Secret refugee deal with Nauru just moves the problem out of sight Australia has been sending asylum-seekers to the tiny Pacific nation since 2001. It doesn’t solve the issue.

My thoughts on Australia’s latest offshore deal with Nauru www.smh.com.au/national/sec...

International Cooperation on Migration Between the EU and Third Countries: Governing EU Borders in Invisible Spaces The article addresses the consequences of the externalisation of EU border policies on the legal and institutional dynamics that govern those policies. Drawing on the analysis of legal and policy doc....

How do institutional actors compete and cooperate across home affairs and foreign affairs departments, when developing EU international cooperation on migration? Happy to share some findings here: doi.org/10.1111/imig...

The anti-autocracy handbook: how scientists can cope with democratic backsliding. This guide is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of #democracy and #academicfreedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism zenodo.org/records/1569... @EU_Commission

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With scholars from @universiteitgent.bsky.social, @uantwerpen.be, @uclouvain.bsky.social, @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, UHasselt and @universitedeliege.bsky.social (including @celineromainville.bsky.social, @jogchumv.bsky.social and @belgianrefugee.bsky.social) gathered by E Desmet and D Vanheule

Inédit, inouï et inconstitutionnel : le gouvernement fédéral veut-il influencer les décisions des juges ? Quatre mesures prévues par le nouveau gouvernement altèrent l'indépendance du tribunal compétent pour les recours contre les décisions relatives au séjour et à l'asile. Elles violent la séparation des...

Judicial independence is key to democracy and fair proceedings. Yet, some of the measures announced by the new 🇧🇪 government threaten the independence of Belgian asylum and migration courts. With colleagues from 🦁 and 🐓, we explain why here shorturl.at/aTwJM (FR) and here shorturl.at/EMdFk (NL)

Ongezien, ongehoord en ongrondwettelijk: de federale regering wil rechters beïnvloeden Enkele voorstellen over asielprocedures in het regeerakkoord zijn zorgwekkend, schrijven juristen. De regering negeert beslissingen van rechters niet alleen, ze probeert hen te beïnvloeden.

Verschillende juristen waaronder @lucleboeuf.bsky.social, @koenlemmen.bsky.social, @jogchumv.bsky.social en @belgianrefugee.bsky.social uiten hun bezorgdheden over de plannen van Arizona voor de RvV.

Deze plannen raken aan de fundamenten van de rechtsstaat.

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✍️ In this paper, which is upcoming in the Revue du droit des étrangers (FR), I analyse the case-law of European Courts. In various rulings, the CJEU and the ECtHR required Belgian Immigration Courts to consider all relevant facts and circumstances ex nunc. More here: hdl.handle.net/2268/326539 3/3

✅ Based on a large consultation with the relevant actors, the independent expert Commission (which was in charge of overseeing the codification of Belgian migration laws) identified the ex tunc requirement as a major obstacle to fair and efficient proceedings. 2/3

❗Migrants' lives keep evolving while waiting for a Court ruling on their appeal against decisions, which relate to the regularity of their stay.

❓Yet, in Belgium, judges control administrative decisions ex tunc: they must disregard circumstances that occurred after the decision was adopted. 1/3