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Disembarking the opposition to a relocation scheme for the Mediterranean

Proposals for a temporary disembarkation mechanism for migrants rescued in the Mediterranean have fallen on deaf ears in most EU Member States. A common scheme should instead be embraced as a first step towards an EU approach to disembarkation.

Henriet Baas • 12-12-2019

Public Law

The European Cybersecurity Centre: A strange animal in the EU’s institutional zoo

In view of the steady proliferation of ‘Union bodies’, one may wonder what are the limits to such agencification. That is exactly the question raised by the proposal for a European Cybersecurity Centre.

Maarten Toelen • 12-11-2019

Public Law · Criminal Law and Criminology

How Flagrant is Flagrant? The latest judgment in the Celmer Saga

The Irish Court has surprised many by ordering the surrender of Mr. Celmer to Poland. A closer look at the decision reveals that the outcome of the case was decisively influenced by the use of a test which is external to EU law.

Marco Antonio Simonelli • 21-12-2018

Public Law

Dublin IV: Violating Unaccompanied Minor’s Best Interests in the Allocation of Responsibility

The proposed Dublin IV Regulation contradicts the Court’s case law on Member State responsibility for asylum claims of unaccompanied minors and fails to properly protect the child’s best interests.

Lisa van Zelm • 22-05-2018

Public Law

‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?’: fingerprinting migrant children under the Eurodac Regulation

Under the recast EURODAC Regulation it is proposed to lower the minimum age of data subjects from to 14 to 6 years of age. This raises issues of compatibility with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

Merve Kaya • 08-05-2018

Public Law

Welcome refugees, adieu solidarité

Hungary and Slovakia suffered a blow in their attempts to escape the refugee relocation scheme, when the European Court of Justice rejected their claims. However, solidarity did not play a role in that decision.

Nathan de Arriba-Sellier • 26-09-2017

Blogs

Disembarking the opposition to a relocation scheme for the Mediterranean

The European Cybersecurity Centre: A strange animal in the EU’s institutional zoo

How Flagrant is Flagrant? The latest judgment in the Celmer Saga

Dublin IV: Violating Unaccompanied Minor’s Best Interests in the Allocation of Responsibility

‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?’: fingerprinting migrant children under the Eurodac Regulation

Welcome refugees, adieu solidarité