Felix Peerboom
@felixpeerboom.bsky.social
PhD candidate & lecturer in international refugee- and EU asylum law
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social|MT Maastricht Centre for European Law & JM Chair in EU Migration Law and Governance|researcher @ensured.bsky.social|member IJRL Case Law Editorial Team
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social|MT Maastricht Centre for European Law & JM Chair in EU Migration Law and Governance|researcher @ensured.bsky.social|member IJRL Case Law Editorial Team
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@ensured.bsky.social's 'In Conversation with Civil Society' webinar series, organised by @civicusalliance.bsky.social
📅 11 February 2026
⏰ 14:00-15.30 CET
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February 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
🌎 Keen to learn about ongoing developments in global migration governance? Join next week's
@ensured.bsky.social's 'In Conversation with Civil Society' webinar series, organised by @civicusalliance.bsky.social
📅 11 February 2026
⏰ 14:00-15.30 CET
📍 Online
👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/news-events/...
@ensured.bsky.social's 'In Conversation with Civil Society' webinar series, organised by @civicusalliance.bsky.social
📅 11 February 2026
⏰ 14:00-15.30 CET
📍 Online
👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/news-events/...
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An Italian court has recognised refugee status for an EU citizen - a Hungarian national who faces persecution for being Roma and transgender
Analysis by Chiara Scissa:
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/mutu...
Analysis by Chiara Scissa:
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/mutu...
Mutual trust does not supersede human rights! Italian judges unprecedently recognize the refugee status to an EU citizen
Dr. Chiara Scissa * Photo credit : Bologna Tribunal, photo by Alex Sirac via Wikimedia Commons * Research fellow in EU law at the Uni...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 AM
An Italian court has recognised refugee status for an EU citizen - a Hungarian national who faces persecution for being Roma and transgender
Analysis by Chiara Scissa:
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/mutu...
Analysis by Chiara Scissa:
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/mutu...
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EU Member States have agreed on a revision of the EU law on expulsion of irregular migrants that hugely reduces basic standards. A critical analysis, by Dr. Izabella Majcher -
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Council of the EU’s Position on the Return Proposal: Trump-Inspired Approaches Dominate
Dr. Izabella Majcher , Independent Consultant Photo credit : Alamy stock photo On 11 March 2025, the European Commission published a...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
EU Member States have agreed on a revision of the EU law on expulsion of irregular migrants that hugely reduces basic standards. A critical analysis, by Dr. Izabella Majcher -
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
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⚖️ Judgment in Case C-679/23 P WS and Others v Frontex:
What responsibilities does Frontex bear in joint return operations?
🎥 💬 Judge Octavia Spineanu-Matei explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
What responsibilities does Frontex bear in joint return operations?
🎥 💬 Judge Octavia Spineanu-Matei explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
⚖️ Judgment in Case C-679/23 P WS and Others v Frontex:
What responsibilities does Frontex bear in joint return operations?
🎥 💬 Judge Octavia Spineanu-Matei explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
What responsibilities does Frontex bear in joint return operations?
🎥 💬 Judge Octavia Spineanu-Matei explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
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⚖️ Judgment in Case C-136/24 P Hamoudi v Frontex:
How can migrants obtain effective judicial protection in cases involving alleged summary returns?
🎥 💬 Judge Bernardus Smulders explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
How can migrants obtain effective judicial protection in cases involving alleged summary returns?
🎥 💬 Judge Bernardus Smulders explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
⚖️ Judgment in Case C-136/24 P Hamoudi v Frontex:
How can migrants obtain effective judicial protection in cases involving alleged summary returns?
🎥 💬 Judge Bernardus Smulders explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
How can migrants obtain effective judicial protection in cases involving alleged summary returns?
🎥 💬 Judge Bernardus Smulders explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
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Full text of the judgments against Frontex
1 Hamoudi curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
2 WS curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
Nb the reference to the Charter and Art 2 TEU (rule of law) in Hamoudi means that the planned revision of the Frontex Reg cannot be used to exempt Frontex from liability
1 Hamoudi curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
2 WS curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
Nb the reference to the Charter and Art 2 TEU (rule of law) in Hamoudi means that the planned revision of the Frontex Reg cannot be used to exempt Frontex from liability
December 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Full text of the judgments against Frontex
1 Hamoudi curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
2 WS curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
Nb the reference to the Charter and Art 2 TEU (rule of law) in Hamoudi means that the planned revision of the Frontex Reg cannot be used to exempt Frontex from liability
1 Hamoudi curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
2 WS curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
Nb the reference to the Charter and Art 2 TEU (rule of law) in Hamoudi means that the planned revision of the Frontex Reg cannot be used to exempt Frontex from liability
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Asylum Pact 2.0
My analysis of the latest developments on the plans to change EU law on 'safe third countries' and 'safe countries of origin' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/asyl...
My analysis of the latest developments on the plans to change EU law on 'safe third countries' and 'safe countries of origin' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/asyl...
Asylum Pact 2.0: the EU moves towards more stringent rules on ‘safe third countries’ and ‘safe countries of origin’
Steve Peers , Professor of Law, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Steve F, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction T...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Asylum Pact 2.0
My analysis of the latest developments on the plans to change EU law on 'safe third countries' and 'safe countries of origin' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/asyl...
My analysis of the latest developments on the plans to change EU law on 'safe third countries' and 'safe countries of origin' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/asyl...
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Today, the Council reached an agreement on the 2026 annual solidarity pool, a key element of the EU Pact on Migration & Asylum.
It will support member states under migratory pressure and help ensure a fair, effective asylum system when the Pact takes effect in June 2026. 👇
link.europa.eu/dWX8DN
It will support member states under migratory pressure and help ensure a fair, effective asylum system when the Pact takes effect in June 2026. 👇
link.europa.eu/dWX8DN
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today, the Council reached an agreement on the 2026 annual solidarity pool, a key element of the EU Pact on Migration & Asylum.
It will support member states under migratory pressure and help ensure a fair, effective asylum system when the Pact takes effect in June 2026. 👇
link.europa.eu/dWX8DN
It will support member states under migratory pressure and help ensure a fair, effective asylum system when the Pact takes effect in June 2026. 👇
link.europa.eu/dWX8DN
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We have a new mapping study out w/C. Warin geared for practice & commissioned by @coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees on identifying & responding to vulnerability in an asylum and migration context. Free access! www.coe.int/en/web/migra... @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We have a new mapping study out w/C. Warin geared for practice & commissioned by @coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees on identifying & responding to vulnerability in an asylum and migration context. Free access! www.coe.int/en/web/migra... @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social
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"It’s not the job of the Commission to negotiate return hubs", says EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner in sit-down interview with Euractiv.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"It’s not the job of the Commission to negotiate return hubs", says EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner in sit-down interview with Euractiv.
🔗dlvr.it/TPV14c
🔗dlvr.it/TPV14c
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⚖️ Judgment in Case C-713/23 Wojewoda Mazowiecki:
Can a Member State refuse to recognise a same-sex marriage concluded in another Member State?
🎥 💬 Judge Jan Passer explains — with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Can a Member State refuse to recognise a same-sex marriage concluded in another Member State?
🎥 💬 Judge Jan Passer explains — with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
⚖️ Judgment in Case C-713/23 Wojewoda Mazowiecki:
Can a Member State refuse to recognise a same-sex marriage concluded in another Member State?
🎥 💬 Judge Jan Passer explains — with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Can a Member State refuse to recognise a same-sex marriage concluded in another Member State?
🎥 💬 Judge Jan Passer explains — with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
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EU Commission proposes first annual migration policy cycle, under the asylum pact - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Also proposes a two-year plan for resettlement of refugees/humanitarian admission, as provided for in the pact - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Also proposes a two-year plan for resettlement of refugees/humanitarian admission, as provided for in the pact - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission launches first Annual Migration Management Cycle under the Pact on Migration and Asylum
Today, the European Commission is taking a further step in implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum by launching the first Annual Migration Management Cycle.
ec.europa.eu
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
EU Commission proposes first annual migration policy cycle, under the asylum pact - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Also proposes a two-year plan for resettlement of refugees/humanitarian admission, as provided for in the pact - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Also proposes a two-year plan for resettlement of refugees/humanitarian admission, as provided for in the pact - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
👨🏫 I am very grateful to have been allowed to present our (@liliantsourdi.bsky.social @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social) @ensured.bsky.social research report "Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts" at the Instituto de Relações Internacionais PUC-Rio last week.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
👨🏫 I am very grateful to have been allowed to present our (@liliantsourdi.bsky.social @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social) @ensured.bsky.social research report "Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts" at the Instituto de Relações Internacionais PUC-Rio last week.
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Uganda has passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world and is described as a living hell for lgbtq+ people. Meanwhile, the Netherlands strikes a deal with the Ugandan government to send rejected asylum seekers there.
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Uganda has passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world and is described as a living hell for lgbtq+ people. Meanwhile, the Netherlands strikes a deal with the Ugandan government to send rejected asylum seekers there.
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Opinie: De universiteit is geen talkshowtafel
Opinie: De universiteit is geen talkshowtafel
www.volkskrant.nl
September 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Opinie: De universiteit is geen talkshowtafel
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📚 UN Global Compacts on Migration & Refugees: Where do they stand today?
New report from @felixpeerboom.bsky.social, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social & @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, with support from Andrey Makarychev.
🧵 A quick thread:
New report from @felixpeerboom.bsky.social, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social & @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, with support from Andrey Makarychev.
🧵 A quick thread:
Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts - Research Report | ENSURED
The UN’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees create room for dialogue, but remain non-binding and underfunded. With limited political will for reform, their role will likely be confined to forum...
www.ensuredeurope.eu
September 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📚 UN Global Compacts on Migration & Refugees: Where do they stand today?
New report from @felixpeerboom.bsky.social, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social & @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, with support from Andrey Makarychev.
🧵 A quick thread:
New report from @felixpeerboom.bsky.social, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social & @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, with support from Andrey Makarychev.
🧵 A quick thread:
🚨 Excited to share the publication of our @ensured.bsky.social report
✍️ In the report @liliantsourdi.bsky.social, @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, and I analyse the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees
For those interested, see:
✍️ In the report @liliantsourdi.bsky.social, @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, and I analyse the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees
For those interested, see:
Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts - Research Report | ENSURED
The UN’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees create room for dialogue, but remain non-binding and underfunded. With limited political will for reform, their role will likely be confined to forum...
www.ensuredeurope.eu
September 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🚨 Excited to share the publication of our @ensured.bsky.social report
✍️ In the report @liliantsourdi.bsky.social, @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, and I analyse the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees
For those interested, see:
✍️ In the report @liliantsourdi.bsky.social, @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, and I analyse the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees
For those interested, see:
👀 The latest batch of IJRL case law summaries has been published
✍️ For those interested in recent judicial developments, have a look at the summaries prepared by our team through the link below
🤝 ... And as always, if a decision comes out in your country that should be included, please reach out!
✍️ For those interested in recent judicial developments, have a look at the summaries prepared by our team through the link below
🤝 ... And as always, if a decision comes out in your country that should be included, please reach out!
IJRL Case Law Summaries
Prepared by the Case Law Editorial Team: Aidan Hammerschmid (Coordinating Editor), Brian Barbour, Regina Jefferies, and Tamara Wood from the Kaldor Centre
doi.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
👀 The latest batch of IJRL case law summaries has been published
✍️ For those interested in recent judicial developments, have a look at the summaries prepared by our team through the link below
🤝 ... And as always, if a decision comes out in your country that should be included, please reach out!
✍️ For those interested in recent judicial developments, have a look at the summaries prepared by our team through the link below
🤝 ... And as always, if a decision comes out in your country that should be included, please reach out!
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Italy's attempt to offshore asylum processing to Albania has made its way to the ECJ with a preliminary reference by the Italian Court of Cassation.
ANDREINA DE LEO examines the fictions and future of Italy's model of externalization.
verfassungsblog.de/managing-mig...
ANDREINA DE LEO examines the fictions and future of Italy's model of externalization.
verfassungsblog.de/managing-mig...
June 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Italy's attempt to offshore asylum processing to Albania has made its way to the ECJ with a preliminary reference by the Italian Court of Cassation.
ANDREINA DE LEO examines the fictions and future of Italy's model of externalization.
verfassungsblog.de/managing-mig...
ANDREINA DE LEO examines the fictions and future of Italy's model of externalization.
verfassungsblog.de/managing-mig...
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Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ | by Niccolò Ridi and Matina Papadaki
Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ
On 19 May 2025, Lithuania instituted proceedings against Belarus before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging violations of the 2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Se...
www.ejiltalk.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Instrumentalized Migration and Jurisdictional Challenges: Lithuania v. Belarus at the ICJ | by Niccolò Ridi and Matina Papadaki
🇩🇪 Excellent analysis of yesterday’s VG judgement re the unlawfulness of turning away asylum seekers
Yet another reminder that, for the law, any non-empirically substantiated asylum "crisis" rhetoric is nothing more than just that
Critical insight, also for the upcoming election campaign in 🇳🇱!
Yet another reminder that, for the law, any non-empirically substantiated asylum "crisis" rhetoric is nothing more than just that
Critical insight, also for the upcoming election campaign in 🇳🇱!
Dass die Zurückweisungen an den deutschen Grenzen rechtswidrig sind, ist nun gerichtlich bestätigt. Auch eine Notlage wurde nicht substanziell begründet.
MAXIMILIAN PICHL (@maxpichl.bsky.social) bespricht den Beschluss und erklärt, warum Ausstrahlungswirkung über den Einzelfall hinaus besteht.
MAXIMILIAN PICHL (@maxpichl.bsky.social) bespricht den Beschluss und erklärt, warum Ausstrahlungswirkung über den Einzelfall hinaus besteht.
June 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🇩🇪 Excellent analysis of yesterday’s VG judgement re the unlawfulness of turning away asylum seekers
Yet another reminder that, for the law, any non-empirically substantiated asylum "crisis" rhetoric is nothing more than just that
Critical insight, also for the upcoming election campaign in 🇳🇱!
Yet another reminder that, for the law, any non-empirically substantiated asylum "crisis" rhetoric is nothing more than just that
Critical insight, also for the upcoming election campaign in 🇳🇱!
Just when I thought my PIL chapter was done… they pull me back in 👀 ⚖️
June 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just when I thought my PIL chapter was done… they pull me back in 👀 ⚖️
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Greek coast guards charged over migrant deaths
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greek coastguards charged over 2023 migrant shipwreck
Seventeen coastguards have been charged by a Greek naval court over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Greek coast guards charged over migrant deaths
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If sending asylum seekers to countries they have never been to, and have no connection with, is „respecting the EU’s values“, then I‘m really not sure what these values are anymore. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission proposes to facilitate the application of the safe third country concept
Today, the Commission proposes rules that will facilitate Member States\' application of the safe third country concept.
ec.europa.eu
May 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If sending asylum seekers to countries they have never been to, and have no connection with, is „respecting the EU’s values“, then I‘m really not sure what these values are anymore. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Hot off the press: ENSURED’s first 5 research reports! 🥳🎉
Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform?
A deep dive:
🛠 WTO reform
🌱 UNFCCC decision-making
💉 IP-Public Health nexus
⚖️ UN HRC
💻 Cyberspace governance
Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform?
A deep dive:
🛠 WTO reform
🌱 UNFCCC decision-making
💉 IP-Public Health nexus
⚖️ UN HRC
💻 Cyberspace governance
Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
May 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hot off the press: ENSURED’s first 5 research reports! 🥳🎉
Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform?
A deep dive:
🛠 WTO reform
🌱 UNFCCC decision-making
💉 IP-Public Health nexus
⚖️ UN HRC
💻 Cyberspace governance
Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
Multilateralism: What's working, what isn’t & where is room for reform?
A deep dive:
🛠 WTO reform
🌱 UNFCCC decision-making
💉 IP-Public Health nexus
⚖️ UN HRC
💻 Cyberspace governance
Read the reports 👉 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications