Trading the return of people who reached the EU to seek asylum to one of a country that is still clearly unstable, for vitally needed humanitarian and development aid is sordid and immoral. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU forces Afghanistan to drink ‘poisoned cup’ in exchange for aid 5...

EU leaders made positive noises in New York about a global mechanism for refugees. But at home, instead of offering vital safe and legal passages through resettlement and relocation, the main focus remains on keeping people out at all costs AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU’s selfish dodgy...

The global market is rife with sinister equipment like leg chains and spike batons which can easily be turned into tools of torture. Introducing tighter EU restrictions on the sale, brokering and promotion of these devices will bring us a step closer to eradicating this shameful trade EU: Time to...

It would be inadmissible that any agreement forged in Brussels makes financial assistance for Afghanistan conditional on the Afghan government’s cooperation to accept the readmission and return of asylum seekers AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 3 October, 2016 Afghanistan: International...

We run from war, we run from pain. So why do people at the border treat us like animals AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Hungary: Appalling treatment of asylum-seekers a deliberate populist ploy ·         Denial of effective access to asylum &...

With 60,000 people stranded in appalling conditions in Greece, European leaders should be taking effective measures to resolve this humanitarian crisis rather than reinforcing borders. What is needed is a humane response based on sharing responsibility for the protection of people fleeing war and...

At the current rate it will take 18 years to fulfill the relocation commitments made a year ago. It is shameful that Europe cannot put politics aside and solve this humanitarian crisis by fairly sharing responsibility for a relatively small number of refugees AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY...

20/09/2016 – I look forward to seeing you again at the end of this month to discuss EU migration compacts. On this occasion, I am writing to you ahead of the Brussels Donor Conference on Afghanistan (BCA) 4-5 October 2016, to urge the European Union (EU), as a key donor and partner to...

15/09/2016 – On paper, all 193 UN Member States have reached consensus on cooperation going forward from the unprecedented 19 September UN General Assembly Summit for Refugees and Migrants. However, civil society laments uneven commitments and lack of urgency to deliver a new deal

27/07/2016 – Amnesty International is writing to follow up on the recent presentation of the European Union (EU) Global Strategy (EUGS) “Shared Vision, Common Action: A Stronger Europe. A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy,” June 2016 to the European Council.

19/07/2016 – Joint Statement by Amnesty International, International Commission of Jurists, Open Society European Policy Institute and Open Society Justice Initiative

The continued failure of the EU to seriously address the silencing of dissent by members of the GCC suggests an alarming willingness to sacrifice human rights in favour of military and trade alliances. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 18 July 2016, Brussels EU risks making a mockery of its human...