Asylum

Asile, migration et frontières

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Highlights

  • Handbook / Guide / Manual
    1
    août
    2024

    ​Six points for workplace inspectors – EU law safeguards for non-EU workers ​

    Migrant workers are particularly at risk of labour exploitation. Workplace inspectors play a role in protecting non-EU workers' rights. This report guides inspectors to identify abuse and protect migrant workers. In autumn 2024, FRA will publish a manual with extensive resources to support workplace inspectors.
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  • Report / Paper / Summary
    30
    juillet
    2024

    Guidance on investigating alleged ill-treatment at borders

    Fundamental rights violations on the EU’s land and sea borders often go unreported. Investigations into these violations need to be more effective. This report gathers examples of alleged rights violations of migrants and refugees between 2020 and 2023. It sets out 10 steps to promote prompt and effective national investigations into incidents of ill-treatment at borders.
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  • Periodic updates / Series
    1
    juillet
    2024

    Search and rescue operations and fundamental rights - June 2024 update

    The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights regularly collects data on the operations of NGO vessels involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean. This includes any legal proceedings against them, as well as any difficulties in disembarking migrants in safe ports. This paper provides an overview of criminal investigations and other legal proceedings initiated by European Union (EU) Member States against civil society organisations deploying search and rescue vessels and aircraft in the Mediterranean and/or against individual crew members. The latest update covers the period from 2018 up until the end of May 2024.
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  • Handbook / Guide / Manual
    17
    décembre
    2020

    Manuel de droit européen en matière d’asile, de frontières et d’immigration. Édition 2020

    La convention européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH) et la législation de l’Union européenne
    (UE) fournissent un cadre de plus en plus important pour la protection des droits
    des ressortissants étrangers. La législation de l’UE relative à l’asile, aux frontières et à l’immigration
    se développe rapidement. Il existe un impressionnant corpus de jurisprudence de
    la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme qui porte, en particulier, sur les articles 3, 5, 8 et
    13 de la CEDH. La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) est également de plus en
    plus souvent appelée à se prononcer sur l’interprétation des dispositions de la législation de
    l’UE en la matière. La troisième édition du présent manuel, mise à jour jusqu’en juillet 2020,
    expose de manière accessible cette législation et la jurisprudence des deux cours européennes
    dans ce domaine.
Produits
Infographie
Asylum, migration and borders

EU IT systems, biometrics and human rights

This infographic illustrates the positive and negative impact on fundamental rights of using large-scale IT systems for security and border management.
Periodic updates / Series
Asylum, migration and borders
26
Février
2018

Periodic data collection on the migration situation in the EU - February 2018 Highlights

In view of the increasing numbers of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants entering the EU, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has been collecting relevant data since September 2015. These focus on the fundamental rights situation of people arriving in Member States particularly affected by large migration movements. The countries covered are: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden.
Vidéo
Asylum, migration and borders

Video blog by Michael O'Flaherty: Five migration issues that need urgent action

For the past two years, FRA has been visiting reception centres for migrants across the EU.
Report / Paper / Summary
Asylum, migration and borders
5
Février
2018

Current migration situation in the EU: Impact on local communities (update)

This focus report assesses how the presence of
large numbers of persons in need of international
protection affects local communities in terms of
housing, education, the local economy and social
responses.
Report / Paper / Summary
Asylum, migration and borders
5
Février
2018

Migration to the EU: five persistent challenges

EU Member States’ legal and practical responses to migrants and refugees implicate several of their fundamental rights, as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU). The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has regularly reported on these issues since September 2015. This report highlights key trends and persistent concerns between October 2016 and December 2017. It focuses on five areas: access to territory, reception conditions, asylum procedures, unaccompanied children and immigration detention.
Report / Paper / Summary
Enfants, jeunes et personnes âgées
Asile, migration et frontières
Protection des enfants
Égalité, non-discrimination et racisme
16
janvier
2018

Régimes de tutelle pour les enfants privés de soins parentaux dans l’Union européenne - Résumé

Les tuteurs sont une composante essentielle d’un système de protection des enfants qui sont, de façon temporaire ou permanente, privés de leur milieu familial et qui ne peuvent pas faire représenter leurs intérêts par leurs parents. De fortes disparités existent entre les types de tutelle dont les enfants bénéficient, tant entre les États membres de l’Union européenne qu’au sein même de ces pays. Ce rapport explore les principales caractéristiques des régimes de tutelle mis en place pour satisfaire aux besoins de tous les enfants qui nécessitent une protection, notamment les enfants victimes de la traite des personnes, ou d’autres formes d’exploitation, ainsi que ceux qui sont exposés au risque de le devenir.
Easy-to-read report
Asylum, migration and borders
3
janvier
2018

Together in the European Union (Easy read)

More than 20 million immigrants lived in the European Union in 2016. This means that 1 person in 25 was an immigrant. Having more immigrants and refugees makes it even more important for the governments to have plans to help them to integrate.
Explorateur de données
Racial and ethnic origin
Asylum, migration and borders
Legal migration and integration
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime
Religion and belief
Roma
04 December 2017

Survey on Minorities and Discrimination in EU (2016)

This survey involved interviews with 25,515 people with different ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds across 28 EU countries. It explores issues concerning discrimination as well as experiences of harassment, hate-motivated violence and discriminatory profiling.
Infographie
Hate crime
Asylum, migration and borders
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
Roma

Discrimination: Experiences from immigrants and ethnic minorities across the EU

This infographic illustrates the main experiences immigrants and ethnic minorities across the EU have when it comes to discrimination. It draws from the findings from FRA's EU-MIDIS II survey.
Infographie
Hate crime
Asylum, migration and borders
Legal migration and integration
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
Roma

Victimisation: experiences from immigrants and ethnic minorities across the EU

This infographic illustrates the main experiences immigrants and ethnic minorities across the EU have when it comes to victimisation. It draws from the findings from FRA's EU-MIDIS II survey.
Infographie
Hate crime
Asylum, migration and borders
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Roma

Inclusion: Experiences from immigrants and ethnic minorities across the EU

This infographic illustrates the main experiences immigrants and ethnic minorities across the EU have when it comes to inclusion. It draws from the findings from FRA's EU-MIDIS II survey.
Report / Paper / Summary
Children, youth and older people
Asylum, migration and borders
Child protection
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
20
novembre
2017

Mapping minimum age requirements concerning the rights of the child in the EU

International treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, European Union (EU) secondary law and national legislation provide a number of rights to citizens. The maps and tables presented show the various patterns concerning age requirements for children to acquire rights in the EU. They also identify inconsistencies, protection gaps and restrictions deriving from different age thresholds. The reference period was until April 2016. Any legislative developments since then have been included whenever relevant or if known.
Report / Paper / Summary
Asylum, migration and borders
22
septembre
2017

Current migration situation in the EU: Oversight of reception facilities

This report assesses to which extent selected EU Member States have put
in place mechanisms to ensure appropriate oversight and control of quality
standards in reception facilities. Such oversight and control is essential for
providing dignified and fundamental rights-compatible living conditions
for asylum seekers.
Opinion
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems
Borders and information systems
11
juillet
2017

The impact on fundamental rights of the proposed Regulation on the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)

The European Parliament requested this FRA Opinion on the fundamental rights and personal data protection implications of the proposed Regulation for the creation of a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), including an assessment of the fundamental rights aspects of the access
by law enforcement authorities and Europol.
Report / Paper / Summary
Borders and information systems
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Borders and information systems
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
Security
7
juillet
2017

Fundamental rights and the interoperability of EU information systems: borders and security

Various proposals on EU-level information systems in the areas of borders and security mention interoperability, aiming to provide fast and easy access to information about third-country nationals.
Vidéo
Asylum, migration and borders
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people

Is Europe doing enough to protect fundamental rights? - the children's perspective - Event summary

The Agency, in close cooperation with the Maltese Presidency of the EU Council, held a high-level symposium where the fundamental rights issues that are currently high on the EU’s political agenda were discussed.
Vidéo
Asylum, migration and borders
Children, youth and older people

Children’s perspectives on migration and asylum

Listen to what children say about the situation of people, particularly children, residing in the European Union, who needed to flee from their home country or left their country of birth for any other reason and what they suggest to implement change.
Report / Paper / Summary
Asylum, migration and borders
23
juin
2017

Current migration situation in the EU: Community policing

This report outlines examples of community policing measures in select EU Member State regions and localities with recently arrived asylum seekers and migrants. It focuses on four main issues: 1) community policing, 2) related police training, 3) community involvement (for example: consultations; giving voice to the concerns of local communities; police involvement in local responses to concerns), and 4) crime prevention activities.

Report / Paper / Summary
Irregular migration, return and immigration detention
Asylum, migration and borders
Child protection
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people
22
juin
2017

European legal and policy framework on immigration detention of children

Up to one third of migrants arriving in the European Union since the summer of 2015 have been children. The current emphasis on speedier asylum processing and making returns more effective may trigger increased use of immigration detention, possibly also affecting children. The detention of children implicates various fundamental rights and will only be in line with EU law if limited to exceptional cases. This report aims to support practitioners in implementing relevant polices in line with applicable law by outlining available safeguards against unlawful and arbitrary detention and highlighting promising practices.
Fundamental Rights Report
Enfants, jeunes et personnes âgées
Asile, migration et frontières
Roms
Crimes de haine
Personnes handicapées
Sexe, orientation sexuelle et genre
Sexe, orientation sexuelle et genre
Protection des données, respect de la vie privée et nouvelles technologies
Justice, droits des victimes et coopération judiciaire
30
mai
2017

Rapport sur les droits fondamentaux 2017 - Avis de la FRA

Différents efforts déployés aux niveaux national et de l’Union européenne (UE) visaient à promouvoir la protection des droits fondamentaux en 2016, tandis que certaines mesures risquaient de compromettre cette protection.