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Deaths at sea, reports of rights violations at EU borders, harsher return policies and inconsistent rights monitoring; these are some of the fundamental rights issues highlighted in the new migration bulletin from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
FRA has launched its annual consultation with civil society organisations about their civic space experiences. The survey is open to all civil society organisations working in an EU Member State at the EU level, as well as in Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia.
FRA took part in a meeting of the Fundamental Rights Guidance Board of the European Travel Identification and Authorisation System (ETIAS)on 14 and 15 April in Warsaw.
On 17 April, FRA gave a presentation on interviewer training methods based on the agency’s experiences of implementing large-scale data collection on violence against women. The presentation took place in an expert group meeting on interviewer training in violence against women surveys and modules, organised by the World Health Organization.
FRA participated in a plenary meeting of the Council of Europe’s Consultation Group on the Children of Ukraine in Strasbourg from 14 to 16 April. Council of Europe member states, the European Commission, the UN Refugee Agency and representatives of civil society attended the meeting.
FRA attended a concept note drafting meeting on 25 March in Prague under the EEA/Norway Grants Roma inclusion and empowerment programme for financial mechanism 2021-2028 in Czechia.
FRA joined the international ‘Discrimination against Roma people in Central and Eastern Europe’ research workshop, organised by the Budapest Institute.
On 1 April, the FRA Director Sirpa Rautio took part in the Rule of Law Seminar in Helsinki, organised by the Finnish Ministry of Justice. The focus was on the Venice Commission’s recent opinion on proposed amendments to the Constitution of Finland regarding the independence of the judiciary.
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.