The
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Prof. François Crépeau,
for the past six months has been conducting “a one-year comprehensive study to
examine the rights of migrants in the Euro-Mediterranean region, focusing in
particular on the management of the external borders of the European
Union.”
The Special Rapporteur will
present a thematic report on the human rights of migrants at the borders of the
European Union to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2013. To date he has concluded official visits to
EU offices in Brussels, Tunisia, Turkey, and Italy; a nine-day visit to Greece
began on 25 November. The Special Rapporteur
has issued preliminary conclusions at the end of each completed mission. One common concern is that various actions of
the EU and neighbouring countries are resulting in human rights considerations
being overshadowed by migration control and security objectives.
At
the conclusion of the most recent mission to Italy (30 September – 8 October
2012), the Special Rapporteur expressed concern over Italy’s (and the EU’s)
ongoing cooperation with Libya.
Click here (Italy), here (Tunisia), and here (Turkey) for the Special Rapporteur’s statements.
Click here (Italy), here (Tunisia), and here (Turkey) for the Special Rapporteur’s statements.
