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Buffeted in the Borderland
The Treatment of Asylum Seekers and Migrants in Ukraine
Map of
Ukraine
I. Summary
Detention of
Migrants
Ukraine’s
Dysfunctional Asylum System
Unaccompanied
Children
Refoulement
II.
Recommendations
To the
Government of Ukraine
To the
Governments of Slovakia and Hungary
To the
European Union
To UNHCR
To the UN
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, and
the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
III.
Methodology, Scope, and Terminology
IV.
Background
External
Dimension of EU Asylum and Migration Policy
Readmission
Agreements
The
EU-Ukraine Readmission Agreement
EU Relations
with Ukraine in the Spheres of Migration and Asylum
EU Burden
Sharing through Resettlement
V. A
Dysfunctional Asylum System
Access to
Asylum: The Failure of the SBGS to Forward Asylum Applications or to Inform
Detainees of the Asylum Procedure
Asylum
Interviews
Legal Gaps
in Asylum Standards
Unaccompanied
Children Seeking Asylum
Corruption
in the Asylum Process
Extradition
and Ukraine’s Nonrefoulement Obligations
VI. Torture
and Ill-Treatment of Migrants in State Custody
Abuses upon
Apprehension
Torture
during Interrogations
VII.
Detention of Migrants and Asylum Seekers
Legal
Authority for Detention
Inadequate
Legal Representation; Lack of Effective Remedies to Challenge Detention
Paying for Detention and Transfers: Sanctioned
(and Unsanctioned) Corruption
Detention of
Unaccompanied Children
Lack of
Gender Sensitivity and Cultural Respect
Preparations
for Visitors: Clean Up and Concealment
Conditions
of Detention and Treatment in Detention
Specially
Equipped Premises
Temporary
Holding Facilities
Migrant
Accommodation Centers
International
Standards on Conditions of Detention
VIII.
Protection, Education, and Housing for Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Age
Assessment
Access to
Education and Housing
Housing for
Asylum Seeking Children
Housing for
Children Deprived of Family Care
Single Adult
Males in Centers for Families and Unaccompanied Children
Access to
Education
Trafficked
Children
IX.
Readmissions from Neighboring EU Countries
Slovakia
Hungary
Hungary and
Slovakia’s International Legal Obligations Governing the Returns of
Migrants and Asylum Seekers and the Right to Seek Asylum
Acknowledgements
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