According to numbers The Guardian published on May 17, 2021, the current Israeli attack on Gaza has killed 200 Palestinians, including 59 children. 34,000 have been displaced from their homes. It is hard to assess the accuracy of these numbers. Very likely, the death toll will be higher: the violence has not ebbed, and bodies will be exhumed from the rubble (for updates see Palestinian Ministry of Health). As for the displaced, when the violence ceases many will find housing, of one kind or another, in the Gaza strip. But judging from the consequences of such operations in the past – others will not be able to settle. It is unlikely that any real organized evacuation or resettlement plan will be made possible. (To my knowledge, no relevant actor has even mentioned it). Many Gazan Palestinians will inevitably be forced on horrific journeys searching for asylum. It is therefore necessary for governments and publics around the world to urgently consider the protections that these new Palestinian refugees should…
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Non-refoulement During a Health Emergency
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus worldwide has sparked continuous scientific debates about the impact of the health emergency and its legal implications. In an attempt to expand this growing debate, this short post aims to shed some light on the impact this emergency is having on asylum seekers and, therefore, to examine the possible tensions…
M.N. and Others v Belgium: no ECHR protection from refoulement by issuing visas
With its inadmissibility decision in M.N. and Others v Belgium delivered on 5 May 2020, the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR made it clear that individuals who apply for visas at embassies with the intention to seek protection, do not fall within the jurisdiction of the ECHR State Parties in the sense of Article 1 ECHR. As…
N.A. v. Finland – On the quality of the national authorities’ risk assessment and what the authorities should learn from the case
On 14 November 2019, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a judgement in the case N.A. v. Finland (application no. 25244/18). The ECtHR found that Finland had violated Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights when assessing an Iraqi man’s asylum application. Having exhausted all domestic remedies, the applicant’s father, an…
How Trump’s Migration Policy Erodes National and International Standards of Protection for Migrants and Asylum Seekers
Early this month, 5,600 US soldiers were deployed to the southern border as a response to an approaching migrant caravan consisting of several thousand Central Americans. U.S. President Donald Trump called the advancing group in official statements a foreign “invasion” that warrants deploying up to 15,000 army members to support the border patrol. He further publicly warned…
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