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Anti-torture committee calls on European governments to end pushbacks and prevent ill-treatment of foreign nationals at borders
Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
30 March 2023
Strasbourg
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has called on European governments to protect foreign nationals deprived of their liberty under immigration legislation from any ill-treatment and to put an end to pushbacks at land or sea borders, particularly at the borders...
“UK’s Illegal Migration Bill should be reviewed to ensure it complies with the anti-trafficking convention”, says GRETA
GRETA
29 March 2023
Strasbourg
Meeting in Strasbourg this week, the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has expressed deep concern over the United Kingdom’s Illegal Migration Bill and its lack of compliance with core elements of the Council of Europe Convention on Action...
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