EU - third countries agreements on migration
From the 2016 EU-Turkey Statement to the 2024 EU-Egypt Agreement, the European Union and its member states are increasingly signing agreements with third countries to delegate their migration policy. Despite the risks of human rights violations that arise from these agreements, the externalisation of migration policies is becoming the new European norm.
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Egypt adopts its first-ever asylum law, without improving the current system
On December 16, 2024, Egypt ratified its first-ever national asylum law. Despite its historic significance, it failed to improve the existing legal framework developed through the activities of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees — the organisation responsible for registering asylum applications, granting international protection, and supporting refugees in Egypt.
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Italy-Albania agreement: towards a reduction of asylum seekers' guarantees
On Monday, November 6, 2023, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Albanian counterpart Edi Rama signed an agreement to “strengthen bilateral cooperation on migration.” Currently suspended, this agreement aims to create identification and detention centers in Albania where asylum applications from migrants rescued at sea would be processed.
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