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MEPs Warn UK on Migration Cut-off
April 03, 2017
Politico reports that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have threatened to veto any Brexit deal permitting the UK to adopt new conditions for the entry of EU migrants, including not guaranteeing them the same rights as others in the country to live and work, prior to the date on which it leaves the EU.
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Austria Seeks EU Permission to Avoid Migrant Resettlement
April 03, 2017
Politico reports that Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern has stated he will seek an EU exemption permitting Austria to avoid mandates requiring the country to take in more asylum seekers, arguing that his country has already fulfilled its obligations to accept migrants under EU resettlement rules.
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ECtHR: Moscow Airport Confinement Violated Rights
April 03, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Russia's confinement of asylum seekers in the transit zone of an airport for periods ranging from five months to two years without access to regular sleeping, bathing, and cooking facilities had "made them feel humiliated and debased" and therefore violated their rights against "inhuman or degrading treatment."
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UKIP Sets out Demands for Brexit
April 03, 2017
The BBC reports that the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which has no Members of the UK Parliament but could influence negotiations through its 20 Members of the European Parliament, has published six tests for whether it will support the British Government's final Brexit deal with the EU, including demands for full border control and "maritime sovereignty."
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Party Official: UK-EU Deal Must Maintain "Same Benefits"
March 31, 2017
The UK Labour Party's Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer's six-part test for evaluating whether the party can support the UK government's final post-Brexit deal with the EU includes whether the deal maintains the "exact same benefits" Britain currently has as a member of the EU "single market" and customs union.
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