ASF in Euro-Mediterranean region

The Maghreb Social Forum, in partnership with Avocats Sans Frontières, is organizing a public conference dedicated to presenting the ruling issued at the 56th session of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT). This session, held in Palermo from 23 to 25 October 2025, focused on human rights violations against migrants by Maghreb states, the European Union, and several of its Member States. 📅 When? 20 April 2026, from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm📍 Where? Press Club Brussels Europe A damning assessment The Tribunal’s ruling calls into question migration policies implemented on both sides of the Mediterranean. It highlights how these policies have turned the region into an area marked by serious and systemic human rights violations, making the Mediterranean the deadliest migration route in the world. A worrying political context The ruling comes at a time marked, on the one hand, by a growing rightward shift in the European political and media landscape, along with increased stigmatization of migrants, and, on the other hand, by the unprecedented consolidation—since the uprisings and revolutions of 2011—of authoritarian regimes on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, notably through migration agreements concluded with the European Union. Migration policies continue to harden, as illustrated by the […]

Migration | Euro-Mediterranean region

On 11 March 2025, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for a new Return Regulation, meant to replace the existing Return Directive. Behind this technocratic title, however, the proposal marks a deep and dangerous shift in EU migration policy — one that prioritises deportation, detention, and surveillance over protection, dignity, and rights. Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) has joined more than 250 civil society organisations in a joint statement calling for the proposal’s withdrawal and urging the European Parliament and Council of the EU to reject it.

Migration | Uncategorized | Euro-Mediterranean region

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) returns to Palermo for its 56th international session, dedicated to the systematic human rights violations committed against migrants. Over three days, jurists, experts, activists, and witnesses from the Maghreb, Europe, and Africa will present evidence, analyses, and testimonies on preventable shipwrecks, arbitrary detentions, torture, and the criminalization of solidarity. Founded in 1979 and grounded in the principles of international law, the PPT gives voice to victims and issues moral and political recommendations to hold States and institutions accountable.

Migration | Euro-Mediterranean region