The polycrisis has reshuffled the European Union (EU)'s institutional balance of power, raising new questions about the normalisation of European Council-European Commission relations. Drawing on m...

Alice Donald analyses the Chişinău Declaration on the European Convention on Human Rights and migration, adopted on 15 May by foreign ministers of the 46-nation Council of Europe

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This blog post analyses the evolving ‘safe third country’ concept in EU asylum law and its implications for the extraterritorial processing of asylum seekers.

Today, the Commission is presenting the first European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy. It sets out the EU\'s political objectives on asylum and migration and will serve as a compass with con...

Rwanda accuses the UK of "intransigence" and says London owes it millions of pounds over a controversial migration agreement.

It is ironic that Ministers of Justice of the 46 Council of Europe (CoE) member states convened on International Human Rights Day to discuss how they might reduce the scope of their obligations under ...

DRAFT INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision determining, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the v...

This book offers a contemporary understanding of the state of the art of

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This week, the leaders of the Pacific Island States will have their annual meeting at the Pacific Islands Forum to discuss key issues impacting the region. In recent years, leaders have adopted signif...

Constitution-Making Procedure and Legitimacy Maximisation: How Different Constitution-Making Procedures Satisfy Different Conceptions of Legitimacy

The UN’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees create room for dialogue, but remain non-binding and underfunded. With limited political will for reform, their role will likely be confined to forum...

Today, the Commission has adopted a second package of seven sectoral proposals completing the framework for the next long-term EU budget for 2028–2034.

The UN’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees create room for dialogue, but remain non-binding and underfunded. With limited political will for reform, their role will likely be confined to forum...

Australia has been sending asylum-seekers to the tiny Pacific nation since 2001. It doesn’t solve the issue.

Article 72 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

European Constitutional Law Review

Division on Migration and Refugees Strasbourg 7 August 2025

Abstract. This article addresses the consequences that SOGIESC claims of asylum have on international refugee law and its fundamental distinction between ‘

The main aspects of the EU’s long-term budget for 2028-2034, its revenue and spending areas, as well as factsheets on key aspects are available on this page.

Professor Steve Peers , Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Bologna, taken by  Ввласенко , via Wikimedia Commons Introd...

The Council adopted a regulation regarding the progressive start of the Entry/Exit digital border management system.

The EU’s sustainable finance agenda aims to accelerate the sustainability transition through the ‘greening’ of finance. How such greening may trigger institutional transformation in Member States i...