Press Release: Fundamental rights: MEPs highlight effects of deterring migrants and austerity

The European Parliament approved on 8 September 2015 during its plenary session a non-binding resolution defending that fundamental fundamental rights of asylum seekers in the European Union could be infringed by reception centre conditions, 'hot returns', barbed wire and other deterrence measures.

The text also states concerns about the impact of austerity measures on EU citizens' economic, civil, social and cultural rights and calls on the European Commission to set up a 'scoreboard' to monitor democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in EU member states.

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ESO: Background information: Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - 2013 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-the-council-the-european-economic-and-social-committee-and-the-committee-of-the-regions-2013-report-on-the-application-of-the-eu-charter-of-fun/

ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on the Commission 2013 report on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the consistency between internal and external aspects of human rights’ protection and promotion in the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-conclusions-on-the-commission-2013-report-on-the-application-of-the-eu-charter-of-fundamental-rights-and-the-consistency-between-internal-and-external-aspects-of-human-rights/

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