BackThe report provides concrete and comparative data on the fundamental rights situation on the ground in the 28 EU Member States. It gives the opinions of FRA drawing on its analysis of major developments across the EU over the course of 2015. For example:
- With 60 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, the migration situation is set to remain at the top of the EU agenda. The majority of refugees coming to Europe, many of them children, are risking their lives by paying smugglers to cross the sea in overcrowded and unseaworthy boats.
- An upsurge in racist and xenophobic incidents was noted in many Member States, fuelled by fears over the migration situation and a spate of terrorist attacks. FRA’s report finds that Muslims and Jewish communities were particularly affected.
- The terrorist attacks once again highlighted the difficulty of finding the right balance between protecting personal data and privacy and maintaining internal security. A number of EU Member States are in the process of reforming their legal intelligence framework, which could potentially increase the intrusive powers of the services.
Other areas covered include: equality and non-discrimination; Roma integration; child rights; access to justice including rights of crime victims; and developments regarding the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The report also has a focus chapter on ‘Asylum and migration into the European Union in 2015’ and a chapter dedicated to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and how Member States use it.
The report is available on the FRA website.
Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
