Maciej Grześkowiak
@mgrzeskowiak.bsky.social
Max Weber Fellow at @eui-eu.bsky.social.
Migration and asylum law, mobility justice, critical border studies.
Migration and asylum law, mobility justice, critical border studies.
All in all, much needed voice in an era of states acting beyond their borders precisely to avoid legal scrutiny.
Read the report here: www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
Read the report here: www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
OHCHR | Call for inputs: Externalization of Migration and the Impact on the Human Rights of Migrants
In recent years, externalisation has become a defining feature of migration, asylum, and border policies, particularly among high-income destination countries. This umbrella term refers to measures de...
www.ohchr.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
All in all, much needed voice in an era of states acting beyond their borders precisely to avoid legal scrutiny.
Read the report here: www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
Read the report here: www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
3. The report embraces the 'direct and foreseeable impact' standard for establishing extraterritorial jurisdiction—well ahead of the approach taken by, for example, the ECtHR. This standard could open new avenues for litigating extraterritorial human rights violations against migrants.
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
3. The report embraces the 'direct and foreseeable impact' standard for establishing extraterritorial jurisdiction—well ahead of the approach taken by, for example, the ECtHR. This standard could open new avenues for litigating extraterritorial human rights violations against migrants.
2. The report absolutely does away with deals between the EU (and member states) and states like Libya, Morocco or Lebanon, highlighting the harms they cause to migrants’ rights. The report makes clear that externalising states may still be held accountable for violations committed under such deals.
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
2. The report absolutely does away with deals between the EU (and member states) and states like Libya, Morocco or Lebanon, highlighting the harms they cause to migrants’ rights. The report makes clear that externalising states may still be held accountable for violations committed under such deals.
1. The Rapporteur strongly criticises the EU proposal for a new Return Regulation and the idea of “return hubs”.
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
1. The Rapporteur strongly criticises the EU proposal for a new Return Regulation and the idea of “return hubs”.
The Polish government had already declared it would not implement the Pact. It also formally “suspended” the right to seek asylum at its Belarusian border — a move implicitly condoned by the Commission.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission steps up support for Member States to strengthen EU security and counter the weaponisation of migration
Today, the Commission is adopting a Communication to support Member States to counter hybrid threats from the weaponisation of migration by Russia and Belarus and to strengthen security at the EU\'s e...
ec.europa.eu
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The Polish government had already declared it would not implement the Pact. It also formally “suspended” the right to seek asylum at its Belarusian border — a move implicitly condoned by the Commission.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
That’s interesting indeed. Although it’s the Procedures Directive that comes to mind first when one thinks of Greece…
May 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
That’s interesting indeed. Although it’s the Procedures Directive that comes to mind first when one thinks of Greece…
Reversing this trend would require a major rethink of the Dublin system, which inherently creates divergent interests among states. We’ve known this for some time, but only now are we seeing the full extent of consequences.
March 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reversing this trend would require a major rethink of the Dublin system, which inherently creates divergent interests among states. We’ve known this for some time, but only now are we seeing the full extent of consequences.