Amnesty International denounces EU’s baring migrants of fundamental rights
At the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on Monday, ministers proposed measures that would include default detention for individuals facing deportation decisions for up to two and a half years. The plan would also expand surveillance, sanctions, and obligations for those subject to deportation, such as home raids and confiscation of belongings, raising concerns about potential discrimination and racial profiling.
The proposals would permit indefinite detention of people deemed a threat to “public policy” or “public security,” while limiting legal challenges to deportation orders and independent oversight of human rights in the process. Member states could also introduce additional obligations and penalties under their national laws.
The European Parliament is currently formulating its position on the proposals, with interinstitutional negotiations expected in the coming months.
Amnesty International criticized the ministers’ stance, arguing that it risks stripping migrants of fundamental rights and exacerbating their precarious conditions. The organization called on the European Parliament “to reverse this approach and place human rights firmly at the center of upcoming negotiations.”
Olivia Sundberg Diez, EU advocate on migration and asylum at Amnesty International, said in a statement, “The 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 punitive measures amount to an unprecedented stripping of rights based on migration status and will leave more people in precarious situations and legal limbo.”
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