Readmission, return and the right to seek asylum in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. Conference executive summary report
- Document number
- 2648
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Readmission, return and the right to seek asylum in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. Conference executive summary report
- Author/publisher
- European Council on Refugees and Exile (ECRE)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Violence, Human rights violation, Crime against humanity, War crime, Armed conflict, Post-conflict situation, Terrorism,
- Summary
- During the conference, government and NGO representatives from Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Slovak Republic and other EU countries discussed their experience of returns and readmission procedures and their impact on the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers. It was agreed that rigorous standards need to be put in place to govern readmission procedures and ensure that international human rights standards are respected. The overall system needs more transparency and binding criteria should be established to ensure that EU Member States are not contravening their human rights responsibilities. Highlighting the human rights implications of readmission agreements, Oleksandr Pinchuk, a border guard from Ukraine, said: "We are sitting here discussing the technical details but if you are the person who is affected by these procedures you will understand how important they are".
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