This chapter focuses on the serious violations of migrants’ rights that occur during control and surveillance operations at the external borders of the EU, but also, and more importantly, in the transit areas of internal borders. This practice mainly affects the Balkan routes as the main gateways to the EU territory, in particular the Hungarian towns of Tompa and Röszke on the border with Serbia, with detention centres for migrants and barbed wire barriers to curb migration flows. Through a brief analysis of some of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), this chapter will highlight the different approaches of the two Courts to transit zones and detention centres, as well as to the violations of migrants' human rights, showing that they pose a serious threat to the principle of the rule of law.
The Detention of Migrants at the EU’s Borders: A Serious Violation of Human Rights and a Threat to the Rule of Law
Teresa Russo
2024-01-01
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the serious violations of migrants’ rights that occur during control and surveillance operations at the external borders of the EU, but also, and more importantly, in the transit areas of internal borders. This practice mainly affects the Balkan routes as the main gateways to the EU territory, in particular the Hungarian towns of Tompa and Röszke on the border with Serbia, with detention centres for migrants and barbed wire barriers to curb migration flows. Through a brief analysis of some of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), this chapter will highlight the different approaches of the two Courts to transit zones and detention centres, as well as to the violations of migrants' human rights, showing that they pose a serious threat to the principle of the rule of law.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.