Original source: PICUM
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In 2023, PICUM’s media monitoring confirmed a concerning trend: at least 117 individuals faced criminal or administrative proceedings for acting in solidarity with migrants in the EU. Additionally, at least 76 migrants were subjected to criminalisation under counter-smuggling legislation.
The realities of criminalisation are heavily influenced by the EU’s ‘Facilitators’ Package’, a legal framework allowing member states to criminalise the facilitation of irregular entry, stay, or transit, without a mandatory ‘humanitarian’ exception.
Last year, the Commission proposed a revision of the Facilitators’ Package which fails to adequately address the risk of criminalisation of migration and solidarity, while adding new, controversial grounds for criminalisation.
At the same time, the Court of Justice of the EU is about to hold its first hearing on the ‘Kinshasa’ litigation, challenging the compatibility of the EU’s Facilitators’ Package with the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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Speakers:
Marta Gionco, Senior Advocacy Officer, PICUM
Francesca Cancellaro, Lawyer in the CJEU ‘Kinsa’ cases
Michele LeVoy, Director, PICUM (moderator)