On 2 December, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe officially closed the supervisory procedure for the implementation of measures ordered in the Khlaifia v. Italy judgment. of the European Court of Human Rights. ASGI, A Buon Diritto and CILD consider this decision disrespectful of … [Leggi di più...]
Lampedusa hotspot: more and more a place of confinement, the “hole in the fence” is also closed
The issue of the de facto deprivation of liberty of foreign citizens at the Lampedusa hotspot is not new in the panorama of the devices used for the management of migration flows. Already with the judgment Khlaifia v. Italy, the Italian government was condemned for the arbitrary detention of foreign … [Leggi di più...]
Black book on Pre-Removal Detention Centre (CPR): when EU denies the human
This black book was written after the suicide of Moussa Balde, a 22-year-old boy who was attacked on 9 May 2021 in the streets of Ventimiglia by three unknown men. After being briefly hospitalized, the young man was taken to the Head of Police of Imperia, which ordered his confinement at the CPR of … [Leggi di più...]
Khlaifia sentence: Italy still under scrutiny for violations in hotspots
Five years after the Khlaifia ruling handed down by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the effective respect of rights in hotspots in Italy is still not guaranteed and needs to be further examined in December 2021. This was decided by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe … [Leggi di più...]
Asylum seekers’stay in transit zones at land borders in the light of their right to personal freedom: the Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary case
Although detention represents, and has historically represented, an instrument which has been frequently used by the authorities in the management of migratory flows, the issue of the deprivation of freedom of foreign citizens in transit zones has long remained on the sidelines of public … [Leggi di più...]
Rights in route. The “quarantine ships” between risks and criticisms
The use of quarantine ships is one of the measures put in place by the Italian government to deal with the arrivals of foreign nationals in times of pandemic. Almost two months after the start of this experiment, it is possible to make a first assessment of the adequacy and criticism entailed in … [Leggi di più...]