When the 2015 refugee “crisis” drove more than a million Syrians towards Europe, the EU justified detaining these refugees for up to 18 months. Less than two weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and more than one million people have already fled into neighbouring countries—but don’t expect Brussels to call for their detention this time. […]
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THE UKRAINE CRISIS Double Standards: Has Europe’s Response to Refugees Changed?
Global Detention Project, 2 March 2022 During the 2015 refugee “crisis,” the EU called for detaining arriving refugees for up to 18 months. Not so today in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The reasons for this difference point to an intractable challenge in Europe’s ability to embrace the international refugee protection regime. […]
Russian Federation Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Russian Federation Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Russian Federation, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Russian Federation Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Russian Federation: Country Page Russian Federation: COVID-19 Updates Russian Federation: Domestic Law […]
Russian Federal Migration Service – Access to Information Requests, 24.04.2013
The Russian Federal Migration Service’s official responses to information requests submitted by the Global Detention Project and Access Info Europe in 2013 as part of a joint project to map access to migration-related detention data in several dozen countries in Europe and North America. The results of the investigation were reported in the joint publication, […]
