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Orbรกn parrots Putinโ€™s lines on Ukraine in leaked letter to EU chief

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Recent asylum case law of the CJEU: Distinction, Integration or Extension from ‘Mainstream’ EU law?

 Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of
London

Photo credit: Luxofluxo, via Wikimedia Commons

 

Introduction

While attention has been focussed
on the overhaul of EU law on asylum โ€“ which I have analysed in an upcoming
article…

Parisโ€™ Olympic promise falls short for unhoused people

Nonprofits and local officials say the 2024 Games event is failing a pledge to be ‘first ever inclusive and socially responsible’ event of its kind.

The new EU asylum laws, part 8: the โ€˜crisisโ€™ Regulation โ€“ and conclusions

 Professor Steve Peers,
Royal Holloway, University of LondonPhoto credit: Sam Zidovetski, via Wikimedia Commons(Last amended June 18 2024: amendments marked by asterisks)

Just before Christmas, the
European Parliament and the Council (the EU body…

The new EU asylum laws, part 6: the new Dublin rules on responsibility for asylum-seekers

 Professor Steve Peers,
Royal Holloway, University of London

Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons(last updated 10 June 2024: changed text marked by an asterisk)Just before Christmas, the
European Parliament and the Council (the EU body consi…

The new Screening Regulation โ€“ part 5 of the analysis of new EU asylum laws

 Professor Steve
Peers, Royal Holloway University of London

Photo credit: Rock Cohen, via Wikimedia
Commons(Amended on 14 May and 10 and 18 June 2024 – changed sentences marked with an asterisk)

Just before Christmas, the European
Parliament and…

Unlikely allies Viktor Orbรกn and Donald Tusk rail against EU migration dealย 

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Tusk vows to โ€˜protectโ€™ Poland against EU migrant relocation

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Resistance is futile: the new Eurodac Regulation โ€“ part 4 of the analysis of new EU asylum laws

 Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of LondonPhoto credit: Rachmaninoff, via Wikimedia CommonsAmendments to this blog post since its original publication are marked by asterisks.* Most recent amendment: June 18 2024. Just before…