Filipe Doutel
@filipedoutel.bsky.social
Lawyer in Migration. Currently legal advisor at National Preventive Mechanism of Torture, within Portuguese Ombudsman. Guest lecturer at Nova School of Law.
Views are my one.
Views are my one.
NATURALIZAÇÃO POR RESIDÊNCIA e PERDA DA NACIONALIDADE: comparação europeia
1- Portugal tem um dos regimes + favoráveis na UE, não por causa do tempo mínimo de residência (mais 12 países têm 5 anos, a média é 6,8), mas por causa do conjunto de outros requisitos.
1- Portugal tem um dos regimes + favoráveis na UE, não por causa do tempo mínimo de residência (mais 12 países têm 5 anos, a média é 6,8), mas por causa do conjunto de outros requisitos.
July 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
NATURALIZAÇÃO POR RESIDÊNCIA e PERDA DA NACIONALIDADE: comparação europeia
1- Portugal tem um dos regimes + favoráveis na UE, não por causa do tempo mínimo de residência (mais 12 países têm 5 anos, a média é 6,8), mas por causa do conjunto de outros requisitos.
1- Portugal tem um dos regimes + favoráveis na UE, não por causa do tempo mínimo de residência (mais 12 países têm 5 anos, a média é 6,8), mas por causa do conjunto de outros requisitos.
Relatório CE sobre Estado de Direito(2025)
Sobre Portugal:
Recomendações de 2024 cumpridas:
-Mais recursos para o Mecanismo Anticorrupção
-Progresso no controlo das declarações de património da Entidade para a Transparência
-Reforço RH tribunais
-Mais eficiência dos tribunais administrativos
Sobre Portugal:
Recomendações de 2024 cumpridas:
-Mais recursos para o Mecanismo Anticorrupção
-Progresso no controlo das declarações de património da Entidade para a Transparência
-Reforço RH tribunais
-Mais eficiência dos tribunais administrativos
July 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Relatório CE sobre Estado de Direito(2025)
Sobre Portugal:
Recomendações de 2024 cumpridas:
-Mais recursos para o Mecanismo Anticorrupção
-Progresso no controlo das declarações de património da Entidade para a Transparência
-Reforço RH tribunais
-Mais eficiência dos tribunais administrativos
Sobre Portugal:
Recomendações de 2024 cumpridas:
-Mais recursos para o Mecanismo Anticorrupção
-Progresso no controlo das declarações de património da Entidade para a Transparência
-Reforço RH tribunais
-Mais eficiência dos tribunais administrativos
O crescimento da imigração em PT é a normalidade de um país da UE desenvolvido.
1- Portugal está a meio da UE em imigração.
1- Portugal está a meio da UE em imigração.
April 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
O crescimento da imigração em PT é a normalidade de um país da UE desenvolvido.
1- Portugal está a meio da UE em imigração.
1- Portugal está a meio da UE em imigração.
CASE LAW CJEU: Blood feuds alone do not justify refugee status — but may trigger subsidiary protection
27 March 2025, the CJEU clarified the criteria for international protection in C‑217/23, involving an Afghan national claiming persecution due to a blood feud targeting his family.
27 March 2025, the CJEU clarified the criteria for international protection in C‑217/23, involving an Afghan national claiming persecution due to a blood feud targeting his family.
March 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
CASE LAW CJEU: Blood feuds alone do not justify refugee status — but may trigger subsidiary protection
27 March 2025, the CJEU clarified the criteria for international protection in C‑217/23, involving an Afghan national claiming persecution due to a blood feud targeting his family.
27 March 2025, the CJEU clarified the criteria for international protection in C‑217/23, involving an Afghan national claiming persecution due to a blood feud targeting his family.
ECtHR Case Law: Greece violated right to life in fatal coastguard operation.
A child was fatally shot during a 2015 interception. On 25 Mar 2025, the ECtHR ruled Greece failed to plan the operation safely and conduct an independent investigation.
bit.ly/3FP5Im4
A child was fatally shot during a 2015 interception. On 25 Mar 2025, the ECtHR ruled Greece failed to plan the operation safely and conduct an independent investigation.
bit.ly/3FP5Im4
HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
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March 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
ECtHR Case Law: Greece violated right to life in fatal coastguard operation.
A child was fatally shot during a 2015 interception. On 25 Mar 2025, the ECtHR ruled Greece failed to plan the operation safely and conduct an independent investigation.
bit.ly/3FP5Im4
A child was fatally shot during a 2015 interception. On 25 Mar 2025, the ECtHR ruled Greece failed to plan the operation safely and conduct an independent investigation.
bit.ly/3FP5Im4
Reposted by Filipe Doutel
New report on smuggling & migration to Europe: Are EU & UK policies stopping irregular migration? Our findings show deterrence isn’t preventing irregular migration — but reshaping it, at great human cost to migrants & to the benefit of smuggling networks 🧵 1/7
March 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
New report on smuggling & migration to Europe: Are EU & UK policies stopping irregular migration? Our findings show deterrence isn’t preventing irregular migration — but reshaping it, at great human cost to migrants & to the benefit of smuggling networks 🧵 1/7
Reposted by Filipe Doutel
"Short-sighted enforcement won’t stop irregular migration — it shifts routes, increases risks, fuels smuggling, and weakens Europe’s negotiating power."- OpEd by MMC Europe Roberto Forin, based on findings from our latest report on migration and smuggling to the EU & UK
Are arrivals really down? Yes — but only on some routes, and likely only for now. Is demand for irregular journeys declining? No. Has smuggling been disrupted? No.
A breakdown of how the EU migration crackdown isn't working
Are arrivals really down? Yes — but only on some routes, and likely only for now. Is demand for irregular journeys declining? No. Has smuggling been disrupted? No.
euobserver.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Short-sighted enforcement won’t stop irregular migration — it shifts routes, increases risks, fuels smuggling, and weakens Europe’s negotiating power."- OpEd by MMC Europe Roberto Forin, based on findings from our latest report on migration and smuggling to the EU & UK
ECtHR Case law. Trans Refugees’ Gender Status.
A Member State cannot require sex reassignment surgery to recognize a trans refugee’s gender.
bit.ly/4bEDruc
A Member State cannot require sex reassignment surgery to recognize a trans refugee’s gender.
bit.ly/4bEDruc
CURIA - Documents
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March 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
ECtHR Case law. Trans Refugees’ Gender Status.
A Member State cannot require sex reassignment surgery to recognize a trans refugee’s gender.
bit.ly/4bEDruc
A Member State cannot require sex reassignment surgery to recognize a trans refugee’s gender.
bit.ly/4bEDruc
Frontex becoming autonomous. What About EUAA?
Frontex is gaining autonomy, rather than just supporting Member States. This could improve human rights oversight, as pushbacks are often carried out by national authorities and EU agencies are seen as more judicially accountable.
bit.ly/41AyDl6
Frontex is gaining autonomy, rather than just supporting Member States. This could improve human rights oversight, as pushbacks are often carried out by national authorities and EU agencies are seen as more judicially accountable.
bit.ly/41AyDl6
Commission promises Frontex role review for 2026, implementation cash for member states - Euractiv
Von der Leyen's letter also announced an additional €3 billion in EU funding for the implementation of the Pact from 2025 to 2027.
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March 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Frontex becoming autonomous. What About EUAA?
Frontex is gaining autonomy, rather than just supporting Member States. This could improve human rights oversight, as pushbacks are often carried out by national authorities and EU agencies are seen as more judicially accountable.
bit.ly/41AyDl6
Frontex is gaining autonomy, rather than just supporting Member States. This could improve human rights oversight, as pushbacks are often carried out by national authorities and EU agencies are seen as more judicially accountable.
bit.ly/41AyDl6
📢 Poland reignites debate: Collective expulsions 🚫 vs. Migration instrumentalization 🎯
🇵🇱 New law lets the gov’t suspend asylum rights for those crossing borders irregularly when migration is "instrumentalized" by foreign states.
⚖️ Legal under ECtHR case law (N.D. & N.T. v. Spain)?
🇵🇱 New law lets the gov’t suspend asylum rights for those crossing borders irregularly when migration is "instrumentalized" by foreign states.
⚖️ Legal under ECtHR case law (N.D. & N.T. v. Spain)?
February 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
📢 Poland reignites debate: Collective expulsions 🚫 vs. Migration instrumentalization 🎯
🇵🇱 New law lets the gov’t suspend asylum rights for those crossing borders irregularly when migration is "instrumentalized" by foreign states.
⚖️ Legal under ECtHR case law (N.D. & N.T. v. Spain)?
🇵🇱 New law lets the gov’t suspend asylum rights for those crossing borders irregularly when migration is "instrumentalized" by foreign states.
⚖️ Legal under ECtHR case law (N.D. & N.T. v. Spain)?
Medical Care in Prisons
ECtHR case law – 3 Oct 2024 | App. no. 80288/13
Key Point:
Prison authorities must provide medical care tailored to each detainee’s specific needs—especially for chronic or severe conditions.
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ECtHR case law – 3 Oct 2024 | App. no. 80288/13
Key Point:
Prison authorities must provide medical care tailored to each detainee’s specific needs—especially for chronic or severe conditions.
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HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
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February 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Medical Care in Prisons
ECtHR case law – 3 Oct 2024 | App. no. 80288/13
Key Point:
Prison authorities must provide medical care tailored to each detainee’s specific needs—especially for chronic or severe conditions.
hudoc.echr.coe.int#{%22itemid%2...
ECtHR case law – 3 Oct 2024 | App. no. 80288/13
Key Point:
Prison authorities must provide medical care tailored to each detainee’s specific needs—especially for chronic or severe conditions.
hudoc.echr.coe.int#{%22itemid%2...
Dead accountability in Prisons
ECtHR case law 51448/15
Investigation must consider:
-Families participation.
- Cellmates' testimonies.
- Medical & mental health conditions.
- Timelines, emergency responses and records.
hudoc.echr.coe.int
ECtHR case law 51448/15
Investigation must consider:
-Families participation.
- Cellmates' testimonies.
- Medical & mental health conditions.
- Timelines, emergency responses and records.
hudoc.echr.coe.int
HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
hudoc.echr.coe.int
February 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Dead accountability in Prisons
ECtHR case law 51448/15
Investigation must consider:
-Families participation.
- Cellmates' testimonies.
- Medical & mental health conditions.
- Timelines, emergency responses and records.
hudoc.echr.coe.int
ECtHR case law 51448/15
Investigation must consider:
-Families participation.
- Cellmates' testimonies.
- Medical & mental health conditions.
- Timelines, emergency responses and records.
hudoc.echr.coe.int
ECtHR, 4/2/2025
Malta violated Article 3 ECHR by failing to reassess the risks faced by two Uyghur asylum seekers before ordering their removal to China.
📌 Key takeaways:
✔️ Ex nunc risk assessments are mandatory
✔️ Outdated country reports ≠ valid evidence
✔️ Rule 39 can block removals
bit.ly/3X9dBZ9
Malta violated Article 3 ECHR by failing to reassess the risks faced by two Uyghur asylum seekers before ordering their removal to China.
📌 Key takeaways:
✔️ Ex nunc risk assessments are mandatory
✔️ Outdated country reports ≠ valid evidence
✔️ Rule 39 can block removals
bit.ly/3X9dBZ9
HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
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February 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
ECtHR, 4/2/2025
Malta violated Article 3 ECHR by failing to reassess the risks faced by two Uyghur asylum seekers before ordering their removal to China.
📌 Key takeaways:
✔️ Ex nunc risk assessments are mandatory
✔️ Outdated country reports ≠ valid evidence
✔️ Rule 39 can block removals
bit.ly/3X9dBZ9
Malta violated Article 3 ECHR by failing to reassess the risks faced by two Uyghur asylum seekers before ordering their removal to China.
📌 Key takeaways:
✔️ Ex nunc risk assessments are mandatory
✔️ Outdated country reports ≠ valid evidence
✔️ Rule 39 can block removals
bit.ly/3X9dBZ9
Provedora de Justiça defendeu, no parlamento, a necessidade de um relatório anual com dados sobre corrupção “para que nem tudo seja um mundo de informações difusas, de perceção e pouco fundamentadas”.
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Provedora de Justiça defende criação de relatório anual sobre corrupção
Maria Lúcia Amaral defendeu ainda a necessidade de contrariar uma "acentuadíssima desvalorização" nas últimas décadas nas capacidades técnicas do Estado.
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February 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Provedora de Justiça defendeu, no parlamento, a necessidade de um relatório anual com dados sobre corrupção “para que nem tudo seja um mundo de informações difusas, de perceção e pouco fundamentadas”.
bit.ly/3X0WgS6
bit.ly/3X0WgS6
Bodies of dozens of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya.
Can Libya be considered a safe country for returns under EU and Member State policies?
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Can Libya be considered a safe country for returns under EU and Member State policies?
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Bodies of dozens of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya
Libyan authorities uncovered nearly 50 bodies this week from two mass graves in the North African state’s desert, officials said on Sunday.
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February 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Bodies of dozens of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya.
Can Libya be considered a safe country for returns under EU and Member State policies?
bit.ly/4jPO4hz
Can Libya be considered a safe country for returns under EU and Member State policies?
bit.ly/4jPO4hz
Planned Return Hubs.
EU Fundamental Rights Agency has set clear conditions to ensure compliance with FRs:
- Legal and enforceable decisions for each returnee.
- Compliance with EU rules on returns.
- Legally-binding agreements with host country.
- Lawful and humane treatment.
👉 bit.ly/4huqh5b
EU Fundamental Rights Agency has set clear conditions to ensure compliance with FRs:
- Legal and enforceable decisions for each returnee.
- Compliance with EU rules on returns.
- Legally-binding agreements with host country.
- Lawful and humane treatment.
👉 bit.ly/4huqh5b
Planned return hubs cannot be rights-free zones
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February 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Planned Return Hubs.
EU Fundamental Rights Agency has set clear conditions to ensure compliance with FRs:
- Legal and enforceable decisions for each returnee.
- Compliance with EU rules on returns.
- Legally-binding agreements with host country.
- Lawful and humane treatment.
👉 bit.ly/4huqh5b
EU Fundamental Rights Agency has set clear conditions to ensure compliance with FRs:
- Legal and enforceable decisions for each returnee.
- Compliance with EU rules on returns.
- Legally-binding agreements with host country.
- Lawful and humane treatment.
👉 bit.ly/4huqh5b
UK-Tunisia Agreement. Another Migration Deal Without Immigration.
❌ Clear flaws:
1️⃣ Omission of legal and safe pathways.
2️⃣ Unrealistic expectation that economic development will significantly reduce emigration in the short term.
❌ Clear flaws:
1️⃣ Omission of legal and safe pathways.
2️⃣ Unrealistic expectation that economic development will significantly reduce emigration in the short term.
February 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
UK-Tunisia Agreement. Another Migration Deal Without Immigration.
❌ Clear flaws:
1️⃣ Omission of legal and safe pathways.
2️⃣ Unrealistic expectation that economic development will significantly reduce emigration in the short term.
❌ Clear flaws:
1️⃣ Omission of legal and safe pathways.
2️⃣ Unrealistic expectation that economic development will significantly reduce emigration in the short term.
PRISON OVERCROWDING
UK prison population keeps rising despite 2024 measures (early releases & sentence reductions).
Moore prisons aren’t the only answer—we need:
🔹 Alternatives to detention
🔹 Rehabilitation & reintegration
🔹 Prevention through social policies
bit.ly/3EzKDLx
UK prison population keeps rising despite 2024 measures (early releases & sentence reductions).
Moore prisons aren’t the only answer—we need:
🔹 Alternatives to detention
🔹 Rehabilitation & reintegration
🔹 Prevention through social policies
bit.ly/3EzKDLx
Prison population up by more than 1,000 since start of year, figures show
The number of inmates grew by 1,184 in the five weeks from December 30 and February 3, according to analysis by the PA news agency.
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
PRISON OVERCROWDING
UK prison population keeps rising despite 2024 measures (early releases & sentence reductions).
Moore prisons aren’t the only answer—we need:
🔹 Alternatives to detention
🔹 Rehabilitation & reintegration
🔹 Prevention through social policies
bit.ly/3EzKDLx
UK prison population keeps rising despite 2024 measures (early releases & sentence reductions).
Moore prisons aren’t the only answer—we need:
🔹 Alternatives to detention
🔹 Rehabilitation & reintegration
🔹 Prevention through social policies
bit.ly/3EzKDLx
⚖️ ECtHR CASE LAW. Legal Safeguards in Age Determination
A.C. v. France (Application no. 15457/20
SUMMARY
The Court found that a lack of reasoning and access to relevant information in age determintion may violate the right to respect for private life (Article 8 ECHR).
A.C. v. France (Application no. 15457/20
SUMMARY
The Court found that a lack of reasoning and access to relevant information in age determintion may violate the right to respect for private life (Article 8 ECHR).
February 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
⚖️ ECtHR CASE LAW. Legal Safeguards in Age Determination
A.C. v. France (Application no. 15457/20
SUMMARY
The Court found that a lack of reasoning and access to relevant information in age determintion may violate the right to respect for private life (Article 8 ECHR).
A.C. v. France (Application no. 15457/20
SUMMARY
The Court found that a lack of reasoning and access to relevant information in age determintion may violate the right to respect for private life (Article 8 ECHR).
Education level of incarcerated population and general population. Portugal.
Overrepresentation of lower education levels.
Overrepresentation of lower education levels.
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Education level of incarcerated population and general population. Portugal.
Overrepresentation of lower education levels.
Overrepresentation of lower education levels.
Dublin Regulation: What Should and Should Not Happen
Recent numbers from Germany highlight the challenges and inconsistencies of the Dublin III Regulation.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6194...
Recent numbers from Germany highlight the challenges and inconsistencies of the Dublin III Regulation.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6194...
Germany: Over 15,000 asylum seekers returned after EU transfers
More than a quarter of asylum seekers return to Germany following transfers to other EU countries under the Dublin III Regulation. The regulation stipulates that asylum seekers must have their case pr...
www.infomigrants.net
December 28, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Dublin Regulation: What Should and Should Not Happen
Recent numbers from Germany highlight the challenges and inconsistencies of the Dublin III Regulation.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6194...
Recent numbers from Germany highlight the challenges and inconsistencies of the Dublin III Regulation.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6194...
Historic decision in the youth climate fight.
Students argued against a state law banning the consideration of climate when choosing energy policy.
Supreme court sided with them and recognised the right to a clean environment has a fundamental constitucional right.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Students argued against a state law banning the consideration of climate when choosing energy policy.
Supreme court sided with them and recognised the right to a clean environment has a fundamental constitucional right.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Montana Supreme Court upholds landmark youth climate ruling
The ruling finds that youth have a "fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment".
www.bbc.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Historic decision in the youth climate fight.
Students argued against a state law banning the consideration of climate when choosing energy policy.
Supreme court sided with them and recognised the right to a clean environment has a fundamental constitucional right.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Students argued against a state law banning the consideration of climate when choosing energy policy.
Supreme court sided with them and recognised the right to a clean environment has a fundamental constitucional right.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Smugglers are not the main drivers of irregular migration. Key influencers include family and friends in destination countries, returnees, and social media. #MigrationMyths #smugglers
Do smugglers play a major role in luring people into irregular migration? We talked to 60,000 migrants, and this is what they said. (More findings in the Mixed Migration Review 2024: mixedmigration.org/mmr2024/
December 26, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Smugglers are not the main drivers of irregular migration. Key influencers include family and friends in destination countries, returnees, and social media. #MigrationMyths #smugglers
Drugs in prisons.
The recent report by the HM Inspectorate of Prisons in the UK highlights how the lack of activities and work opportunities is exacerbating drug use in open prisons.
Link to the report: bit.ly/41oIRX1.
#prisons
The recent report by the HM Inspectorate of Prisons in the UK highlights how the lack of activities and work opportunities is exacerbating drug use in open prisons.
Link to the report: bit.ly/41oIRX1.
#prisons
HMP Kirkham: boredom and lack of activity contributing to highest drug use in the open estate – HM Inspectorate of Prisons
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December 10, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Drugs in prisons.
The recent report by the HM Inspectorate of Prisons in the UK highlights how the lack of activities and work opportunities is exacerbating drug use in open prisons.
Link to the report: bit.ly/41oIRX1.
#prisons
The recent report by the HM Inspectorate of Prisons in the UK highlights how the lack of activities and work opportunities is exacerbating drug use in open prisons.
Link to the report: bit.ly/41oIRX1.
#prisons
Syria - RETURNS must be VOLUNTARY
I. For now, returns can only be voluntary. Under European legislation, "Member States shall examine whether the change of circumstances is sufficiently profound and durable (...)."
(Articles 11 and 16 of Directive 2011/95/EU).
#Refugees #AsylumLaw #Syria #EU
I. For now, returns can only be voluntary. Under European legislation, "Member States shall examine whether the change of circumstances is sufficiently profound and durable (...)."
(Articles 11 and 16 of Directive 2011/95/EU).
#Refugees #AsylumLaw #Syria #EU
December 9, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Syria - RETURNS must be VOLUNTARY
I. For now, returns can only be voluntary. Under European legislation, "Member States shall examine whether the change of circumstances is sufficiently profound and durable (...)."
(Articles 11 and 16 of Directive 2011/95/EU).
#Refugees #AsylumLaw #Syria #EU
I. For now, returns can only be voluntary. Under European legislation, "Member States shall examine whether the change of circumstances is sufficiently profound and durable (...)."
(Articles 11 and 16 of Directive 2011/95/EU).
#Refugees #AsylumLaw #Syria #EU