Rejecting Criminalisation and Externalisation: Moving from Enforced Closure to Regulated Mobility

Remarks at the Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights

Ladies and gentlemen,

I thank the organisers for inviting me to share with you a number of ideas coming from my experience as U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, especially from the two reports I’ve prepared on the protection of the rights of migrants at the borders of the European Union. . . .