Periodic data collection on the migration situation in the EU – November 2018 Highlights

Summary:

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has been collecting relevant data since September 2015, in light of the increasing numbers of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants entering the EU. This report focuses on the fundamental rights situation of people arriving in Member States particularly affected by large migration movements. The countries covered are: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden.

This report addresses fundamental rights concerns between 1 September – 31 October 2018.

This issue covers the following topics:

• Key fundamental rights concerns
• Situation at the border
• Asylum procedure
• Reception
• Child protection
• Immigration detention
• Return
• Legal responses
• Policy responses
• Responses by civil society, local and political actors
• Hate speech and violent crime

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