Nikos Sitaropoulos

Hale: Labour should listen to Greens on 'real people' Former Supreme Court president says European Convention on Human Rights wrongly blamed for issues bothering politicians.

Former Supreme Court president Lady Hale on calls for the UK to quit the ECHR:

‘They are bothered about deportation of foreign national criminals. This is not a problem…The convention does not stop you doing that.’

🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/hale-la... via @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social

DMR organises webinar on standards and challenges concerning vulnerable persons on the move - Division on Migration and Refugees - www.coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees Strasbourg 3 March 2026

www.coe.int/en/web/migra... #migrants #refugees #vulnerability

Secondary Movement of Beneficiaries of International Protection from Greece to the Netherlands Policy paper on secondary movements from Greece to the Netherlands: why beneficiaries of international protection move onward, what drives their decisions, and what policy changes can reduce forced mo...

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Meeting points to significance of Independent Monitoring Mechanisms for protecting human rights and rule of law at borders - Division on Migration and Refugees - www.coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees Strasbourg 26 February 2026

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Register of Damage for Ukraine opens claims to Ukrainian refugees abroad - Portal - www.coe.int <p><strong>Possibility for 6.8 million displaced Ukrainians to seek compensation   </strong></p>

www.coe.int/en/web/porta... #Ukraine
#refugees

YouTube video by Foreign Affairs Amy Pope: The Myths and Realities of Global Migration | Foreign Affairs Interview

youtu.be/JpKkWYm08dc #Migration myths & realities

In the last 10 years, around 1 in 1,000 applications to the European Court of Human Rights (0.1%) led to the @echr.coe.int finding a violation of the human rights convention related to immigration.

Check out our updated factsheet on migration and the ECHR👇

🔗 go.coe.int/MJ3B2

www.coe.int/en/web/migra... #ECHR #Migration update

What are the pull factors for those seeking asylum in the UK? - UK in a changing Europe Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello look at the reasons why asylum seekers come to the UK and to what extent UK asylum policy is a factor in the decision.

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Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.

Guest essay by Pedro Sánchez in The New York Times:

"I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants."

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Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.

Pedro Sánchez published an article in the New York Times titled: "I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants."

Updated list of European Court of Human Rights migration-related cases pending execution - Division on Migration and Refugees - www.coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees Strasbourg 21 January 2026

Updated list of @ECHR_CEDH #migration-related cases pending execution, prepared by the Department for the Execution of Judgments and published by the @CoE_Migration
www.coe.int/en/web/migra... #ECHR

BBC World Service - The Interview, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General: the threat to international law from power Anna Foster hears from UN chief Antonio Guterres on international law, power and influence

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Law is in the Air #9 - Νίκος Αλιβιζάτος: «Η Δικαιοσύνη είναι ο μεγάλος ασθενής της Μεταπολίτευσης» Épisode de l’émission · The NB Daily Podcasts · 27/06/2025 · 39 min

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Portugal: Government prepared to pay millions to keep asylum seekers out The Portuguese government has decided it would be willing to pay 8.4 million euros to the European Commission in return for refusing to accept a contingent of 420 asylum seekers, which it would have b...

Portugal will pay €8.4 million to the European Commission for refusing to accept 420 #asylumseekers, which it would have been asked to accept under the new EU 'solidarity' mechanism.

www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6921...

Germany: Reduced benefits for Ukrainians who arrived after 31 March 2025 Ukrainians who arrived in Germany after the 31 March 2025 cut-off date will no longer receive the citizens' allowance known as Bürgergeld. The government said that this will put Ukrainians on an equal...

In Germany, Ukrainians who arrived after March 31, 2025 will no longer be automatically entitled to the same social benefits as Germans.

They will be now covered by the Asylum Seekers’ Benefits Act, under which benefits is roughly 20 percent lower.

www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6924...

Finally, some justice and humanity!

Law professor sues #Germany for 'illegal' #borders controls euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

Top Ten Problems in the Evidence Base for Public Debate and Policy-Making on Immigration in the UK in 2025 - Migration Observatory This report identifies gaps in data about migration that prevent policymakers and the public from understanding its impacts and the implications of policy changes.

Important new report out from us today on evidence gaps for migration policy making, by the brilliant @georginasturge.bsky.social migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...

It’s International Migrants Day, a good time to highlight our free Reporting Migration course for journalists and those working on migration in the UK, developed with NCTJ and the Open University: www.nctj.com/cpd-courses/... - offering a grounding in history, law, policy and data.

Register to our upcoming seminar series, where speakers will explore the causes and consequences of the changing debate on immigration across Europe.

📌 Online & in person (Oxford)
⏰ Thursdays, 3:45–5:00 PM (GMT)
🌍 Free & open to all
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Summary of interim measures

🗓️ 15 to 26 December 2025

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Communiqué sur les mesures provisoires

🗓️15 au 26 décembre 2025

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📢 Registration is now open for 'Unwelcome to Denmark: The Paradigm Shift and Refugee Integration'

📅 21 January 2026
⏰ 17:00 -18:00 UTC
💻 Online

Professor Michelle Pace will examine Denmark’s migration policies and approach to integration, and the experiences of refugees.

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www.lesechos.fr/weekend/busi... #CEDH

Out now – fully open access 🎉

The ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion is one of the most significant developments in international climate law. ⚖️🌍

This new volume shows why – and explores its implications for global climate governance.

Get your free copy here:

👉 verfassungsblog.de/book/the-icj...

New thematic paper on ensuring a human rights–compliant end to refugee status - Division on Migration and Refugees - www.coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees Strasbourg 12 December 2025

New thematic paper on ensuring a human rights–compliant end to refugee status by @coe DMR #ECHR #refugees #asylum

Figures don’t show 110,000 young Brits have left the UK since June – Full Fact A post on Facebook incorrectly claims that 110,000 British nationals aged 16-34 have left the UK “since June of this year”.

Figures don’t show 110,000 young Brits have left the UK since June

Report on first roundtable on fact-based communication on migration Division on Migration and Refugees Strasbourg 8 December 2025

Report of roundtable on fact-based communication on #migration issued by @coe Division on Migration and Refugees
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Albania signs European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees - Division on Migration and Refugees - www.coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees Strasbourg 3 December 2025

New signature of the @coe Agreement on the Abolition of #Visas for Refugees - an old but important legal instrument aiming to facilitate travel for #refugees residing in territory of Parties - ratified by 23 states www.coe.int/en/web/migra...

We have a new mapping study out w/C. Warin geared for practice & commissioned by @coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees on identifying & responding to vulnerability in an asylum and migration context. Free access! www.coe.int/en/web/migra... @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social