The European Commission’s proposal for a revised Facilitation Directive, released in 2023, is raising deep concerns among human rights advocates across Europe. Instead of addressing the well-documented harms caused by the existing 2002 Facilitation Directive, this new version threatens to expand the criminalisation of migrants and those who support them, according to the latest analysis by the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM). Silvia Carta, Advocacy Officer at PICUM, warns: “This study reflects what many human rights actors have been denouncing all along: the proposed Facilitation Directive risks leading to more people being arrested, fined or brought to…
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