Excerpt of an article from the German news agency, Deutsche Welle:

“The human rights organization Amnesty International denounced the European Union's policies on asylum-seekers, calling them a lottery for the right to stay in what it has described as Fortress Europe. "Fortress Europe ... is a reality" Irene Khan, Amnesty's secretary general, said during a press conference in Brussels after talks with EU officials on Tuesday, April 15.

"Access to Europe is very difficult and the initial border of the European Union is being pushed further and further away," she said, pointing to the rescue operations of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, patrols in Senegal and increasing EU cooperation with transit countries.

According to AFP news agency, Khan questioned whether such policies
were created to hinder emigrants from embarking on dangerous journeys
or to prevent those people from reaching Europe. In addition, Khan said the European immigration framework was a "lottery" due to the varying policies throughout the 27-nation bloc.

Generalized perception of foreigners

European laws stipulate that immigrants are to be handled in the first EU nation they enter, regardless of their later travels. Khan said stricter security in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States had translated into more problems and difficulties for immigrants in the US and Europe.

"Once the politics of fear take over, then obviously human rights take
second place," she said, following discussions with EU foreign policy
chief Javier Solana, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU
Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn.

Kahn said a tendency has developed in Europe to lump all foreigners
together -- regardless of their background and status -- and paint them
out to be "suspicious" and "dangerous""

(Source: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3270541,00.html, 16.04.08)

Migration from a European Perspective:

Report on the impact of immigration on European societies, European Migration Network (EMN)
http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/doc_centre/immigration/studies/docs/emn...

NGO Caritas Europe’s report from 2006 on the exclusion and poverty of immigrants in Europe: http://www.caritas-europa.org/module/FileLib/Poverty2006ENWeb.pdf

“Media as Scare-mongering”, a 2004 article from eumap.org on the role of the media on migration politics in Europe: http://www.eumap.org/journal/features/2004/migration/pt2/mediascare

Amnesty International’s EU Office challenges the EU member states to make human rights a priority in the context of migration and the EUROMED partnership, 2005 statement: http://www.amnesty-eu.org/static/documents/2005/Barcelona_10_final.pdf

Official Laws, Committees, Reports related to Migration:

UN:

Committee on Migrant Workers: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/index.htm

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htm

“Human Rights of Migrants”, UN Secretary-General report, 2005:
http://www.old.iom.int//DOCUMENTS/OFFICIALTXT/EN/A_60_357_en.pdf

“Protection of Migrants”, UN Secretary-General report, 2005:
http://www.old.iom.int//DOCUMENTS/OFFICIALTXT/EN/A_60_272_en.pdf

The Global Migration Group (GMG), a UN inter-agency group:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/GMG.htm

Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the human rights of migrants, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/migration/rapporteur/

EU:

Policy Plan on Legal Migration: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l14507.htm

Policy on Illegal Migration: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l14525.htm

“Thematic programme for cooperation with third countries in the areas of migration and asylum”: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l14510.htm

European Migration Network (EMN): http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l14167.htm

“Framework programme on solidarity and management of migration flows for the period 2007-2013”:
http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l14509.htm

Campaigns: The three foremost migration-oriented campaigns the EU and its member states, and associations therein, have undertaken are in the areas of security, development and integration. Both EU governing bodies and European NGOs work with their counterparts in the Maghreb region to either discourage migration for security purposes by funding development projects in the sending country or to help migrants in Europe become accustomed to their new lives in the receiving countries.

Security:

CHALLENGE: Liberty & Security, European Commission-funded project
http://www.libertysecurity.org/

“Migration, development and the EU security agenda”, from Statewatch.org
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/sep/bhtb.pdf

“EU migration and borders policies in a globalising world”, from Euractiv.com on the
EU’s campaign for Justice, Freedom and Security as it relates to migrants:
http://www.euractiv.com/en/opinion/eu-migration-borders-policies-globali...

Development:

EU official policy, “Migration and development”: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l14166.htm

Moroccan-Spanish Development Cooperation in Chefchaoeun (French and Spanish only)
http://www.adl-chefchaouen.org/

Tanmia, le portail du développement au Maroc
http://www.tanmia.ma/

Integration: These projects range from making migrants aware of their rights as
migrants to teaching migrants of the laws, language, and culture of the host country.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Background Paper on migrant integration: http://www.old.iom.int/en/PDF_Files/mhs_200605/en/Integration_EN.pdf

Commission of the European Communities, “A Common Agenda for Integration
Framework for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals in the European Union”:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2005:0389:FIN:...

“Muslims in EU Cities”, an integration monitoring project by EUMAP:
http://www.eumap.org/topics/minority/reports/eumuslims

EU integration programme: http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l14502.htm

NO+DISCRIMINACIÓN (Spanish only)
http://www.informateyactua.org/

Haut Conseil à l’Intégration (French only)
http://www.hci.gouv.fr/

Associations:

Migration Information Source
www.migrationinformation.org

MIGREUROP
www.migreurop.org

Migrants’ Rights Network
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/

Habitat International Coalition, Housing and Land Rights Network Middle East North Africa
http://www.hic-mena.org/pnews.asp

Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)
http://www.gcim.org/en/

International Organization for Migration
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/pid/1

Human Rights Watch campaigns for Migrants’ protection
http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=migrants

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/

Migration Policy Group
http://www.migpolgroup.com/

EUMAP: EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program
www.eumap.org

Development Research Center (DRC) on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty
http://www.migrationdrc.org/

The Global Campaign for Ratification of the Convention on Rights of Migrants
http://www.migrantsrights.org/

International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
http://www.iussp.org/

Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM)
http://www.migration-population.ch/Home.506.0.html?&L=0

Forum réfugiés: Reception of refugees and promotion of a fair and humane asylum policy
http://www.forumrefugies.org/pages/english/index.htm

La Cimade (French only)
http://www.cimade.org/

Education Sans Frontières (French only)
http://www.educationsansfrontieres.org/

Groupe d’information et de soutien des immigrés (GISTI)
http://www.gisti.org/bienvenue/index.en.html

Caritas Internationlis
http://www.caritas.org/

Association for Human Rights of Andalucía (Spanish only)
http://www.apdha.org/index.php

Inmigración Extranjería
http://www.intermigra.info/extranjeria/ (Spanish only)

Colectivo Ioé, Intervención Sociológica (Spanish only)
http://www.nodo50.org/ioe/

Focus-Migration information service
http://www.focus-migration.de/index.php?id=4&L=1

Comisión Espan_ola de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR, Spanish only)
http://www.cear.es/home.php

Kabissa: Space for Change in Africa
http://www.kabissa.org/

Algeria-Watch: Information on the Human Rights Situation in Algeria
http://www.algeria-watch.de/index_en.htm

Human Rights in Tunisia- Documents
http://www.tunisieinfo.com/indexdocs.html