Fit for Purpose? The #Facilitation_Directive and the Criminalisation of Humanitarian Assistance to Irregular Migrants
This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee. With renewed efforts to counter people smuggling in the context of an unprecedented influx of migrants and refugees into the EU, it assesses existing EU legislation in the area – the 2002 Facilitators’ Package – and how it deals with those providing humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants. The study maps EU legislation against the international legal framework and explores the effects – both direct and indirect – of the law and policy practice in selected Member States. It finds significant inconsistencies, divergences and grey areas, such that humanitarian actors are often deterred from providing assistance. The study calls for a review of the legislative framework, greater legal certainty and improved data collection on the effects of the legislation.
▻http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/fr/document.html?reference=IPOL_STU(2016)536490
#rapport #passeurs #smugglers #assistance_humanitaire #criminalisation #délit_de_solidarité #solidarité #asile #migrations #réfugiés
Lien pour télécharger le rapport:
▻http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/536490/IPOL_STU(2016)536490_EN.pdf