Ecowas Court of Justice called to judge the legality of Niger Law No. 36/2015 The press conference will be held online on 22 September 2022 at 11:00 a.m. CEST Niger is one of the main partners of the European Union, and in particular of Italy, in the implementation of border externalization policies. From 2016, thanks […]
International Conference: Freedom of movement in West Africa and from the sub-region to Europe
What remains of the right to leave any country including one’s own after externalization policies? ASGI, in the framework of the Oruka Project, is organising on 29 September 2022 an international conference entitled “Freedom of Movement in West Africa and from the Subregion to Europe: What remains of the right to leave any country, including […]
The consequences of externalisation of border on women’s rights
Today, December 16 2021, we presented at the Press Conference the appeal of two women victims of trafficking against Italy e Libya. The two Country are accused of violating the articles 2 and 6 of the Convention on women rights. Princess and Doris (names are fictitious to protect the identity of the applicants), arrived in […]
FOCUS NIGER
Niger plays a central role in European migration governance strategies. Since 2015, with the approval of Law No. 36, the dynamics of countering freedom of movement have multiplied: behind the rhetoric of combating trafficking and smuggling, there are the pressing EU interests of curbing mobility. Since 2015, there has been a redefinition of the objectives […]
FOCUS NIGERIA
Trafficking and exploitation of Nigerian women: the impact of borders externalization policies on the right to international protection The containment of mobility from Libya and the use of so-called voluntary return programmes have a specific impact on the access to protection of migrants. This focus analyzes, through five in-depth articles, the way in which Nigerian […]
A polycentric approach to border externalization: Legal strategies to contrast migrants’ rights violations
Conclusions of a joint international conference Video of the press conference On 19, 20 and 21 May 2021, four human rights organisations – ASGI, NULAI Nigeria, ASF and CIHRS – organised an international conference on the subject of “Border externalization policies: consequences on mobility in Africa and on the right to asylum”. During the conference, […]
Italy-Tunisia repatriation agreements: as numbers of enforced removals rise, much is still to be known
By Martina Cociglio, Lorenzo Figoni and Marina Mattirolo “I have never seen so many Tunisian nationals repatriated so quickly from the removal centre (CPR) in Turin”, ASGI lawyer Maurizio Veglio notes. “Everything happens in a very short time. They enter a removal centre, are taken before a Justice of the Peace and, within a few […]
Coronavirus pandemic is an excuse to inreasingly curb mobility towards the EU
Reports from a number of transit countries for migrants en route towards the EU show that the spread of Covid-19 throughout the African continent, albeit much more limited than most expected, is being used as a tool to further reduce border crossings and mobility in general.
An upcoming disembarkation platform in Senegal? Frontex’s Hera operation
ASGI expresses concern that the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (“Frontex”) may implement collective push-backs of migrants intercepted in the Atlantic to Senegal.
Refoulement at the Adriatic ports: Italy have not yet adopted the measures established by the ECtHR and the procedure for supervising the implementation of the Sharifi ruling continues.
As part of the procedure for supervising the judgment of the EDU Court Sharifi and others vs Italy and Greece and starting from observation and scientific study, ASGI, Ambasciata dei diritti di Ancona, l’Associazione Gruppo Lavoro Rifugiati, SOS Diritti Venezia e No Name Kitchen, sent a communication in order to bring to the attention of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe the profiles of substantial continuity of the current procedures implemented at the Adriatic ports with respect to detrimental practices of the rights sanctioned by the Court on 21 October 2014. The Committee therefore decided to continue the procedure for supervising the implementation of the sentence.
