Buffeted in the borderland : the treatment of asylum seekers and migrants in Ukraine / [Bill Frelick and Simone Troller].
2010
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Buffeted in the borderland : the treatment of asylum seekers and migrants in Ukraine / [Bill Frelick and Simone Troller].
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New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, [2010]
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124 pages : map ; 27 cm
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Map of Ukraine
I. Summary. Detention of migrants
Ukraine's dysfunctional asylum system
Unaccompanied children
Refoulement
II. Recommendations. To the government of Ukraine
To the governments of Slovakia and Hungary
To the European Union
To UNHCR
To the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
III. Methodology, scope, and terminology
IV. Background. External dimension of eu asylum and migration policy
Readmission agreements
The EU-Ukraine readmission agreement
EU Relations with Ukraine in the spheres of migration and asylum
EU burden sharing through resettlement
V. A dysfunctional asylum system. Access to asylum : the failure of the SBGS to forward asylum applications or to inform detainees of the asylum procedure
Asylum interviews
Legal gaps in asylum standards
Unaccompanied children seeking asylum
Corruption in the asylum process
Extradition and Ukraine's nonrefoulement obligations
VI. Torture and ill-treatment of migrants in state custody. Abuses upon apprehension
Torture during interrogations
VII. Detention of migrants and asylum seekers. Legal authority for detention
Inadequate legal representation; lack of effective remedies to challenge detention
Paying for detention and transfers : sanctioned (and unsanctioned) corruption
Detention of unaccompanied children
Lack of gender sensitivity and cultural respect
Preparations for visitors : clean up and concealment
Conditions of detention and treatment in detention
Specially equipped premises
Temporary holding facilities
Migrant accommodation centers
International standards on conditions of detention
VIII. Protection, education, and housing for unaccompanied migrant children
Age assessment
Access to education and housing
Housing for asylum seeking children
Housing for children deprived of family care
Single adult males in centers for families and unaccompanied children
Access to education
Trafficked children
IX. Readmissions from neighboring EU countries. Slovakia
Hungary
Hungary and Slovakia's international legal obligations governing the returns of migrants and asylum seekers and the right to seek asylum
Acknowledgements.
I. Summary. Detention of migrants
Ukraine's dysfunctional asylum system
Unaccompanied children
Refoulement
II. Recommendations. To the government of Ukraine
To the governments of Slovakia and Hungary
To the European Union
To UNHCR
To the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
III. Methodology, scope, and terminology
IV. Background. External dimension of eu asylum and migration policy
Readmission agreements
The EU-Ukraine readmission agreement
EU Relations with Ukraine in the spheres of migration and asylum
EU burden sharing through resettlement
V. A dysfunctional asylum system. Access to asylum : the failure of the SBGS to forward asylum applications or to inform detainees of the asylum procedure
Asylum interviews
Legal gaps in asylum standards
Unaccompanied children seeking asylum
Corruption in the asylum process
Extradition and Ukraine's nonrefoulement obligations
VI. Torture and ill-treatment of migrants in state custody. Abuses upon apprehension
Torture during interrogations
VII. Detention of migrants and asylum seekers. Legal authority for detention
Inadequate legal representation; lack of effective remedies to challenge detention
Paying for detention and transfers : sanctioned (and unsanctioned) corruption
Detention of unaccompanied children
Lack of gender sensitivity and cultural respect
Preparations for visitors : clean up and concealment
Conditions of detention and treatment in detention
Specially equipped premises
Temporary holding facilities
Migrant accommodation centers
International standards on conditions of detention
VIII. Protection, education, and housing for unaccompanied migrant children
Age assessment
Access to education and housing
Housing for asylum seeking children
Housing for children deprived of family care
Single adult males in centers for families and unaccompanied children
Access to education
Trafficked children
IX. Readmissions from neighboring EU countries. Slovakia
Hungary
Hungary and Slovakia's international legal obligations governing the returns of migrants and asylum seekers and the right to seek asylum
Acknowledgements.
Summary
"The European Union has long seen Ukraine as a stepping point for refugees and migrants on their way to Europe. Accordingly, it has spent tens of millions of Euros to divert the flow of migrants and asylum seekers and shift the burden they generate away from the Union and into Ukraine. One cornerstone of its strategy was the conclusion of an EU-wide readmission agreement with Ukraine, which entered into force in January 2010. The EU's monetary support has largely focused on securing Ukraine's borders and constructing migrant detention facilities. The EU has not done enough to ensure that migrants in Ukraine are treated humanely, that they are not arbitrarily detained, and that asylum seekers and members of vulnerable groups are protected. Migrants and asylum seekers in Ukraine, including children, face a real risk of ill-treatment at the hands of border guards and police, and they often are detained arbitrarily. Some migrants recounted how officials tortured them, including with electric shocks, after they were apprehended trying to cross into the EU or following their deportation from Slovakia and Hungary. Ukraine's asylum system is deeply dysfunctional and rife with corruption. Ukrainian law does not provide for protection of those who flee generalized violence and war, or for trafficking victims. No Somali nationals and only one unaccompanied child are known to have been granted refugee status. The latter are barred from entering asylum procedures altogether in some regions of the country. This report includes the accounts of asylum seekers, including unaccompanied children, who managed to leave Ukraine and enter the EU at its eastern border, but whom Slovak or Hungarian border authorities quickly returned without allowing them to register asylum claims or challenge their deportation to Ukraine. The European Union's legitimate interest in controlling its external borders cannot put the lives and well-being of migrants, asylum seekers, and children at risk. The EU should suspend its readmission agreement until Ukraine demonstrates its capacity to provide a fair hearing for asylum seekers, to treat migrants humanely, and to guarantee effective protection for refugees and vulnerable individuals."--P. [4] of cover.
Note
"This report was researched and written by Bill Frelick, refugee policy director at Human Rights Watch, and Simone Troller, Children's Rights Division senior researcher"--P. 124.
"December 2010"--P. following t.p. verso.
"December 2010"--P. following t.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Online version: Frelick, Bill. Buffeted in the borderland. New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, c2010
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Ukraine, buffeted in the borderland.
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KKY2485.5 .F74 2010
Language
English
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1564327167
9781564327161
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