LSI Submission call UNSR Human Rights Impact of pushbacks of migrants
- Document number
- 3386
- Date
- 1 February 2021
- Title
- LSI Submission call UNSR Human Rights Impact of pushbacks of migrants
- Author/publisher
- La Strada International
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- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Submission Human Rights Impact of pushbacks of migrants
- Summary
Submission by LSI for the next report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants to explore ways and means to address the human rights impact of pushbacks of migrants on land and at sea. This report is to be presentated at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council.
LSI's submission focusses in particular on the impact of pushbacks of migrants on the identification of human trafficking and the access to rights of potential trafficking victims among vulnerable migrants. Practices and policies of pushbacks are an increasing phenomenon at Europe’s borders and these actions relating to refusal of entry into a country of persons seeking protection is in clear violation of the rights of asylum-seekers, refugees and other migrants, including those that may be victims of severe forms of exploitation, including human trafficking. Not only should fair migration policies be promoted, migrants should also be enabled to seek asylum and protection against non-refoulement which are at the core of international refugee and human rights law- Related documents