Returns Directive: European Parliament and Member States risk compromising respect for migrants' rights

Member States' representatives will meet tomorrow to reach an agreement on common rules on the return of persons irregularly staying in Europe. ECRE and Amnesty International have joined voices to urge the European Parliament and Member States not to accept the text provisionally agreed and to work to improve it. The two organizations warned that accepting the proposed directive as it stands will seriously undermine the fundamental rights of the individuals concerned.

If this compromise is agreed on this summer, it would have to become law in all Member States by mid-2010.

ECRE and Amnesty International have already sent a letter to all the MEPs, urging them not to accept the Returns Directive compromise text. Read online>>

ECRE AI Joint PR on Returns Directive.pdf (96.77 KB)