„Far from being a victory for human rights, this military intervention – in contravention of Venezuelan sovereignty and the UN charter – damages the architecture of international security, making every country less safe.“ Volker Türk in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The awkward truth about some of Trump’s views on Europe? European leaders agree with him | Shada Islam

Läsvärd text! www.dn.se/kultur/nikla...

Årets första text är en längre essä om flyktingar och en europeisk politik som förändrats radikalt sedan 2015. Jag skriver om individer på Balkanrutten som senaste decenniet förvandlats till abstrakt statistik och den råa flyktingdiskursen som förvandlats till eufemismer. www.gp.se/7ce3f3e2-c39...

„Den nuvarande retoriken är skadlig, både för de enskilda individerna och för Sverige som helhet.“ Inte bara retoriken. www.dn.se/ledare/inte-...

European leaders need to refute the critics: Europe’s power lies not in mimicking those who oppose #HumanRights, but in showing that dignity, law, and freedom remain the only foundations on which a stable and prosperous future can be built. Read my latest shoutout 👇 www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

EU Member States have agreed on a revision of the EU law on expulsion of irregular migrants that hugely reduces basic standards. A critical analysis, by Dr. Izabella Majcher - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

And support them not just to be able to push refugees in Europe to return to Syria, please. Interesting column! 👇

Very useful analysis and much needed intervention!

Wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian: "Since migration has become the cornerstone of the current authoritarian turn, it is precisely around migration that resistance needs to form." www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Good. Maybe this judgment will also prevent this policy from being imported to Sweden. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

CJEU, border controls 🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

Passing new legislation „in record time“ is not a good thing if the impacts/consequences are unclear. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Is it just about funding, or do they want the EU to do the „innovative solutions“ because they don‘t know how to do it themselves? www.euractiv.com/news/eu-capi...

A sad day for human rights. The EPP just teamed up with the far right to pave the way for deportation deals and declare autocratic regimes such as Egypt and Tunisia safe. This is a sham solution, which will lead to mass human rights violations, court cases and a staggering waste of public money.

För all del, fortsätt då att strypa invandringen och uppmuntra återvandring. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/laga...

Asylum Pact 2.0 My analysis of the latest developments on the plans to change EU law on 'safe third countries' and 'safe countries of origin' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/asyl...

This is an appropriate answer to the US administration‘s claim that Europe faces „civilisational erasure“ due to immigration: „In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it.“ @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Terrible. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Detta är en viktig utveckling som förtjänar uppmärksamhet. Efter år av åtstramningar inom migrations- och asylområdet ifrågasätts nu själva fundamentet för mänskliga rättigheter i Europa. www.coe.int/en/web/porta...

„When viewed through the lens of EU asylum policy, the world outside the European Union appears to be steadily transforming into a wonderland of 'safe countries'“. Great piece by @frowinrausis.bsky.social and @gaiaromeo.bsky.social in @euobserver.com today. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

„We must protect our borders to defend our democracies.“ Strangely, the „Here’s how“ remains vague. It seems to me they are buying the Trump narrative. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Vad händer med EU:s migrationspakt? På måndag (15/12) är jag med och diskuterar denna fråga med Alice Petrén, Madelaine Seidlitz och @lisapelling.bsky.social. Kom gärna förbi! Arenagruppen, Barnhusgatan 4, Stockholm. Kl. 17:00-18:30. 👉 arenaide.se/kalender/vad...

Let‘s see what comes out of this and hope Europe won‘t enter a phase of rolling back human rights at one of its most important sources, the European Convention on Human Rights.

Idag fick jag vara med i Europapodden i Sveriges Radio och prata om nya EU-överenskommelser inom migrationsområdet: Återvändande, säkra länder och solidaritetsmekanismen inom migrations- och asylpakten. www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/sa-s...

The Council’s version of the proposed EU regulation on migrants‘ returns is draconian. One big question I‘m asking myself is whether member states will still be able to offer people with return orders opportunities to stay on humanitarian/compassionate grounds.

Timely paper we published today. 👇

Good piece! I’m thinking that the constant push for more hardline migration policies in the EU, maybe that‘s also a symptom of weakness. A policy area where leaders think they can show they are in control.

Draconian stuff in the Council‘s version of the EU’s proposed return regulation. Shows the influence of the European far right on migration policy.

Lyssna gärna! 🎧

Important piece by @alemanno.bsky.social on what‘s going on inside the European Commission. Clearly worrying.

EU to use trade rules to make poorer countries take back irregular migrants: „GSP preferences may be withdrawn if a beneficiary country does not co-operate with the EU on the readmission of their own nationals.“ www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

By the way also a must-read for EU leaders who talk about ”innovative” third country solutions and ”return hubs”. We shouldn‘t go down this road.

This is a great investigation & powerful story. Cruel, illegal deportations and, as someone quoted in the article says, ”a textbook case of kidnapping and human trafficking”. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Combatting the far right by implementing their migration policy? Sad story that can end badly. www.dw.com/en/german-in...

Justice ministers from the Council of Europe’s 46 member states will meet in Strasbourg on 10 December to debate the future of the European Convention on Human Rights.

”I dag ger sig en växande skara europeiska politiker åter på Europadomstolen och nu handlar det – förstås – om invandring.” Bra krönika av Annika Ström Melin. www.dn.se/ledare/annik...

”EU member states have yet to designate areas where they want to build infrastructure along the external borders to host, detain and possibly deport migrants and prospective asylum seekers.” euobserver.com/migration/ar...

Image that emerges: A government unable to adress the problems of the people or the economy (or Europe!) but obsessed about refugees. www.dw.com/en/germany-m...

Europol set to grow. ”Beyond privacy fears, rights groups argue the reform entrenches a ’Fortress Europe’ approach by framing migration as a criminal and security issue. www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Further growth and expansion of the @frontex.bsky.social mandate on the horizon apparently. Rather one-sided wishlist from member states. ➡️ Here’s one more thing that I think Frontex should do: Systematic search and rescue in the Mediterranean.

Terrible. If I remember correctly from reading @sallyhayd.bsky.social’s ”My fourth time, we drowned’, Doctors Without Borders was one of few organisations that managed to do meaningful work for refugees in Libya. @nikolajnielsen.bsky.social @euobserver.com euobserver.com/migration/ar...

Good history lesson, also for people in other parts of Europe.

Spaning: Så småningom kommer vi att vara nere på den asylrättsliga miniminivån. Vad gör man då? Ifrågasätta de internationella normer som anger vad miniminivån är. Och sedan kan man kanske fortsätta neråt. Kanske är kritiken mot Europakonventionen ett första tecken. www.dn.se/sverige/kris...

This is quite a topic here in Sweden right now. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/muni...

Outstanding issues on the future status of some 4.7 million Ukrainian refugees throughout the EU persist as policymakers wrangle over long term solutions.

A few flashlights from my latest open access publication with @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social and @bernd-parusel.bsky.social in the European Journal of Migration and Law: (1/4) brill.com/view/journal...

”…the prevailing mood of the public against migration means changes need to be made”. Is it really a good idea to question the European Convention on Human Rights because of a ”mood of the public”? euobserver.com/migration/ar...

”Parties of both the center-right and the center-left are unintentionally strengthening far-right parties by repeating their ideas and rhetoric in a doomed attempt to shrink their support.” www.dw.com/en/does-adop...