Temporary protection in case of massive arrivals in the European Union: the EU Directive 2001/55/CE
After the start of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on February 22nd, 2022, the European Council condemned in the strongest terms the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. In this context, the Council invited the European Commission to immediately take emergency measures, highlighting how the European Union would suffer repercussions “on its external […]
The Union of Equality? Success and shortcomings of EU’s gender mainstreaming in migration and asylum policy.
Since the 2015 refugee crisis, the whole issue of migration became pressing withing EU internal and external policies, due to the great public resonance of the topic and its high politicization, together with the increasing populistic and Euro-skeptical trends in European parties. The history of EU migration policy traces back to the foundational treaties, however, […]
Discovering the institutions in Europe: the DGI of the Council of Europe
Our journey through the institutions of Europe continues, and this time we go inside the Council of Europe, an intergovernmental organisation, as explained in the first part of this section. The Council of Europe‘s mandate par excellence is the promotion of fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law within its 47 member states. Large […]
THE DUBLIN REGULATION: An history studded with modifications and criticisms
On the 15th of June 1990 the Convention determining the State responsible for examining applications for asylum lodged in one of the Member States of the European Communities (as the European Union was called in the past), better known as The Dublin Convention or Regulation, was approved. This document was a fully-fledged international treaty, signed […]
Interview with the Special Representative of the General Secretariat for Migration and Refugees
For this episode of LM Talks we moved to Strasbourg where we interviewed the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Migration and Refugees of the Council of Europe, Drahoslav Štefánek. It was a real honour for Large Movements to discuss the New pact on Migration and Asylum, presented by the European Commission on the […]