Good afternoon,
We have just released our latest immigration detention profile covering Slovakia, we would be most grateful if you could share it with subscribers.
Immigration Detention in Slovakia: Punitive Conditions Paid for by the Detainees
Since the onset of the “refugee crisis,” Slovakia has pursued restrictive immigration policies and employed anti-migrant rhetoric, despite the fact that the country has not faced the same migratory pressures as its European neighbours. Rarely granting alternatives to detention due to strict eligibility criteria, non-citizens are held in facilities that observers have described as punitive in nature, and where detainees are required to pay for their own detention. Monitoring bodies have also raised concerns that the country’s legislation enshrines a presumption of majority in cases of age disputes, resulting in some unaccompanied children being held alongside unrelated adults as they await the results of bone analyses.
Read the full report here >> https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/countries/europe/slovakia
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Together with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Greek Council for Refugees, Italian Council for Refugees, and FAR, we have also co-authored a new report that your readers may be interested to read:
Crossing a Red Line: How EU Countries Undermine the Right to Liberty by Expanding the Use of Detention of Asylum Seekers upon Entry: Case Studies on Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, and Italy
The objective of this research was to explore how Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, and Italy undermine the right to liberty of asylum seekers upon entry. Besides thoroughly documenting the worrisome trend towards de facto detention, this study aims to provide EU organs with the necessary knowledge to tackle attempts at weakening the fundamental rights of a group of people seeking refuge in Europe as a result of violence and turmoil in their home countries. Furthermore, it aims to raise awareness within the international community about the rampant use of de facto detention on the EU’s external borders, and the grave human rights violations which this entails.
Read the full report here >> https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/crossing_a_red_line_REPORT.pdf
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Best,
Katie
Katie Welsford
Communications Consultant
Global Detention Project
Geneva, Switzerland
https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/
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