As Europe intensifies efforts to secure its external borders and speed-up returns, the European Commission has proposed listing Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt as “safe countries of origin.”
While framed as a procedural step to expedite asylum decisions, this classification carries significant consequences for people fleeing war, repression, and instability,...
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Shimaa Samy is an independent Egyptian journalist, and executive director of the Seif Law Foundation for Legal and Research Studies. She is also the project manager for a specialised initiative on migrant and minority women in Egypt.