30 July 2015 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org You can also access as a pdf  file here: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2015/jul/e-mail-30-7-15.pdf NEWS: http://www.statewatch.org/news/ 1.   EU: Analysis: EU-USA Justice and Home Affairs cooperation: an honest and equal relationship? 2.   EU: Briefing: Preparing the ground for “smart borders”: EU action on “overstayers”  3.   EU: Smart borders: European Commission and MSs’at odds over digitising passport stamps 4.  … Continue reading

15 July 2015 — Statewatch — e-mail: office@statewatch.org You can access as a pdf file at: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2015/jul/eu-med-crisis-15-jul.pdf Statewatch coverage of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean New key documents and Commentaries 1.    EU discussing common list of “safe countries of origin” and resettlement programmes2.    Council of EU: Resettlement scheme & protection for Italy and Greece – Main outstanding issues  Continue reading

24 June 2015 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org You can also access as a pdf  file here:http://www.statewatch.org/news/2015/jun/sw-news-online-24-june-15.pdf NEWShttp://www.statewatch.org/news/ Continue reading

21 May 2015 — Statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWS http://www.statewatch.org/news/ 1.   Council of the European Union: Eurojust: Confiscation, Bosnia: Mandate & Revised civilian tasks: CSDP 2.   Big Brother is watching EU – as US moves towards privacy reform, Europe enacts sweeping new spying powers Continue reading

21 May 2015 — Statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org Statewatch coverage of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean Key Analysis and Documents Continue reading

27 April 015 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org Statewatch coverage of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean 1.   UN-UK-MEDIA: UN Human Rights chief urges UK to tackle tabloid hate speech 2.   Draft list of Member State “pledges” of military and other assets 3.   Don’t rock the boat: EU leaders do as little as possible, Analysis Continue reading

27 April 2015 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWS http://www.statewatch.org/news/ NEWS 1.   “The time is here to be seized” and “Catching History on the Wing”  A. Sivanandan 2.   EU: Regulation on Data Protection: Consolidated version (630 pages) from EP 3.   Frontex and eu-LISA Cooperation Plan 2015 Continue reading

17 March 2015 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWShttp://www.statewatch.org/news/ Top stories and analyses from Statewatch 1.   EU: Fingerprinting by force: secret discussions on “systematic identification” of migrants and asylum seekers2.   EU: Statewatch Analysis: Proposed Data Protection Regulation: What has the Council agreed so far?3.   Is it time to go back to the typewriter, carbon paper and Tippex?  “Remote access” to any… Continue reading

6 March 2015 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWS http://www.statewatch.org/news/ 1.    EU-UK: House of Lords report: CIVILIAN USE OF DRONES2.    EU Commissioner: Migration Agenda: No search & rescue3.    UK: A critical response to “The British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014 Continue reading

17 February 2015 — http://www.statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWS http://www.statewatch.org/news/ 1.   NETHERLANDS: DATA RETENTION: Dutch DPA post-ECJ data retention Bill: “disproportionate infringement of private life”2.   EU: “FORCED RETURNS”: Frontex stats report: 74,262 “forced returns” in last year3.   EU: CJEU: Advocate General (AG): Opinion: person charged with criminal offence can be removed Continue reading

26 October 2014 — Statewatch.org/  NEWShttp://www.statewatch.org/news/ JOINT POLICE OPERATION “MOS MAIORUM” 1.    EU: Joint Operation “Mos Maiorum” (13-26 October 2014): Statewatch Summary of News/Web of coverage2.    Joint Police Operation “Mos Maiorum”: Statewatch can confirm that the UK is taking part3.    Joint Police Operation “Mos Maiorum”: Document from Italian Interior Ministry giving instructions on how to treat migrants Continue reading