Odysseus Academic Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe

✍ The 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗔𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝘁 published in view of the Odysseus conference that took place in October is now 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 ! 🎉   Edited by Odysseus Network’s members Iris Goldner Lang, Daniel Thym, Lilian Tsourdi & Catherine Warin, this special collection provides a 200 pages legal analysis of all instruments adopted in 2024 under the Pact on Migration & Asylum. Special Blog Collection: https://lnkd.in/e_VuV2vY   PDF compilation: https://lnkd.in/etweCHRV

🌍👨👩👧👧 The actual impact of EU aid for #MigrantIntegration remains to be seen, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors. Key findings: 📌 Migrants made up 6.1 % of the EU’s population in 2023. 📌 Around €1.9 billion was allocated to EU member states for integration measures under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for 2021-2027. 📌 AMIF’s contribution to migrant integration was difficult to assess, also because member states did not monitor integration pathways. 🔗 Read the full report 👇 https://lnkd.in/drBnn3aW

📝 Cecilia Manzotti has written a short piece for the blog of the Academy of Law and Migration (ADiM)on the EUAA's project to develop a 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 to determine asylum seekers' origin. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/ejyUXKEp

Earlier this week, on 15th October 2024, the Strasbourg Court published the judgement H.T. v Germany and Greece, which concerns the hasty removal of an asylum seeker without properly assessing his arguments to Greece, based on a bilateral administrative agreement between the two countries. The Court's judgment concerns the importance of procedural safeguards when removing applicants to third countries and of the judicial review of immigration detention.    The Court confirmed that...   ❗ When removing an asylum-seeker to a third county, regardless of whether the third country is a member of the EU or not, authorities must examine thoroughly the accessibility of the receiving countries asylum system and the risks that a removal would entail.   ❗A bilateral agreement does not constitute a solid basis for general assumptions of safety and accessibility of the receiving country's asylum system.   ❗In light of available public material on the conditions in Greece, the German authorities ought to have known about the shortcomings of the Greek reception system.   ❗A hasty removal without access to a lawyer, an interpreter, and a removal order which is not in a language the person will understand renders any available remedy ineffective.   ❗National courts mandated with reviewing detention cannot disregard concrete facts that are brought forward by the applicant during a review.   We submitted a third party intervention in 2020 together with our colleagues from the The AIRE Centre and European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and are happy to see that the Strasbourg Court concurred with our interpretation of applicable law on these points. Find the full judgement here: https://lnkd.in/erGUpfnt   Find our full third party intervention here: https://lnkd.in/eDrj8Ty9 The AIRE Centre European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) VluchtelingenWerk Nederland

Job Opportunity: Postdoc Position – RUNOMI Research Programme on Labour Migration Are you a passionate quantitative researcher interested in using scientific insights to solve societal challenges relating to work and living circumstances of labour migrants in the Netherlands and elsewhere? Do you have the organisational talent and entrepreneurial spirit to develop new research partnerships that may help RUNOMI build on its track record on labour migration? Do you have the teaching skills to inspire our students? Then join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher to advance insights, build partnerships, and inspire students in our mission to improve migrant inclusion! Employment: 0.8–1.0 FTE Required Background: PhD Application Deadline: 9 December 2024 Find out more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/es7nPA33

NEW BLOG POST: 'Why the Term ‘Instrumentalisation of Migrants’ Should be Reconsidered' by Dr Aleksandra Jolkina https://lnkd.in/e54et3Bu #asylumseeker #asylumseekerrights #refugees #europeanunion

Call for Papers: Reverse Strategic Litigation on Migrants' Rights   📅 Date: 27-28 March 2025 📍 Location: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam), The Netherlands 📅 Submission Deadline: December 20, 2024, 23:59   The Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law (ACMRL) and Human Rights Discourse in Migration Societies (MeDiMi) are pleased to announce a call for papers for our upcoming research workshop on the strategic role of governments in migrants' rights litigation. The workshop focuses on the practices of Governments before human rights courts and committees in migration-related cases. 💡 We invite submissions from researchers at all career stages and from diverse fields who are interested in exploring this topic, covering areas such as: - Strategies and tactics employed by governments in migration-related cases - Discussions of specific cases or situations or specific doctrinal or procedural developments involving government litigation strategies - Case studies illustrating how governments influence migration jurisprudence - The impact of national-level processes on the formulation of government litigation strategies   ✉️ Submission: Submit your abstract (400 words) by December 20, 2024, at 23:59 via email.   🔗 Further information and submission details can be found on our website (https://lnkd.in/ePNtF_wr) and in the PDF below.   For additional inquiries, feel free to contact us directly! We look forward to your contributions!

How Domestic Courts Are Using International Refugee Law and Human Rights Law in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters Written by Jane McAdam and Chiara Scissa

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐔 𝐋𝐚𝐰 ▫ 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 ▫ The new Call for Papers for our 𝒥𝓮𝒶𝓃 𝓜𝓸𝓃𝓃𝓮𝓉 Seminar on Advanced Issues of EU Law is out! This year’s topic is modern technologies and EU law. We invite junior researchers (PhD candidates, post-docs, early-career scholars) to submit their paper proposals by 31 January 2025. Feel free to share this call with anyone who might be interested in joining us in beautiful Dubrovnik next year in April. More information on the seminar’s website ⤵ https://lnkd.in/dHWnFAuZ

I’m hiring 3 PhD's in migration and international human rights law at Ghent University. The projects concern the migration case law of, respectively, the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights; the African Commission and Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights; and the UN committees. Deadline 12 January 2025. More info in three separate vacancy notices: - https://lnkd.in/eZtAwdfB - https://lnkd.in/eikmePeK - https://lnkd.in/ebAH3Fdu