Reacting on Wednesday 11 December to announcements made by several Member States following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, recalled that “under the principle of non-refoulement, no individual should be sent back to a situation where they face a real risk of harm”.
Decisions must not be taken in haste, the Commissioner insists. The situation on the ground is very complex and there are still risks of...