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Significant increase in arrivals in Greece, overcrowding of reception centres and violence against migrants at the borders are some of the fundamental rights concerns FRA identifies in its latest migration quarterly report. It also highlights the situation in the Mediterranean, where boats with migrants were still being forced to remain at sea, waiting for weeks or days until they were allowed to disembark.
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The FRA Director will join this year’s Web Summit where some 70,000 people are expected to attend.
The Irish police force, the Garda Síochána, invited FRA to give a presentation on the experiences of discrimination, harassment and violence of Muslims and people of African descent across the EU.
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On 18 October, FRA took part in a Brussels event on interoperable EU IT-systems in the area of migration and security.
FRA presented its focus paper on returning unaccompanied children and fundamental rights considerations to a workshop of the Intergovernmental Consultation on migration, asylum and refugees.
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FRA will take part in a meeting of International Special Envoys and Coordinators combating antisemitism in Munich on 28 and 29 October.
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On 28 October in Strasbourg, FRA will take part in the Council of Europe’s annual meeting of the Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (CAHROM).
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Die jüngste Tragödie, bei der im Vereinigten Königreich 39 Menschen tot in einem Lkw aufgefunden wurden, machte deutlich, welchen enormen Preis Menschen an Schleuser zu zahlen bereit sind, die keinerlei Skrupel haben. Im Zuge dieses Ereignisses wiederholt die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) ihre Forderung nach mehr sicheren und legalen Einreisemöglichkeiten nach Europa, um der Schleuserkriminalität Einhalt zu gebieten.
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FRA spoke at a public hearing on 21 October in Brussels on the new EU Disability Strategy 2020-2030.
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The 2018 edition of the handbook on European non-discrimination law examines law stemming from the complementary systems of the EU non-discrimination directives and the European Convention on Human Rights, drawing on them interchangeably to the extent that they overlap, while highlighting differences where these exist.
The 2018 edition of the handbook on European data protection law is designed to familiarise legal practitioners not specialised in data protection with this emerging area of law.
On 16 October in Tallinn, FRA joined a panel debate on the effects of digitalisation on data analytics and the use of artificial intelligence in area of justice and home affairs during eu-LISA’s annual conference.
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On 24 October, FRA contributed to the training of migration experts in Brussels from the Belgian institution responsible for the reception of asylum seekers, Fedasil.
On 23 October, FRA joined the Equinet Annual General Meeting.
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FRA contributed to the training for Schengen evaluators in the field of return and external borders on 21 and 22 October in Zagreb.
The Ethical Journalism Network and FRA provided face-to-face media training at the Thomson Foundation in London on 21 October.
Jeder und jede wünscht sich einen fairen Prozess, wenn es zu einem Gerichtsverfahren kommt. In der Praxis führen Mängel im Justizsystem jedoch mitunter dazu, dass die Rechte von Opfern und Angeklagten nicht gewahrt werden. Der Europäische Tag der Justiz ist eine Gelegenheit, um über Herausforderungen nachzudenken, damit in Europa allen eine faire Rechtsprechung sicher ist.
The FRA Director will take part in the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) meeting in Luxembourg on 24 October.
On 24 October, FRA will present the key findings of the Fundamental Rights Report 2019 in the field of non-discrimination racism, xenophobia and related intolerances in a workshop which will take place in Rome.
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FRA will raise awareness on the upcoming results of the EU LGBTI survey during the 23rd annual conference of ILGA Europe.