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1 Role of Civil Society in Governance and Democratic Accountability of Internal Migration Funding By Lina Vosylit 16 May 2018, European Parliament Public Hearing Assessing the Flow of EU migration expenditure www.ceps.eu

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Role of Civil Society in Governance and Democratic Accountability of Internal Migration Funding

By Lina Vosyliūtė 16 May 2018, European Parliament Public Hearing “Assessing the Flow of EU migration expenditure”

www.ceps.eu

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The Role of civil society in bringing back the evidence to the EU

  • EU Better Regulation and Treaties - efficiency and

effectiveness entails Fundamental Rights

  • EU Added Value is also in upholding the Union and

International standards – Schengen Borders Code, Common European Asylum System, Fundamental Rights

  • Upholding the Rule of Law, Democracy &

Fundamental Rights

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Lessons learnt

Yes 54% No 16% I do not know 30%

Have you witnessed an increase in the policing of the humanitarian assistance in your country since the emergence of the European Refugee Crisis? All (n=80)

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Uses of migration fun

0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 4,0 4,5 Difficulties to access to funding Trust of the clients (migrants/ asylum seekers) Difficulties to recruit new employees / volunteers Increased anxiety and uncertainty among colleagues Negative public opinion

In your opinion, what is the most at stake for your organisation, when thinking about increased policing of humanitarian assistance? Please rank, from 5 - the most important to 1 - the least important (N=80)

All Italy Greece UK Hungary

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Positive initiatives to be sustained

  • European Values Instrument
  • Litigation Fund
  • Rule of Law as ‘conditionality’ in new MFF
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RECOMMENDATIONS

  • 1. ‘Firewalls’ between civil society and national authorities, law

enforcement

  • 2. More possibilities for direct funding from EC to independent

‘watch-dog’ civil society - providing legal assistance/ services to undocumented

  • 3. Funding on anti-smuggling conditional upon exemption of

actors providing humanitarian assistance and upholding right to dignity

  • 4. Establishment of permanent observatory monitoring

interferences with civil society working on migration

  • 5. More possibilities for complaints and shadow reporting
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Thank you!

  • Lina Vosyliute
  • CEPS, Rights and Security Programme

Lina.Vosyliute@ceps.eu

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Lessons from the Ground

Migration Funding is designed, implemented and monitored under presumption that Member States respect Rule of Law, Freedom of Assembly and Independence of Civil Society Actors

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Priority towards ‘Security’ perspective

  • Security for whom?
  • High levels of insecurity, legal uncertainty and anxiety among civil

society actors

  • Cases ranging from suspicion & intimidation to disciplining and

criminalisation – SAR, services, legal provision

  • Anti-smuggling policies & practices are undermining the trust to civil

society actors

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Uses of migration related funding

  • Tool for silencing the criticism towards authorities
  • Limiting the areas of action – who and what is (not)

eligible?

  • Putting in question the ethos, impartiality and

independence of civil society actors