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1/ #MigrationPact and #RuleofLaw: a thread
Member states hostile to #RuleofLaw and to EU values, are also those most hostile to migrants & refugees.
This is neither a surprise nor a concidence. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/apr/02/eu-court-rules-three-countries-czech-republic-hungary-poland-broke-law-over-refugee-quotas
Member states hostile to #RuleofLaw and to EU values, are also those most hostile to migrants & refugees.
This is neither a surprise nor a concidence. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/apr/02/eu-court-rules-three-countries-czech-republic-hungary-poland-broke-law-over-refugee-quotas
2/ With "return sponsorship" 
#MigrationPact envisages countries 'hostile to migrants' would be tasked with detention and deportation.
This is worrying on a number of levels. https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/promoting-our-european-way-life/new-pact-migration-and-asylum_en
#MigrationPact envisages countries 'hostile to migrants' would be tasked with detention and deportation.This is worrying on a number of levels. https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/promoting-our-european-way-life/new-pact-migration-and-asylum_en
3/ Essentially, the EU's "dirty work" of detention and returns will be farmed out to member states where the EU has *serious concerns* regarding judicial independence, freedom of expression, corruption, rights of minorities, and the situation of migrants and refugees.
4/ To member states where there are growing concerns about the crackdowns on media freedom and against organisations providing legal and humanitarian assistance to migrants and refugees.
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-06/cp200073en.pdf
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-06/cp200073en.pdf
5/ In May 2020,
was found to have broken EU law by illegally detaining two families *for more than a year* without any access to a court.
then “refused to accept” the ruling of the CJEU that this was "detention".
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-05/cp200060en.pdf
was found to have broken EU law by illegally detaining two families *for more than a year* without any access to a court. then “refused to accept” the ruling of the CJEU that this was "detention". https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-05/cp200060en.pdf
6/ Since 2015, @amnesty has documented how restricted access to asylum, detained people arbitrarily, violent pushed backs, and *denied food* to people waiting for deportation. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/hungary-european-court-declares-authorities-broke-eu-law-by-detaining-asylum-seekers-in-transit-zone/
restricted access to asylum, detained people arbitrarily, violent pushed backs, and *denied food* to people waiting for deportation. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/hungary-european-court-declares-authorities-broke-eu-law-by-detaining-asylum-seekers-in-transit-zone/
7/ At this crucial moment for the future of Europe, #migrationpact is an opportunity to affirm that solidarity, human rights & rule of law *are* EU values.
Instead risks fanning the flames of two biggest policy/leadership crises it has faced; #migration and #ruleoflaw.
Instead
risks fanning the flames of two biggest policy/leadership crises it has faced; #migration and #ruleoflaw.
8/ What trade-offs will the Commission & Council need to make keep "the deporters" happy?
What is to stop "the deporters" from resorting to Erdoğan-style "open the gates" threats if facing #Article7 procedure or #ruleoflaw budget conditionality?
What is to stop "the deporters" from resorting to Erdoğan-style "open the gates" threats if facing #Article7 procedure or #ruleoflaw budget conditionality?
9/ What will this mean for the EU's efforts to prevent #ruleoflaw backsliding? https://www.politico.eu/article/how-viktor-orban-broke-the-eu-and-got-away-with-it-hungary-rule-of-law/
10/ Intended to build a united, common approach, this aspect of the Pact risks further division, deadlock & crises.
#Migrationpact will likely shape the #ruleoflaw situation at EU and national level, and's ability to provide much needed global leadership on human rights.
#Migrationpact will likely shape the #ruleoflaw situation at EU and national level, and
's ability to provide much needed global leadership on human rights.
