issue 3 | Journal of Refugee Studies | Oxford Academic A multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes research that explores the complex problems of forced migration and national, regional and international responses. Coverage includes all categ...

📢 New Volume of Journal of Refugee Studies, Oxford Academy

𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟯𝟴, 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟯, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

View issue: academic.oup.com/jrs/issue/38...

📢 Refugee Survey Quarterly has just published the 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟰𝟰, 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟯
𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Check it out: academic.oup.com/rsq/article/...

Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU This book offers a contemporary understanding of the state of the art of

📢Our members Prof. 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 (𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻) 𝗧𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗶 (@liliantsourdi.bsky.social ) and Prof. 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀 have co-edited, together with Prof. Niovi Vavoula, the volume: “𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙐” by Routledge.

To buy a copy: www.routledge.com/Intertwining...

📚 The Council of Europe ( @coe.int ) Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, published a report on the 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘸.
He claimed that it "may lead to human rights violations"

📍𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: rm.coe.int/report-on-ex...

📢 European Union Agency for Asylum – EUAA, 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘕𝘰.𝟥 is out!
Read it here: lnkd.in/dTFiCwxw
@fra.europa.eu

Today, the Council of the European Union has adopted the 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 - 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦

Find the text of the Proposal (July 22nd 2025): lnkd.in/dYNxsYRi

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The European Commission 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 on the medium- and long-term objectives of EU migration and asylum policy 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱!
The evidence gathered will inform the first five-year European asylum and migration management strategy to be presented at the end of 2025.
T𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲: lnkd.in/dn-gQtMW

💡New article by Tamás Molnár, Project Officer at FRA, Justice, Digital & Migration Unit
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The European Union, ‘Expulsion of aliens’ and the Return Directive: a repressive or protective framework? This piece, targeting also international (migration) lawyers who may not be familiar with all the complexities of the European Union (EU)’s return acquis, is centred on the Return Directive (Direct...

If you have missed it out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

(𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴' 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵)

📙The Freedom of Movement of Asylum Seekers within the State by Juan Ruiz Ramos

'A compelling monograph on freedom of movement as a fundamental right for asylum seekers and refugees'
-Nicholas Maple, University of London, UK

🔗 Read the intro free: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

🔴 #Eurodac is transforming from an asylum database into the backbone of #EUmigration policy.

Virginie Jacob analyses its role in the implementation of the New Pact, its links with #EU return #policy & the need for robust safeguards.

Read 👇

www.epc.eu/publication/...

Rethinking Mass Influx and Derogation in the Age of AI: The Role of New Technologies in Redefining Crisis, Protection and State Obligations Abstract. Mass influx refers to the large-scale, sudden arrival of people fleeing humanitarian crises across international borders. Such mass movements pos

💡New article by Prof. Meltem Ineli Ciger, member of the Odysseus Network for Turkey: "Rethinking Mass Influx and Derogation in the Age of AI: The Role of New Technologies in Redefining Crisis, Protection and State Obligations".

🔗 lnkd.in/dH6re-QZ

Discussion with Dr. Grigoris TSIOUKAS

Deputy Fundamental Rights Officer

FRONTEX

Safe country concepts and externalization - current policy examples and European case law from a UNHCR perspective

Fabiane BAXEWANOS

Legal Officer at UNHCR for the EU

Border Controls

Prof. Jorrit RIJPMA

DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission

Retour, Réadmission & Détention

Maylis LABAYLE

Programme Officer, IOM

Protection temporaire

Prof. Alexis MARIE

Université de Bordeaux, France

Mécanisme Dublin et Solidarité

Prof. Constantin HRUSCHKA

Freiburg University of Applied Sciences, Allemagne

Dublin System & Solidarity

Prof. Francesco MAIANI

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Labour Migration

Prof. Tesseltje DE LANGE

Radboud University, The Netherlands

The instrumentalisation of migration under international law : the case Lithuania v Belarus regarding smuggling before the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Prof. Dr. Achilles SKORDAS

EU agencies

Prof. Lilian TSOURDI

University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

Procédure d’asile

Thomas BOMBOIS

Référendaire à la Cour de Justice de l’UE