Fit for purpose? : the Facilitation Directive and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants : 2018 update

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dc.contributor.authorCARRERA, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorSANCHEZ, Gabriella
dc.contributor.authorVOSYLIUTE, Lina
dc.contributor.authorSMIALOWSKI, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorALLSOPP, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-11T13:37:56Z
dc.date.available2019-02-11T13:37:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, aims to update the 2016 study “Fit for purpose? The Facilitation Directive and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants”. It takes stock of and examines the latest developments that have taken place since 2016, specifically the legislative and policy changes, along with various forms and cases of criminalisation of humanitarian actors, migrants’ family members and basic service providers. The study uses the notion of ‘policing humanitarianism’ to describe not only cases of formal prosecution and sentencing in criminal justice procedures, but also wider dynamics of suspicion, intimidation, harassment and disciplining in five selected Member States – Belgium, France, Greece, Hungary and Italy. Policing humanitarianism negatively affects EU citizens’ rights – such as the freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of conscience. When civil society is effectively (self-)silenced and its accountability role undermined, policies to combat migrant smuggling may be overused and give rise to serious breaches of the EU’s founding values, notably the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights. Moreover, policing humanitarianism negatively affects wider societal trust and diverts the limited resources of law enforcement from investigating more serious crimes.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.2861/84718
dc.identifier.doi10.2861/32544
dc.identifier.isbn9789284643011
dc.identifier.isbn9789284643004
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/60998
dc.language.isoenen
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Parliamenten
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Department of Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudy for the PETI committeeen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPE 608.838en
dc.relation.ispartofseries2018en
dc.relation.ispartofseries[Migration Policy Centre]en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2018/608838/IPOL_STU(2018)608838_EN.pdfen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectMigrationen
dc.subjectPolicingen
dc.subjectMigrant smugglingen
dc.subjectRule of lawen
dc.subjectFacilitation directiveen
dc.titleFit for purpose? : the Facilitation Directive and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants : 2018 updateen
dc.typeTechnical Reporten
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