Europe's proposed "return hubs" for people deemed to have no right to stay in the EU risk creating human rights black holes. In an op-ed for The Guardian, I set out 4 essential guardrails governments need to accept to prevent this from happening. Read the full op-ed ⬇️
Europe is at risk of creating a human rights black hole with its ‘return hubs’ for migrants | Michael O'FlahertyWithout iron-clad legal safeguards, offshore migration centres can only repeat the worst mistakes of the recent past, says the Council of Europe’s human rights commissionerwww.theguardian.com