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To support the upcoming implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum, a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) presents selected lessons learnt from the Agency’s decade-long experience at the hotspots in Greece and Italy. The report highlights the necessary steps to ensure that screening, reception and asylum processes respect fundamental rights, protect vulnerable people and operate with transparency.
The Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU in Brussels hosted an event on 26 March to discuss the latest EU data on gender-based violence. FRA gave a presentation summarising the results of the EU survey on gender-based violence and selected opinions based on FRA and EIGE’s analysis.
FRA delivered a keynote lecture on the fundamental rights implications of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum for Hungarian administrative law judges at a judicial training event organised by the Hungarian Judicial Academy.
FRA and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) presented an overview of the findings and opinions from their joint report on the EU survey on gender-based violence to the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM).
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Civil society organisations across the EU are facing growing pressure which undermines their ability to safeguard fundamental rights and contribute meaningfully to democratic life, highlights the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in its latest civic space assessment. The findings are published as the EU begins implementing its first ever EU Civil Society Strategy, which aims to strengthen civil society engagement and ensure an open and safe civic space across the EU.
The majority of people in the EU are concerned about protecting children online and support age limits for social media use, according to recent survey data from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Fear of exploitation, exposure to harmful content or addiction to social media are among the main concerns cited by respondents. FRA’s findings can help shape discussions on how best to protect children online and ensure respect for fundamental rights.
FRA took part in a shadow meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs concerning the proposal for a Regulation establishing support for asylum migration, and integration from 2028 to 2034 (AMI Regulation).
FRA attended the Steering Committee Meeting of the European Coalition of Cities against Racism (ECCAR).
On 19 March, FRA and the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights attended the Frontex Management Board meeting.