Aleksandra Ancite-Jepifánova

A decade after surviving #ISIS #genocide, #Yazidis who once found protection in Germany are now being deported back to #Iraq - including to the same IDP camps they once fled.

My new long-read for @uk.theconversation.com, based on fieldwork in Iraqi #Kurdistan.

New on the #RLI blog: From the EU-Belarus Border to Strasbourg: The Cases on ‘Migrant Instrumentalisation’ Before the ECtHR

Written by Dr Aleksandra Ancite-Jepifánova @alexandraancite.bsky.social

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#ECtHR #Migrants #HumanRights #RefugeeLaw #EU #BorderCrisis

In February, I attended #ECtHR Grand Chamber hearings in three #EU-Belarus border cases involving alleged “migrant #instrumentalisation”. In my latest piece for @verfassungsblog.de I show why #Latvian, #Lithuanian & #Polish arguments cannot justify any derogations from #asylum seekers' rights.

Poland's ban on asylum — a new low On 21 February, Polish MPs overwhelmingly voted in favour of a mechanism for the suspension of the right to submit asylum applications. The measure is quite clearly at odds with the Polish constitutio...

My take on Poland’s “suspension of the right to asylum” and its impact on the EU’s common #asylum framework is now live in @euobserver.com.

I highlight how the common EU asylum policy is effectively unraveling, with broad political support for its demise.

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📢My latest paper on the EU-#Belarus border crisis is now available open access in the AVANT journal.

It compares LV, LT and PL approaches, critically engages with the migrant #instrumentalisation paradigm, and explores the EU-level response to the crisis.

👉https://shorturl.at/Z3QGr

Excited to share that my book, ‘The Concept of Marriages of Convenience in EU Free Movement Law: EU and UK Perspectives’, has now been published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

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This 📕 is for anyone interested in family reunification, free movement & UK immigration law.

🚨Pleased to share my latest paper on the 🇪🇺-Belarus border crisis, which compares LV, LT and PL responses to the perceived ‘migrant #instrumentalisation’. It combines legal analysis & interviews with volunteers, lawyers, and ∼40 non-EU nationals, predominantly from #Iraq.

👉https://shorturl.at/Ir6tQ