The unsealed court records also reveal how deeply involved Trump aide Stephen Miller was in the effort to revoke the visas of pro-Palestinian academics.
The decision is the latest setback for the administrationโs effort to detain and deport academics who have protested Israel.
Dr Sarah
Ganty, LL.M. (Yale), Ph.D. (ULB); J.S.D. candidate, Yale Law School; F.N.R.S.
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLouvain; Research Visitor, Bonavero Institute of Human
Rights (Oxford); Research Fellow, CEU Democracy Institute (Budapest); President
o…
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Introduction
What is the future of temporary
protection in the EU for those fleeing the invasion of Ukraine? Today the EU
Commissio…
Professor Steve Peers,
Royal Holloway University of London
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The world is increasingly bleak for
those concerned about civil liberties, poverty or climate change …
Dozens of judges across the country โ appointed by presidents of both parties โ have ruled against Trumpโs audacious immigration policies.
Steve Peers, Professor of
Law, Royal Holloway University of London*
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*Thanks to Justin Borg-Barthet
for corsair quote
**This blog post builds on research
for the upcoming third edition of The
E…
Matteo
Zamboni (human rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a
partner to the Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of
London)
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Matteo Zamboni (human
rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a partner to the
Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of London)
Photo: The towers of the Court of Justice in the Luxembourg fog (c)…
With a new immigration law in France, foreigners will now be required to pass a language exam if they wish to remain in the country. Tens of thousands will be affected by this decree, and could even risk being kicked out of the country if they do not …
A 1968 agreement exempts Algerians from common immigration law, but renegotiations have left them with only marginal advantages. Updating this text may seem like a legitimate move, but the French government needs to adopt a coherent position.
How the government responds to Saturday’s tragedy will have domestic and geopolitical ramifications.
Stricter requirements could lead to 60,000 people being refused permission to remain, report findsEurope live โ latest updatesThe French government has been accused of making its new language tests for foreigners seeking residency or nationality so har…
The German parliament narrowly rejected on Friday a bill sponsored by conservatives and the far right calling for stricter rules on immigration. Opposition leader Friedrich Merz said the new law was a necessary response to a series of high-profile kil…
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Member Statesโ ministers (the EU
Council) are likely to agree a negotiating position this week on replacement of
existing EU law …
The previous immigration bill, passed less than a year ago, splintered the pro-Macron group of MPs.
The French government wants a new immigration law for 2025
The success of national populist parties across Europe may have less to do with their appeal than the continued lack of renewal among the political mainstream.
Ana Rita Gil*, Aylin Yildiz
Noorda** & Lucas Ricardo***
* Professor, Law Faculty of the
University of Lisbon, Portugal. Researcher at the Lisbon Public Law. Email:
anaritagil@fd.ulisboa.pt.
** Postdoctoral Researcher at the
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Organisations including the3million write to PM calling for action to avoid a repeat of Windrush scandalUK politics live โ latest updatesKeir Starmer must take quick steps to fix the โbrokenโ Home Office settlement scheme for EU citizens who were in th…
Professor Steve Peers,
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European Parliament and the Council (the EU body consi…
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Just before Christmas, the European
Parliament and…
France’s controversial immigration law, criticised by opponents as restrictive and racist, is part of an underlying European trend marked by repressive migration policies, particularly concerning access to the right of asylum, an expert told Euractiv.
The Macron government is to push through the long-running law, despite many measures being struck out.
Franceโs Constitutional Council on Thursday struck down large parts of a divisive new immigration law that was voted in parliament with the backing of the far right, ruling that the measures go against the constitution.
Ruling invalidates many concessions made by president to gain support of right-wing opposition
Constitutional council says about half of articles in new law go against constitution and must be scrappedParts of a contested new French immigration law go against the constitution and must be scrapped, Franceโs constitutional council has said.The cou…
Franceโs Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected several measures in a divisive new immigration law that critics call inhumane, in a new blow to President Emmanuel Macron and his government.
Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of cities across France on Sunday to call on President Emmanuel Macron not to sign into law tough new legislation on immigration that they say bears the footprint of the far right and betrays French v…
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Holloway University of London
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*This blog post draws upon and
updates research for the 5th edition of EU
Justice and Home Affairs Law (OUP,
2023)
…
President holds informal talks amid speculation Elisabeth Borne could be ousted as PM.
This rippling controversy over one of the countryโs most successful cultural exports points to something dank in French politics and culture.
Desperate to fulfil a campaign promise, the French president has accepted an impractical, repressive bill praised by Marine Le PenImmigration derangement syndrome is causing havoc on both sides of the Channel, arriving in France this week in the form o…
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Macron defending Franceโs new immigration law, Tusk taking the state broadcaster off the air in an effort to depoliticise public media, and so much more.
French President Emmanuel Macron defended the spirit of France’s controversial new immigration law in a French television interview the day after it received the National Assemblyโs greenlight, asserting that it will help counter the far-right’s rise a…
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Overshadowe…
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government Wednesday rushed to control damage dealt by the adoption of a highly contested immigration bill in parliament. A compromise between the centrist president’s party and the conservatives, the new legislation…
The French government is facing a political crisis after the health minister, Aurรฉlien Rousseau, offered his resignation in protest over a hardline immigration bill. Emmanuel Macronโs ruling centrist party was divided after a strict new immigration law…
French President Emmanuel Macron faced cracks within his ruling alliance on Wednesday as Health Minister Aurรฉlien Rousseau tendered his resignation in protest at a controversial immigration law that the far right’s Marine Le Pen hailed as an “ideologi…
Strict new law contains so many hardline measures that the far-right Marine Le Pen has claimed it as an โideological victoryโEmmanuel Macronโs ruling centrist party was divided and soul-searching on Wednesday after a strict new immigration law was appr…
French president risks crisis in his government after toughened-up reform wins backing of far right
A group of French lawmakers struck a tentative deal on Tuesday on a contested bill that will toughen immigration laws and has highlighted the difficulties for President Emmanuel Macron of running the country with no majority in parliament.ย
French lawmakers and senators prepared to hammer out a compromise over a beleaguered immigration bill on Monday as President Emmanual Macron’s government hoped to salvage what is seen as a flagship reform of his second term. French authorities have be…
Emmanuel Macron faces political crisis after opposition parties refused to debate it in parliamentEurope live โ latest updatesThe French government has said it will push on with a planned immigration law in the face of a political crisis after oppositi…
The French government announced plans on Tuesday to form a special parliamentary commission aimed at breaking the deadlock over a draft immigration law. The bill was rejected by lawmakers in a surprise move Monday which represented a “humiliating defe…
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Although the Commission …
