EU: Ministers propose unprecedented detention, sanctions, and stripping of rights based on migration status

By Amnesty International

Responding to EU home affairs ministers’ position on the EU Return Regulation agreed in Brussels today, Olivia Sundberg Diez, EU Advocate on Migration and Asylum at Amnesty International, said: “EU ministers’ position on the Return Regulation reveals the EU’s dogged and misguided insistence on ramping up deportations, raids, surveillance, and detention at any cost. These […] The post EU: Ministers propose unprecedented detention, sanctions, and stripping of rights based on migration status appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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