“Today, the [interior] ministers of the European Union unanimously agreed to establish a temporary protection mechanism in response to the influx of displaced people arriving from Ukraine”. With these words voiced by its interior minister, France, which currently presides over the EU Council, greeted the historical agreement to implement the 2001 European Directive on temporary protection for the very first time at the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 3 March. “This decision reflects (…)
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Migrants vs Covid-19:an epidemic of emergency measures
Covid-19 has deepened structural inequalities. As a result, migrants from countries of the global South have been severely impacted by the pandemic and the measures aimed at curtailing its spread. People whose situation has been made illegal, displaced persons and those fleeing war or trying to get across borders to improve their lot have been hard hit by border closures. No longer able to “go home” and self-isolate, these people have endured a new form of warfare waged against them, in (…)