The report offers an in-depth analysis of recent developments in Georgia through the lens of its human rights obligations and includes a number of recommendations addressed to Georgia, OSCE participating States, and the broader international community.
What counts as “security” at the EU’s external borders? And at what cost to human rights and the rule of law? These are questions at the heart of my recent interview published by @eui-eu.bsky.social.
Read the interview here: www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
Cc: @eui-law.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social
Od tymczasowej ochrony do „wiecznej tymczasowości”. W tekście dla @wyborcza.pl pokazuję, jak, zarówno na poziomie UE, jak i w Polsce, utrwalany jest pozornie tymczasowy status uchodźców z Ukrainy, oraz jakie mogą być tego konsekwencje.
wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3250...
Great to speak at the @eui-eu.bsky.social last Friday about the Polish–Belarusian border. I discussed how the crisis is undermining the EU #asylum law and challenging the idea of human rights itself. Grateful for the strong turnout and for my brilliant co-panellists and organisers.
Join us tomorrow at the @eui-eu.bsky.social or online for a discussion on the EU–Belarus border crisis. We’ll be talking about its humanitarian and environmental toll, as well as the law and politics shaping it.
Friday, 28/11/2025, 13:30 CET.
Registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
The EU–Belarus border in focus at @eui-eu.bsky.social!
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
The EU–Belarus border in focus at @eui-eu.bsky.social!
Join us on 28 November (in person or online) for an interdisciplinary panel on the humanitarian, legal & political dimensions of the crisis.
Shedding light on what the EU and member states prefer to keep invisible.
www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
All in all, much needed voice in an era of states acting beyond their borders precisely to avoid legal scrutiny.
Read the report here: www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
3. The report embraces the 'direct and foreseeable impact' standard for establishing extraterritorial jurisdiction—well ahead of the approach taken by, for example, the ECtHR. This standard could open new avenues for litigating extraterritorial human rights violations against migrants.
2. The report absolutely does away with deals between the EU (and member states) and states like Libya, Morocco or Lebanon, highlighting the harms they cause to migrants’ rights. The report makes clear that externalising states may still be held accountable for violations committed under such deals.
1. The Rapporteur strongly criticises the EU proposal for a new Return Regulation and the idea of “return hubs”.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
Poland reportedly to be deemed “under migratory pressure” and exempted from solidarity under the Migration Pact — yet another step in the EU’s appeasement of hawkish, anti-immigration policies pushed by the ostensibly liberal government.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
The Polish government had already declared it would not implement the Pact. It also formally “suspended” the right to seek asylum at its Belarusian border — a move implicitly condoned by the Commission.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Poland reportedly to be deemed “under migratory pressure” and exempted from solidarity under the Migration Pact — yet another step in the EU’s appeasement of hawkish, anti-immigration policies pushed by the ostensibly liberal government.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
Temporary protection was the EU's quick fix for Ukrainians in 2022. Over 3 years later, it has become a trap—legal limbo shaped by Brussels’ and Member States' politics. I expand on this issue and recent developments in my @euobserver.com op-ed. Have a read!
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
A highly recommended deconstruction of the notion of ‘migrant instrumentalisation’ by @alexandraancite.bsky.social. Used to legitimise blanket denial of rights, the notion continues to shape EU asylum law, despite contradicting CJEU jurisprudence.
democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/ale...
Temporary protection was the EU's quick fix for Ukrainians in 2022. Over 3 years later, it has become a trap—legal limbo shaped by Brussels’ and Member States' politics. I expand on this issue and recent developments in my @euobserver.com op-ed. Have a read!
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
After a much-needed post-PhD break, I’m excited to be back in a new role: since 1 September, I’ve joined the @eui-eu.bsky.social as a Max Weber Fellow. I’m genuinely thrilled to continue working on issues of migration and asylum in this extraordinary place.
W @okopressrss.plsky.eu napisałem o toksyczności debaty politycznej o migracji i o związanych z tym zagrożeniach.
“What are human rights for, if not to protect the rights of foreign criminals?” A highly recommended read by @silviasteininger.bsky.social.
Here it is: #PhDone.
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
Dziękuję!
Here it is: #PhDone.
Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”
What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
That’s interesting indeed. Although it’s the Procedures Directive that comes to mind first when one thinks of Greece…
Imagine refugee rights being as exciting to the Commission as smuggling prevention. Only one ensures ‘order’, though.
@echr.coe.int granted interim measures and ordered Poland not to remove a migrant to Belarus! This is the first such case following the “suspension” of the right to seek asylum along the Polish-Belarusian border. Strong indication as to (il)legality of such laws
interwencjaprawna.pl/en/european-...
The Trump administration's assault on the rule of law is increasingly focusing on institutions of knowledge and law.
VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
This has been a long time coming, but here it is: the Polish government—the same one that pledged to restore the rule of law—has just suspended the constitutional right to seek asylum. And it did so through executive action, bypassing procedures meant to regulate restrictions on human rights.
