EU’s Latest Bid to Curb Migration
The European Union’s willingness to set aside its core values to curb migration is once again on display with the European Commission’s launching of a new partnership with one of Europe’s most repressive governments.
The deal was signed with Belarus, the only country on the continent that still practices the death penalty and one with highly restrictive laws which deny many human rights groups the ability to register their organizations. The ironically titled “mobility partnership” makes references to asylum and refugee protection, combating smuggling and trafficking, and the development impact of migration, but fails to address key concerns identified at the EU’s main border with Belarus at the Polish frontier.
▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/10/18/eus-latest-bid-curb-migration
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