Mark Rutte , Giorgia Meloni, Ursula von der Leyen, and Najla Bouden Romadhane, from left to right.© European Union, 2023 On Sunday 16 July, the European Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tunisia. Migration management is one of the five pillars of the agreement: the EU ... Read More
Italy must disembark all migrants, legal body warns
The Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) has demanded that Italy allows all those on NGO migrant rescue ships off Catania to disembark. The association includes lawyers, legal experts, and scholars studying issues linked to migration. Italian authorities continue to deny ... Read More
Ecowas Court of Justice called to judge the legality of Niger Law No. 36/2015
In May 2015, the Republic of Niger approved, as a result of pressure from the EU, the law on migrant smuggling which, both in its formulation and implementation, has seriously compromised the right to free movement in the Ecowas region and led to the systematic violation of the human rights of ... Read More
Journalist appeals to the ECHR: knowing how public funds are used in Libya is a legal right
After being refused information by the Italian Ministry of the Interior, the Administrative Court and the Council of State, freelance journalist and member of the International Federation of Journalists Sara Creta, supported by ASGI lawyers, lodges an appeal before the European Court of Human Rights ... Read More
Press Conference: externalization of borders in Niger
The Ecowas Court of Justice called to judge the legality of the law criminalising transit in the country.The press conference will be held online, 22 September 2022 at 11:00 am. Registrazione zoom Register to participate Niger is one of the main partners of the European Union, particularly ... Read More
International Conference: Freedom of movement in West Africa
ASGI, as part of the Sciabaca&Oruka Project, is organizing an international conference on Sept. 29, 2022, entitled "Freedom of Movement in West Africa and from the Subregion to Europe: what remains of the right to leave any country including one's own after externalization policies?"The event ... Read More
A polycentric approach to border externalization: Legal strategies to contrast migrants’ rights violations
On 19, 20 and 21 May 2021, four human rights organisations – ASGI, NULAI Nigeria, ASFand CIHRS – organised an international conference on the subject of “Border externalization policies: consequences on mobility in Africa and on the right to asylum”. During the conference, which took place ... Read More