When it comes to human rights of arriving asylum seekers to European shores, EU rules and procedures are being used as window dressing to feign accountability.
The EU system of checks and balance leans heavily on process, and articles of faith that others are saying and doing what they claim.
But it is a feedback loop that invariably allows violations of fundamental rights to go unpunished.
At stake is the credibility of a European Union and its border agency, Frontex. With ...
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Already a member? Login hereNikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.
Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.