JT Järäinen
@jtjfi.bsky.social
Often pondering the inherent danger of eroding the rule of law and human rights and the complexities of the human condition.
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Last year, an investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Refugees Platform in Egypt exposed the Egyptian government’s covert mass deportations of Sudanese refugees fleeing one of the world’s worst conflicts and humanitarian crises. 🧵
EXCLUSIVE: Egypt ramps up Sudanese refugee deportations with little UNHCR pushback
Critics say the UN has failed to mount a sustained public challenge to an unprecedented crackdown.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Last year, an investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Refugees Platform in Egypt exposed the Egyptian government’s covert mass deportations of Sudanese refugees fleeing one of the world’s worst conflicts and humanitarian crises. 🧵
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The European Court of Human Rights is under attack — again. But the main obstacle to its effective functioning remains the reluctance of some governments to fully implement its rulings and tackle the persistent abuses that lead to them, warns Human Rights Watch.
We all lose when politicians attack the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights is under attack — again. But the main obstacle to its effective functioning remains the reluctance of some governments to fully implement its rulings and tackle the persistent abuses that lead to them, warns Human Rights Watch.
euobserver.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The European Court of Human Rights is under attack — again. But the main obstacle to its effective functioning remains the reluctance of some governments to fully implement its rulings and tackle the persistent abuses that lead to them, warns Human Rights Watch.
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The CJEU has ruled that Italy has (for now) wrongly sent asylum-seekers to Albania under the 'safe country of origin' rule
Two analyses
1 by @proflumarin.bsky.social and Chiara Favilli - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/alac...
2 by Karla Žeravčić - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/one-...
Two analyses
1 by @proflumarin.bsky.social and Chiara Favilli - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/alac...
2 by Karla Žeravčić - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/one-...
Alace and Canpelli: the Court of Justice firmly constrains domestic extraterritorial asylum processing politics
Chiara Favilli (University of Florence) and Luisa Marin (University of Insubria/ EUI) Photo credit : Presidenza della Republica, via ...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The CJEU has ruled that Italy has (for now) wrongly sent asylum-seekers to Albania under the 'safe country of origin' rule
Two analyses
1 by @proflumarin.bsky.social and Chiara Favilli - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/alac...
2 by Karla Žeravčić - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/one-...
Two analyses
1 by @proflumarin.bsky.social and Chiara Favilli - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/alac...
2 by Karla Žeravčić - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/one-...
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What drives public attitudes toward refugees? T. Hillenbrand, B. Martorano, L. Metzger, and M. Siegel show that humanitarian messaging boosts concern and support for aid, while highlighting young male refugees increases threat perceptions and reduces support for admissions.
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
August 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What drives public attitudes toward refugees? T. Hillenbrand, B. Martorano, L. Metzger, and M. Siegel show that humanitarian messaging boosts concern and support for aid, while highlighting young male refugees increases threat perceptions and reduces support for admissions.
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
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Was the UK Supreme Court judgment in FWS wrongly decided, in light of the historical EU law context?
Detailed analysis, by @clairebradley.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-de...
Detailed analysis, by @clairebradley.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-de...
Why the FWS case was wrongly decided by the UK Supreme Court - in light of the EU law historical context
Claire Bradley , Legal Researcher Photo credit : DAVID ILIFF. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Introduction ...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Was the UK Supreme Court judgment in FWS wrongly decided, in light of the historical EU law context?
Detailed analysis, by @clairebradley.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-de...
Detailed analysis, by @clairebradley.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-de...
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Hello! For colleagues planning those fall courses, here's a shameless reminder 🧵 that my book Emergency in Transit is out in the world, free to download, and eager to appear on your syllabi! 1/
www.ucpress.edu/books/emerge... @ucpress.bsky.social
www.ucpress.edu/books/emerge... @ucpress.bsky.social
Emergency in Transit by Eleanor Paynter - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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August 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Hello! For colleagues planning those fall courses, here's a shameless reminder 🧵 that my book Emergency in Transit is out in the world, free to download, and eager to appear on your syllabi! 1/
www.ucpress.edu/books/emerge... @ucpress.bsky.social
www.ucpress.edu/books/emerge... @ucpress.bsky.social
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New article comparing the approaches of the CJEU and the European Court of Human Rights to pushbacks
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Delighted that the European Journal of Migration and Law have published my article comparing the European Courts approaches to establishing that pushbacks breach fundamental and human rights: https://...
Delighted that the European Journal of Migration and Law have published my article comparing the European Courts approaches to establishing that pushbacks breach fundamental and human rights: https://...
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August 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
New article comparing the approaches of the CJEU and the European Court of Human Rights to pushbacks
www.linkedin.com/posts/kathry...
www.linkedin.com/posts/kathry...
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In the blog series “10 years after the Long Summer of Migration” Bernd Parusel writes about "Asylum Restrictions in Sweden Since
2015: A "temporary" U-turn made permanent".
2015: A "temporary" U-turn made permanent".
New post in our blog series "10 years after the Long Summer of Migration" in the Forced Migration Studies Blog! Bernd Parusel (@bernd-parusel.bsky.social) writes about "Asylum Restrictions in Sweden Since 2015: A “temporary” U-turn made permanent".
fluchtforschung.net/asylum-restr...
fluchtforschung.net/asylum-restr...
August 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In the blog series “10 years after the Long Summer of Migration” Bernd Parusel writes about "Asylum Restrictions in Sweden Since
2015: A "temporary" U-turn made permanent".
2015: A "temporary" U-turn made permanent".
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#ECJ: A Member State may not plead an unforeseeable influx of applicants for international protection in order to evade its obligation to cover #asylum seekers’ basic needs 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Communiqués de presse - Cour de justice de l'Union européenne
Court of Justice of the European Union
curia.europa.eu
August 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#ECJ: A Member State may not plead an unforeseeable influx of applicants for international protection in order to evade its obligation to cover #asylum seekers’ basic needs 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
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⚖️ Judgment in Joined Cases C-758/24 & C-759/24 Alace & Canpelli: who can decide if a third country is “safe” under EU law?
🎥 💬 Judge Jürimäe explains with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
👩⚖️ Bio 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
🎥 💬 Judge Jürimäe explains with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
👩⚖️ Bio 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
August 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
⚖️ Judgment in Joined Cases C-758/24 & C-759/24 Alace & Canpelli: who can decide if a third country is “safe” under EU law?
🎥 💬 Judge Jürimäe explains with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
👩⚖️ Bio 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
🎥 💬 Judge Jürimäe explains with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
👩⚖️ Bio 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
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What has changed in investigating rights violations at EU borders?
This update from the @fra.europa.eu points to continued allegations of ill treatment & abuse but limited accountability.
Find out more: europa.eu/!qdjT8h
This update from the @fra.europa.eu points to continued allegations of ill treatment & abuse but limited accountability.
Find out more: europa.eu/!qdjT8h
July 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
What has changed in investigating rights violations at EU borders?
This update from the @fra.europa.eu points to continued allegations of ill treatment & abuse but limited accountability.
Find out more: europa.eu/!qdjT8h
This update from the @fra.europa.eu points to continued allegations of ill treatment & abuse but limited accountability.
Find out more: europa.eu/!qdjT8h
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My piece for the Guardian on 10 years since Europe’s border crisis: “The burning of an effigy of refugees is what happens after a decade of dehumanisation. Many have implanted a dangerous border fantasy that will continue to divide, hurt and kill.”
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An effigy of refugees, burned by a crowd: this is where Europe’s brutal fantasy of border control has led us | Maurice Stierl
The shocking scene in Northern Ireland is the result of a decade spent militarising Europe’s fringes – and dismissing the human cost, says migration and border researcher Maurice Stierl
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My piece for the Guardian on 10 years since Europe’s border crisis: “The burning of an effigy of refugees is what happens after a decade of dehumanisation. Many have implanted a dangerous border fantasy that will continue to divide, hurt and kill.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The recently announced 'one in, one out' pilot scheme between the UK and France signals a sui generis evolution in European migration control.
AGOSTINA PIRRELLO & SILVIA BARTOLINI examine the old, the new, and the ugly of the agreement.
verfassungsblog.de/pullbacks-in...
AGOSTINA PIRRELLO & SILVIA BARTOLINI examine the old, the new, and the ugly of the agreement.
verfassungsblog.de/pullbacks-in...
July 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The recently announced 'one in, one out' pilot scheme between the UK and France signals a sui generis evolution in European migration control.
AGOSTINA PIRRELLO & SILVIA BARTOLINI examine the old, the new, and the ugly of the agreement.
verfassungsblog.de/pullbacks-in...
AGOSTINA PIRRELLO & SILVIA BARTOLINI examine the old, the new, and the ugly of the agreement.
verfassungsblog.de/pullbacks-in...
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Was a recent European Court of Human Rights judgment - rejecting Italy's responsibility for asylum-seekers being 'pulled back' to Libya - the result of a mistaken litigation strategy?
Analysis by Paolo Biondi: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-so...
Analysis by Paolo Biondi: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-so...
A Sound Legal Argument, but the Wrong Medium? Reflections on S.S. and Others v. Italy and the Limits of Strategic Litigation
Paolo Biondi Photo credit : Gzen92, via Wikimedia Commons ------------------------------------------- Abstract The June 2025 S.S...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Was a recent European Court of Human Rights judgment - rejecting Italy's responsibility for asylum-seekers being 'pulled back' to Libya - the result of a mistaken litigation strategy?
Analysis by Paolo Biondi: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-so...
Analysis by Paolo Biondi: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-so...
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"Grooming Gangs" prosecutor Nazir Afzal on challenging toxic masculinity
The Problem With Men
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July 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"Grooming Gangs" prosecutor Nazir Afzal on challenging toxic masculinity
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I wrote a short response to @leilahadjabdou.bsky.social and @eszterkollar79.bsky.social article on failed asylum seekers right to stay, for @mpc-eui.bsky.social
migrationpolicycentre.eu/the-ethics-o...
migrationpolicycentre.eu/the-ethics-o...
Failed asylum seekers - Migration Policy Centre
Why failed asylum seekers should have a conditional right to stay
migrationpolicycentre.eu
July 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I wrote a short response to @leilahadjabdou.bsky.social and @eszterkollar79.bsky.social article on failed asylum seekers right to stay, for @mpc-eui.bsky.social
migrationpolicycentre.eu/the-ethics-o...
migrationpolicycentre.eu/the-ethics-o...
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"Return hubs gaining traction" in the EU.
Question is why.
Certainly not because research or evidence would suggest this is a good idea.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Question is why.
Certainly not because research or evidence would suggest this is a good idea.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Many EU countries endorse Commission's migrant outsourcing plans
Denmark is determined to reach an agreement on return policy among the member states by the end of its EU presidency, Danish Minister for Immigration said #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Return hubs gaining traction" in the EU.
Question is why.
Certainly not because research or evidence would suggest this is a good idea.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Question is why.
Certainly not because research or evidence would suggest this is a good idea.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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The violence seen today on American streets is echoed in that unfolding in the Mediterranean, at the Poland-Belarus border and along the Balkan route.
How Europe mirrors Trump’s hardline anti-immigration agenda
The violence seen today on American streets is echoed in that unfolding in the Mediterranean, at the Poland-Belarus border and along the Balkan route.
euobserver.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The violence seen today on American streets is echoed in that unfolding in the Mediterranean, at the Poland-Belarus border and along the Balkan route.
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"A functioning asylum system doesn’t operate by guest list. After a decade of failed deterrence policies, it’s baffling that our political leaders still refuse to accept they don’t work.” @minnierahman.bsky.social for @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
Who is an acceptable migrant?
Those arriving in Britain are not so easily divided into categories of “deserving” and “undeserving”.
www.newstatesman.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"A functioning asylum system doesn’t operate by guest list. After a decade of failed deterrence policies, it’s baffling that our political leaders still refuse to accept they don’t work.” @minnierahman.bsky.social for @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
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"Meanwhile, the externalization of border controls – through deals with a growing number of third countries, often with poor human rights records – become increasingly fragile and unsustainable."
Uptick in arrivals in Crete & the Balearics seem to result from EU’s short-term migration strategy: securitising routes & targeting smugglers via deals with third countries—without addressing migration drivers or the links between regular & irregular migration.
Are Crete and the Balearics Revealing Cracks in the EU Migration Deterrence? | Mixed Migration Centre
Read about the uptick in arrivals at the Greek island of Crete, predominantly from Libya, and the sudden popularity of the Balearic islands as an entry point to Spain.
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July 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Meanwhile, the externalization of border controls – through deals with a growing number of third countries, often with poor human rights records – become increasingly fragile and unsustainable."
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Three years (!!) to finally release this Special Issue in the Jnl of Refugee Studies, of which I am immensely proud. We wrestle with concepts of space, bordering and activism. Worth the wait? U decide! @kimrygiel.bsky.social @eolivius.bsky.social @suzan-ilcan.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jrs/issue
Issues | Journal of Refugee Studies | Oxford Academic
A multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes research that explores the complex problems of forced migration and national, regional and international responses. Coverage includes all categ...
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July 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Three years (!!) to finally release this Special Issue in the Jnl of Refugee Studies, of which I am immensely proud. We wrestle with concepts of space, bordering and activism. Worth the wait? U decide! @kimrygiel.bsky.social @eolivius.bsky.social @suzan-ilcan.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jrs/issue
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Policymakers often face a stark dilemma: restrict immigration to avoid democratic backlash, risking unjust exclusion, or maintain open policies and risk democratic instability.
But, are there other legal alternatives beyond this binary?
Read the debate 📚 loom.ly/_yFYRmI
But, are there other legal alternatives beyond this binary?
Read the debate 📚 loom.ly/_yFYRmI
Anti‑immigrant backlash: the Democratic Dilemma for immigration policy - Migration Policy Centre
Anti‑immigrant backlash: the Democratic Dilemma for immigration policy This section tackles a difficult choice policymakers often face: restrict immigration to prevent democratic backlash, risking unj...
loom.ly
July 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Policymakers often face a stark dilemma: restrict immigration to avoid democratic backlash, risking unjust exclusion, or maintain open policies and risk democratic instability.
But, are there other legal alternatives beyond this binary?
Read the debate 📚 loom.ly/_yFYRmI
But, are there other legal alternatives beyond this binary?
Read the debate 📚 loom.ly/_yFYRmI
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What’s behind the increasing arrivals on the Balearic Islands from Algeria and Crete from Libya? What does it tell us abt EU #migration policies? Our latest article: mixedmigration.org/moving-beyon...
Moving beyond deterrence: The need for a fresh approach to migration to Europe | Mixed Migration Centre
Read about the uptick in arrivals at the Greek island of Crete, predominantly from Libya, and the sudden popularity of the Balearic islands as an entry point to Spain.
mixedmigration.org
July 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What’s behind the increasing arrivals on the Balearic Islands from Algeria and Crete from Libya? What does it tell us abt EU #migration policies? Our latest article: mixedmigration.org/moving-beyon...
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"If there is a silver lining to our times of crisis, it is that more things like it – models of mutual aid and resilience forged by necessity – may emerge."
Read this portrait of the civilian rescuers preserving humanity in the Mediterranean Sea: ⬇️ buff.ly/CyXVFl4
Read this portrait of the civilian rescuers preserving humanity in the Mediterranean Sea: ⬇️ buff.ly/CyXVFl4
July 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"If there is a silver lining to our times of crisis, it is that more things like it – models of mutual aid and resilience forged by necessity – may emerge."
Read this portrait of the civilian rescuers preserving humanity in the Mediterranean Sea: ⬇️ buff.ly/CyXVFl4
Read this portrait of the civilian rescuers preserving humanity in the Mediterranean Sea: ⬇️ buff.ly/CyXVFl4