Description
The implementation of EU law in the area of asylum, migration and borders raises significant fundamental rights challenges. Border management, asylum and return policies may affect core fundamental rights, such as the right to life and the prohibition of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
In 2024 the EU has agreed on a pact on migration and asylum. Asylum and return procedures should become faster and take place near the border. This approach entails fundamental rights risks, particularly for migrants and asylum seekers with specific needs, such as victims of violence or torture. Safeguards embedded in EU law intend to mitigate such risks.
The FRA is expected to feed evidence-based information about fundamental rights concerns into these as well as other processes. To that end, this research collected relevant data and information on external border management, returns and readmissions in Belgium, focusing on fundamental rights implications.
The research covered the June 2024-February 2026 period.
