terre des hommes as part of an alliance of 55 human rights organizations, is calling for the German government to vote "no" to the EU crisis regulation
Berlin, July 5, 2023 – The Council of European Justice and Home Affairs Ministers is currently discussing the so-called crisis regulation in the area of migration and asylum. This regulation would allow for delays in registrations, extensions of border procedures, and significant reductions in accommodation and reception standards at the EU's external borders in cases of "crisis," "instrumentalization," or "force majeure." No exceptions are foreseen for either accompanied or unaccompanied children.
“We are shocked that, following the massive human rights and children’s rights criticism of the reform plans for the common European asylum system, further tightening of the rules in the form of the crisis regulation is being considered,” said Sophia Eckert, asylum and migration expert at the children’s rights organization terre des hommes . “There must be no further violations of human rights taboos. The universal validity of children’s and human rights obligations is at stake. This red line must not be crossed!”
Parts of the instrumentalization regulation, which rightly failed in December 2022 and which terre des hommes sharply criticized in a public civil society appeal terre des hommes now renewing this appeal as part of an alliance of 55 non-governmental organizations. terre des hommes calls on the German government to vote against the crisis regulation in the Council and to reaffirm its position from December 2022, when it clearly opposed the content of the instrumentalization regulation in the Council. "Geopolitical conflicts in which asylum seekers are instrumentalized by authoritarian states must not be fought out at the expense of those affected and their fundamental rights," said Sophia Eckert. "Human and children's rights must also apply at the EU's external borders."