1. Internationally accepted human rights impose limits on what states can and can not do to people within their territory. Generally, human rights and rights related to the movement in particular are elements of international migration law. National laws must be in accordance with these international standards in the cases that apply 2. There are…
Migrant crisis: Migration to Europe explained in seven charts
More than a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe in 2015, sparking a crisis as countries struggled to cope with the influx, and creating division in the EU over how best to deal with resettling people. The vast majority arrived by sea but some migrants have made their way over land, principally via Turkey…
European Leaders Look to Africa to Stem Migration
PARIS — Measures intended to stop migrants from trying to cross the Mediterranean were at the center of discussions among four European leaders who met in Paris with the leaders of three African countries on Monday. The meeting, billed as a mini-summit, brought together the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain as well as…
EU divided along U.S.-style blue state, red state lines
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO The 28-nation European Union, which held a summit in Brussels this week, faces a growing political chasm along geographic lines that resembles the sharp red state-blue state divide in the United States. In the case of the EU, it’s East vs. West. In Eastern Europe, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and…
NEW: Caught unprepared, Spain sends migrant arrivals to unfinished prison
Politicians, unions and NGOs criticize decision to use penitentiary as a temporary holding center The arrival of hundreds of illegal immigrants on the southeastern coast of Spain late last week caught authorities unprepared. Faced with a lack of proper facilities, the Interior Ministry on Monday transferred a group of around 500 immigrants to a penitentiary…
International Law on migration
International law governs legal relations between States. In the last 50 years, the concept of international law has slowly expanded to include relations between States and international organizations, and between States and individuals. Historically, migration was, for the most part, only regulated on a national scale. National legislation was the only relevant right in the…
EU REACTION
The actual situation in Europe is worth a discussion. Europe is having a migratory crisis which is producing an inflection point in Europe´s history that takes to a need of reaction by the main organizations within the old continent. CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO OUT OF THE EU Assist the refugees wherever they are. Address the…
WHAT IS THE MIGRATORY CRISIS?
Many people who need international protection come to the EU to apply for asylum. Protection is provided to people fleeing their home countries who can not return due to a well-founded fear of persecution or risk of serious harm. The EU has a legal and moral obligation to protect people in need. The EU…
MIGRATION´S HISTORY
Until the 18th century, the main migratory flows of entry and exit from Europe were related to processes of conquest. During this period it is important to highlight the migration from Europe to South America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Since the end of the 18th century, improvements in transport systems and the colonization…
EU MIGRATION POLICIES 