Brussels, 16/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) has called on MEPs not to vote for the returns directive which it feels to be “unacceptable” since it believe it could be the cause of human rights violations.
The European Parliament is due to vote on the compromise text (see EUROEP 9676) on 17 June. The EMHRN rejects its arrangements on length of detention, the re-entry ban and the treatment of vulnerable persons and unaccompanied minors....