London event: Solidarity starts with us

On the evening of Saturday, April 25 over 30 people including activists, journalists and academics convened for a workshop to discuss what it means for Londoners to identify and engage with our European neighbours, as well as those beyond. Participants were…

Migration and asylum policies in the EU

Context Over 2011, European Alternatives is organizing a deliberative consultation with citizens and stakeholders in a sample of six EU countries on transeuropean issues relating to the area of Justice, Security and Freedom contained in the Stockholm Programme (2010-2014).  The…

Citizens Panels: Migration and Asylum Rights

translation: Maëva Kokodoko interim findings The introduction focused on the current struggle that migrants are going through in Europe in order to obtain the recognition of their rights. The situation of Tunisian people, which is involving political negotiations between France…

Common Asylum Policy in the EU

  Non-refoulement is a concept which prohibits States from returning a refugee or asylum seeker to territories where there is a risk that his or her life or freedom would be threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a…