Strasbourg 06 October 2026

Strasbourg 1 October 2026

Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest post-war achievements.

‘The era of writing blank checks to international bureaucracies is over,’ state department spokesperson says

GENEVA – US migration externalization arrangements are already putting migrants at heightened risk of human rights violations, including torture and persecution, Human Rights Experts** warned today, a...

Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest post-war achievements.

Deal aimed at deterring small boat arrivals set to end as talks stall over French demand for EU-wide scheme * UK politics live – latest updates The UK government’s “one in one out” deal with France, which was supposed to help deter small boat arrivals, is expected to expire on Thursday, government sources have said. It is understood that negotiations have stalled over French demands for a Europe-wide deal instead, and a reluctance to scale up the numbers of people exchanged between the two countries. Continue reading...

Strasbourg 16 July 2026

The European Court of Human Rights has found that Greece violated the rights of an HIV-positive asylum seeker.

I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.

Bij de IND: Het Europese migratiepact, van kracht sinds juni, dwingt landen asielprocedures te versnellen. De nieuwe werkwijze van de IND geeft interne onrust, blijkt uit gesprekken van NRC met tien m...

Deborah Bergamini (Italy, EPP/CD) and Claude Kern (France, ALDE), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on “The functioning of democratic institutions in the Slo...

Strasbourg 8 septembre 2026

Five EU states have agreed a common model for offshore "return hubs" and aim to sign a first deal with a non‑EU country this year, but rights groups and past failures in Rwanda and Albania raise sharp...

Den danske debat om udrejsecentre er ikke baseret på evidens og fakta, og tonen i udlændingedebatten bidrager til en udvanding af menneskerettighederne. Sådan lyder det fra Europarådets kommissær for ...

Den danske debat om udrejsecentre er ikke baseret på evidens og fakta, og tonen i udlændingedebatten bidrager til en udvanding af menneskerettighederne. Sådan lyder det fra Europarådets kommissær for ...

Without iron-clad legal safeguards, offshore migration centres can only repeat the worst mistakes of the recent past, says the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner

Strasbourg 04/09/2026

Rob Cameron on the Slovak stories that stayed with him – and a country he sees as increasingly divided.

Five EU states are negotiating with Kigali to host rejected asylum seekers under Brussels' new return law. Rights groups warn of abuses, and past deals delivered only a handful of deportees at huge co...

Strasbourg 16 July 2026

Strasbourg 16 July 2026

De 68-jarige Kavala zit sinds 2017 vast en werd in 2022 veroordeeld tot levenslang zonder kans op vervroegde vrijlating voor zijn rol bij de Gezi-protesten in 2013.

YouTube video by European Court of Human Rights

24 July 2026

24 July 2026

Italy's migration deal with Albania negates human rights and is ripe for abuse, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

Without iron-clad legal safeguards, offshore migration centres can only repeat the worst mistakes of the recent past, says the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner

Campaigners fear deeper diplomatic contacts are undermining demands for improvements in human rights The Taliban in Afghanistan have launched a diplomatic effort to end their isolation as major regional and international powers show a readiness to engage more closely with the repressive regime despite its systematic human rights abuses. Five years after the Taliban took power, an increasing number of countries are renewing ties or scaling up diplomatic contacts with the hardline Islamists, who seized power in Kabul in 2021 after 20 years of brutal insurgent warfare. Continue reading...