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NGO Condemns EU Plans for Migration Centers
August 03, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has “condemned” the European Commission’s proposals for migrant centers inside and outside the EU, asserting that the only way to deal with migration into the bloc is to prioritize migrant needs and rights and set up a system of responsibility sharing for refugees.
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EC Describes Options for Migration Centers
August 03, 2018
The European Commission (EC) has outlined potential options for “controlled centres” in the EU, where migrants entering the bloc could be kept as the government sorts out their asylum claims, and “regional disembarkation arrangements,” to shelter those rescued from the Mediterranean in countries outside the EU.
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CoE Official Seeks Alleviation of Inequality as a Rights Issue
August 03, 2018
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović argues that European countries must implement the “economic, social, and cultural rights agenda,” along with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in establishing policies such as the “universal basic income” concept to reduce poverty and economic inequality.
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CoE Body Warns of Threats to Judicial Independence in Romania
August 03, 2018
The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) advisory body on constitutional matters, has issued a preliminary opinion warning that Romanian justice system reforms threaten to “undermine” judicial and prosecutorial independence in the country, including through early retirement arrangements for members of the judiciary.
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FRA Cites Migration Restrictions as Rights Concerns
August 03, 2018
In its periodic report on migration-related fundamental rights issues, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) cites as a cause for concern Austria’s policy as current President of the Council of the EU of clamping down on uncontrolled migration and various national policies seeking to prevent illegal border crossings.
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