Internationale und europäische Menschenrechtsnormen verpflichten die EU-Mitgliedstaaten, die Menschenrechte aller Personen innerhalb ihres Hoheitsgebiets zu garantieren. Dies schließt auch Migranten in einer irregulären Situation mit ein.

International and European human rights law impose an obligation on EU Member States to guarantee human rights to all individuals within their jurisdiction. This includes irregular migrants.

This report, based on comparative research on the fundamental rights situation of irregular migrants in Europe, advises on how fundamental rights should be incorporated in policies, laws and administrative practices affecting migrants in irregular situations.

The arrival of thousands of separated children in the European Union from third countries poses a serious challenge to EU institutions and Member States, since, according to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, they have a duty to care for and protect children. This report examines the experiences and views of 336 separated, asylum-seeking children and those of 302 adults responsible for their care across 12 EU Member States.

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights examined law and practice in the EU 27 on the deprivation of liberty of irregular migrants pending their removal against the applicable international human rights law framework.

Die Agentur für Grundrechte hat in allen 27 EU-Mitgliedstaaten insgesamt 877 Asylbewerber 65 verschiedener Nationalitäten zu ihren Erfahrungen mit dem Asylverfahren in ihrem Wohnsitzland befragt.

This factsheet summarises the main points of the two reports 'Access to effective remedies: The asylum-seeker perspective' and 'The duty to inform applicants about asylum procedures: The asylum-seeker perspective'.

L’Agence a interrogé 877 demandeurs d’asile représentant 65 nationalités différentes et issus des 27 États membres de l’UE. Les entretiens ont porté sur leur expérience de la procédure d’asile dans leur pays de résidence.

A fair asylum procedure is one where applicants know their rights and duties, and where they understand its different stages. The right to be informed at decisive moments of the procedure is an important element of procedural fairness. Drawing on evidence from interviews with almost 900 asylum seekers, this report examines the information that asylum seekers have on the asylum procedure. In particular, it looks at the main source of information for asylum seekers, which type of information they receive, and when and how they receive it.

Drawing on evidence from interviews with almost 900 asylum seekers, this report presents asylum-seeker experiences in submitting an appeal against a negative asylum decision. While documenting good practices, it also highlights several obstacles which make it difficult for asylum applicants to access effective remedies.