1/ #MigrationPact and #RuleofLaw: a thread
Member states hostile to #RuleofLaw and to EU values, are also those most hostile to migrants & refugees.
This is neither a surprise nor a concidence.
theguardian.com/law/2020/apr/0…
2/ With "return sponsorship" 🇪🇺#MigrationPact envisages countries 'hostile to migrants' would be tasked with detention and deportation.
This is worrying on a number of levels.
ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/…
3/ Essentially, the EU's "dirty work" of detention and returns will be farmed out to member states where the EU has *serious concerns* regarding judicial independence, freedom of expression, corruption, rights of minorities, and the situation of migrants and refugees.
4/ To member states where there are growing concerns about the crackdowns on media freedom and against organisations providing legal and humanitarian assistance to migrants and refugees.
curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/do…
5/ In May 2020,🇭🇺 was found to have broken EU law by illegally detaining two families *for more than a year* without any access to a court.
🇭🇺 then “refused to accept” the ruling of the CJEU that this was "detention".
curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/do…
6/ Since 2015, @amnesty has documented how 🇭🇺 restricted access to asylum, detained people arbitrarily, violent pushed backs, and *denied food* to people waiting for deportation.
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
7/ At this crucial moment for the future of Europe, #migrationpact is an opportunity to affirm that solidarity, human rights & rule of law *are* EU values.
Instead 🇪🇺 risks fanning the flames of two biggest policy/leadership crises it has faced; #migration and #ruleoflaw.
8/ What trade-offs will the Commission & Council need to make keep "the deporters" happy?
What is to stop "the deporters" from resorting to Erdoğan-style "open the gates" threats if facing #Article7 procedure or #ruleoflaw budget conditionality?
9/ What will this mean for the EU's efforts to prevent #ruleoflaw backsliding?
politico.eu/article/how-vi…
10/ Intended to build a united, common approach, this aspect of the Pact risks further division, deadlock & crises.
#Migrationpact will likely shape the #ruleoflaw situation at EU and national level, and 🇪🇺's ability to provide much needed global leadership on human rights.
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