Maciej Grześkowiak
@mgrzeskowiak.bsky.social
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Max Weber Fellow at @eui-eu.bsky.social. Research Affiliate at @rli-sas.bsky.social. Migration and asylum law, mobility justice, critical border studies.
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3. The report embraces the 'direct and foreseeable impact' standard for establishing extraterritorial jurisdiction—well ahead of the approach taken by, for example, the ECtHR. This standard could open new avenues for litigating extraterritorial human rights violations against migrants.
2. The report absolutely does away with deals between the EU (and member states) and states like Libya, Morocco or Lebanon, highlighting the harms they cause to migrants’ rights. The report makes clear that externalising states may still be held accountable for violations committed under such deals.
1. The Rapporteur strongly criticises the EU proposal for a new Return Regulation and the idea of “return hubs”.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has published a report on the externalisation of migration and its implications under international law. The report is highly critical of many current practices by states of the Global North and the EU as such. Points of note:
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Poland reportedly to be deemed “under migratory pressure” and exempted from solidarity under the Migration Pact — yet another step in the EU’s appeasement of hawkish, anti-immigration policies pushed by the ostensibly liberal government.

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Poland says it will be exempted from EU migrant relocations
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Poland reportedly to be deemed “under migratory pressure” and exempted from solidarity under the Migration Pact — yet another step in the EU’s appeasement of hawkish, anti-immigration policies pushed by the ostensibly liberal government.

notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/11/p...
Poland says it will be exempted from EU migrant relocations
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A highly recommended deconstruction of the notion of ‘migrant instrumentalisation’ by @alexandraancite.bsky.social. Used to legitimise blanket denial of rights, the notion continues to shape EU asylum law, despite contradicting CJEU jurisprudence.

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Aleksandra Ancite-Jepifánova: Unpacking the “Migrant Instrumentalisation” Narrative: Law and Politics of Refugee Exclusion at the EU-Belarus Border | CEU Democracy Institute
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After a much-needed post-PhD break, I’m excited to be back in a new role: since 1 September, I’ve joined the @eui-eu.bsky.social as a Max Weber Fellow. I’m genuinely thrilled to continue working on issues of migration and asylum in this extraordinary place.
“What are human rights for, if not to protect the rights of foreign criminals?” A highly recommended read by @silviasteininger.bsky.social.
Many thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for asking me to comment on the Danish-Italian public letter to the ECtHR. 1. I argue that this is neither new nor unprecedented but 2. it is deeply troubling as it aims to strip away human rights protections from migrants
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What Are Human Rights For?
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Here it is: #PhDone.

Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”

What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
Here it is: #PhDone.

Yesterday I defended my thesis: “The Gap Between the Principle of Temporary Refuge and Asylum: How the International Refugee Regime Perpetuates Emergencies.”

What a ride it’s been at the University of Warsaw. Onwards to what comes next!
That’s interesting indeed. Although it’s the Procedures Directive that comes to mind first when one thinks of Greece…
Imagine refugee rights being as exciting to the Commission as smuggling prevention. Only one ensures ‘order’, though.
EU Commission challenges Hungary in CJEU for allegedly breaching EU law on migrant smuggling
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The Trump administration's assault on the rule of law is increasingly focusing on institutions of knowledge and law.

VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist.

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Quote from the article: It is a time for courage and for the institutions of knowledge, of law and lawyers to resist – clearly, and repeatedly, for all have a stake in preserving knowledge-related freedoms and the rule of law
This has been a long time coming, but here it is: the Polish government—the same one that pledged to restore the rule of law—has just suspended the constitutional right to seek asylum. And it did so through executive action, bypassing procedures meant to regulate restrictions on human rights.
W książce wydanej z okazji 35-lecia urzędu Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich napisałem o napięciu między ochroną czasową a trwałymi formami ochrony uchodźców (statusem uchodźcy i ochroną uzupełniającą).

To temat kluczowy w kontekście przedłużającej się obecności uchodźców z 🇺🇦 w 🇵🇱. Zachęcam do lektury.
Reversing this trend would require a major rethink of the Dublin system, which inherently creates divergent interests among states. We’ve known this for some time, but only now are we seeing the full extent of consequences.
Poland’s bill suspending the right to asylum has just passed the Senate (the upper chamber of the Parliament) without amendments. Now it’s only a matter of days before the President signs it into law. I break down why this is unprecedented for the EU in @euobserver.com
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Poland's ban on asylum — a new low
On 21 February, Polish MPs overwhelmingly voted in favour of a mechanism for the suspension of the right to submit asylum applications. The measure is quite clearly at odds with the Polish constitutio...
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