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RSA - Refugee Support Aegean @rsaegean.org · Aug 18

On 14 August, the @echr.coe.int issued interim measures forbidding the Greek government from deporting eight #refugees from Sudan who arrived in Crete last month. #Greece #asylum

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Aug 10

talents.coe.int/en_GB/career... New secondment opportunity #migration - deadline 19 August

Advisor on Migration and Refugees

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Aug 9

#Portugal top court blocks bill restricting #immigration - www.reuters.com/world/portug...

Portugal's top court blocks bill restricting immigration

Portugal's Constitutional Court has blocked a bill approved by the right-wing parliamentary majority that was designed to limit the inflow of immigrants, citing obstacles it creates for family members in joining immigrants legally resident in Portugal.

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Aug 8

www.coe.int/en/web/migra... #Migration #Asylum

Migration - New reference document on the Council of Europe’s non-binding legal instruments - Division on Migration and Refugees - www.coe.int

Division on Migration and Refugees Strasbourg 7 August 2025

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EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · Aug 1

#ECJ #AG Spielmann: The court reviewing the detention of a third-country national staying illegally must ensure that their removal is not prevented by the principle of non-refoulement #asylum 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

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EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · Aug 1

#ECJ: A Member State may not plead an unforeseeable influx of applicants for international protection in order to evade its obligation to cover #asylum seekers’ basic needs 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

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EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · Aug 1

⚖️ Judgment in Joined Cases C-758/24 & C-759/24 Alace & Canpelli: who can decide if a third country is “safe” under EU law?
🎥 💬 Judge Jürimäe explains with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
👩⚖️ Bio 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Aug 1

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INTERVIEW: Migration must be central to development agenda, says IOM chief

Migration must be viewed as a core part of global development policy, not just a humanitarian response, says Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 31

Estonia shows off #prisons cells awaiting Swedish inmates - www.reuters.com/world/estoni...

Estonia shows off prison cells awaiting Swedish inmates

Estonia showed off some of the many empty cells in its Tartus prison on Wednesday as officials outlined how they would implement a proposed agreement for Sweden to send up to 600 inmates to the facility from late next year.

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · Jul 25

JOINT STATEMENT on the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ (CM) last examination of the Greek asylum system under the M.S.S. and H.A. and Others v. Greece groups of cases.

Find the full statement also on our website: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 26

Commission seeks #EU court nod for #ECHR bid after years of gridlock www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Commission seeks EU court nod for ECHR bid after years of gridlock - Euractiv

Commission moves to break 15-year impasse on EU’s accession to Strasbourg-based human rights court

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 24

Advisor on #Migration and #Refugees - secondment opportunity talents.coe.int/en_GB/career...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 23

The United Nations’ highest judicial body ruled that nations must prevent environmental harm and limit greenhouse gas emissions. The nonbinding decision pressures countries to fulfill climate pledges and opens doors for global climate cases.

U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions

The court was asked to rule on whether nations are obligated under international law to protect the Earth’s climate from planet-warming emissions.

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 23

World's top court says healthy #environment is a human right

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued its ruling on States’ legal obligations in relation to climate change.
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World's top court says healthy environment is a human right – DW – 07/23/2025

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued its ruling on States’ legal obligations in relation to climate change.

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 23

UN's top court delivers historic decision on countries' #climate obligations www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

UN's top court says climate change is 'urgent and existential threat'

The non-binding advisory opinion could be a potential turning point in international climate law.

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 23

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African migrants - payback time? – DW – 09/03/2015

Just as Europeans migrated overseas in the past, so are Africans now migrating to Europe. In this guest commentary, the head of the UN Economic Commission for Africa Carlos Lopes draws parallels betwe...

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 21

New #ECHR Thematic Factsheet on #Immigration. It provides statistical and other information on the Court’s case-law including interim measures.
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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 19

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European envoy warns Trump administration actions are hurting efforts to help abducted Ukrainian children

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Russian military has forcibly transported about 20,000 Ukrainian children into Russian territory.

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InfoMigrants @infomigrants.net · Jul 18

Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz has called on parliament to pass a law for the regularization of 500,000 immigrants in the country.

She also condemned anti-migrant violence in Torre Pacheco, in southern Spain.

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Spain should regularize 500,000 migrants immediately, deputy PM

Spain's Deputy Prime Minister, Yolanda Díaz, has condemned anti-migrant violence in Torre Pacheco, in the southern part of the country, calling on the country's parliamentary assembly to urgently pass...

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jun 27

Italy's attempt to offshore asylum processing to Albania has made its way to the ECJ with a preliminary reference by the Italian Court of Cassation.

ANDREINA DE LEO examines the fictions and future of Italy's model of externalization.

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 3

International protection: Greek legislation obliging an applicant for international protection to appear in person at the hearing to examine his or her appeal contrary to EU law #Asylum #refugees

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Nikos Sitaropoulos @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social · Jul 1

Integration to emigration: Why do #migrants leave #Germany?

Germany promises opportunity and stability — yet many migrants feel overlooked and excluded. As more consider leaving, their stories point not only to policy gaps, but the need for a deeper societal shift.
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