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12/2012 - Rock Cohen]
12/2012. Managing
migration, both to and within the European Union, has become a headache for
both EU Member States and the European Commission. Most of the 2012 migration
portfolio has been taken up with resolving a series of challenges to existing
EU policy, from Schengen to the Common European Asylum System. Beyond EU
borders, the continued inflow into Turkey of Syrians fleeing violence in their
country suggests there will be additional pressure for the European Union to
offer a more concerted humanitarian response in 2013.
Asylum Policy and Practices Under Review
In
February, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in Hirsi Jamaa and
Others v. Italy that Italy violated the European Convention of Human Rights by
intercepting would-be migrants and asylum seekers in the Mediterranean Sea and
forcing their immediate return to Libya on the basis of a bilateral agreement
between the two countries.
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