Concluded last week, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Italy and Albania on disembarkation and the processing of asylum applications “raises several human rights concerns and adds to a worrying European trend towards the externalisation of asylum responsibilities”, says Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement published on Monday 13 November.
Among the impacts on the human rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, she cites...