The annual report by @CommissionerHR also reflects the human rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in 2019. Some specific concerns from the foreword: 1/7 https://twitter.com/CommissionerHR/status/1252508561105616896

"Despite the decreasing numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers arriving on our continent, some politicians have surfed on a wave of xenophobia, feeding it with divisive and alarmist rhetoric, including in regions where very few or no migrants have settled." 2/7

"The increasing normalisation of illegal pushbacks, sometimes accompanied by brutal violence, as well as acts aimed at dehumanising people attempting to cross borders, are particularly worrying and need to be confronted with urgency." 3/7

"In some member states, severe humanitarian crises regarding reception conditions have been allowed to develop and worsen." 4/7

"The lives of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers have also been put at risk by the short-sighted decision to reduce state search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean." 5/7

"The outsourcing of border controls to third countries with poor human rights records and unsafe conditions, such as Libya, continues, whereas urgently needed improvements in transparency and accountability remain elusive." 6/7

"The judicial and administrative harassment of NGOs rescuing migrants is also still ongoing, even though they often fill the void left by European states’ disengagement." 7/7