Defending migrants’ rights in the context of detention and deportation

In the European Union, the detention and deportation of foreign nationals are regulated by a number of pieces of secondary legislation that must be applied in accordance with the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The case law of the ECtHR also has fundamental significance for issues of migration in Europe.

In June 2017, EPIM co-funded a legal seminar organised by PICUM and EuropeanMigrationLaw.eu aimed at bringing together practitioners of immigration law in Europe to discuss changes in European law on detention and deportation. It allowed lawyers, legal professionals from NGOs and European institutions, and academics to discuss reforms (finished and ongoing) of the Union’s acquis, their application in different national systems and the significance of decisions rendered by the CJEU and the ECtHR in 2016 and 2017.

The ensuing report aims to present recent developments relating to the detention and deportation of foreign nationals under Union law.