30/09/2015 Session
EU countries should avoid “a narrow emphasis on border control and security” in dealing with the migration crisis, and instead embrace a “holistic, rights-based and effective” approach involving countries of transit and origin, PACE has urged.
Approving a resolution based on a report by Tineke Strik (Netherlands, SOC), the Assembly said the EU’s existing policy of “externalisation” of border control left migrants and refugees at risk of exploitation, abuse and violence.
It urged the EU to end “push-back” practices and offer “significant, unconditional and sustainable” support to improve the protection of migrants’ rights in transit countries, as well as increased economic aid and good governance expertise.