Brussels, 01/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 18 January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a very severe report in which the EU and its Member Sates are accused of having closed their eyes on considerable abuse committed by third countries. “In matters such as migration and asylum, and counter-terrorism, common EU approaches as well as policy and practice in individual EU states continue to reflect a tendency to circumvent international human rights obligations”, HRW stresses. This partly...