DETENTION
European Parliament denounces widespread detention due to EU border procedures
On 10 February, the European Parliament published a report on EU asylum border procedures which finds that they lead to de facto detention, without a necessity test, judicial review nor application of alternatives to detention. It also underlines numerous reports about persons being refused entry or pushed back in the context of border procedures, without any assessment of their protection needs, nor registration of their asylum claims. Procedures to identify people in situations of vulnerability are also missing. The report recommends exempting children and families from border procedures, and calls Member States to refrain from applying them overall (and also says that in no case should member states be obliged to apply them).
DETENTION
European Parliament denounces widespread detention due to EU border procedures
On 10 February, the European Parliament published a report on EU asylum border procedures which finds that they lead to de facto detention, without a necessity test, judicial review nor application of alternatives to detention. It also underlines numerous reports about persons being refused entry or pushed back in the context of border procedures, without any assessment of their protection needs, nor registration of their asylum claims. Procedures to identify people in situations of vulnerability are also missing. The report recommends exempting children and families from border procedures, and calls Member States to refrain from applying them overall (and also says that in no case should member states be obliged to apply them).