The ASGI report, edited by the Sciabaca & Oruka project, detailing legal disputes arising from Italian-Tunisian cooperation on migration, is published in four languages. Cooperation between Italy and Tunisia on migration has significantly intensified in recent years, with Tunisia assuming a pivotal role as a transit country. Policies restricting mobility have been refined through mutually […]
July 11 – Restrictions on mobility in Tunisia: litigation experiences
In Tunisia, as well as in Libya, policies financed and endorsed by Italy and the European Union to control mobility lead to severe violations of migrant rights. During this training, we will explore legal strategies tested by civil society to challenge these policies and address resulting violations. We will discuss these issues with ASGI lawyers […]
Assisted ‘voluntary’ return programs. Perspectives and opportunities for litigation
Program 3pm – 3:30pm IOM accountability in shaping and implementing externalization policies. Cathryn Costello, Professor of Global Refugee and Migration Law at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin. 3:30pm – 4pm Lawfulness of European funding for AVR from transit countries. Legal framework and remedies at the EU level. Andreina De Leo, PhD researcher, […]
A video to tell about our transnational strategies to counter EU externalization policies in Africa
Within the framework of the Sciabaca&Oruka project, ASGI has been working for several years in collaboration with Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) Tunisia, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (NULAI-Nigeria) to defend the rights of people moving along migration routes from Africa to Europe. Here is the video […]
#1 React – Rights in practice. Violations of the principle of non-refoulement in the so-called assisted voluntary returns
What it is about The programmes of assisted voluntary return are a tool used by European governments in the context of externalisation policies. As a response to the blockade created in transit countries such as Libya, Niger and Tunisia, programmes are funded to encourage the return of migrant people to their home countries. Such programmes […]
