Europe, land of (universal) human rights and respect for Democracy - yeah, right...:
"For years, EUobserver has been tracking the European Union's increasing efforts to move asylum processing and responsibilities beyond its borders — a policy euphemistically referred to as "externalisation" and “border management”.
This controversial trend raises significant legal, ethical, and humanitarian questions — but recently has been gaining increasing political acceptability.
It's a policy that has been years in the making, and one that raises serious concerns about the EU's adherence to rule of law and guaranteeing fundamental rights to people.
Here, because it’s not always easy to piece together the context from individual news stories, we answer some of the most pressing questions — and offer further reading based on our extensive reporting."