Review – measure restricting the freedom of movement of migrants and asylum seekers from the perspective of the European Court of Human Rights

In the latest prEUgovor policy paper, Group 484 provides review of some key measures introduced during the state of emergency aimed at asylum seekers and migrants, the relevant provisions of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and the European Court of Human Rights case-law related to the derogation from the ECHR provisions, as well as a brief overview of the measures applied to migrants and asylum seekers in other European countries during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.