周二,人权组织敦促西班牙放弃一项旨在加快从休达驱逐出境的拟议法令,并警告称此举将削弱对寻求庇护者的保护。
Human rights organizations on Tuesday urged Spain to abandon a proposed decree to accelerate deportations from Ceuta, warning that it would undermine asylum protections.
包括乐施会和西班牙难民委员会在内的多个组织在一份联合声明中表示,该提案将造成“基于地点和时间的庇护权例外”。在7月下旬发生大规模越境事件后,政府一直在筹备这项措施,当时有近8万人进入了位于非洲的西班牙小飞地休达。
In a joint statement, organizations including Oxfam and the Spanish Commission for Refugees said the proposal would create an "exception to the right to asylum based on place and time." The government has been preparing the measure following a mass crossing into Ceuta in late July, when nearly 80,000 people crossed into the small Spanish African enclave.
《国家报》周六报道称,尽管文本仍在制定中,但官员们计划在周二将该提案提交内阁审议。
El Pais newspaper reported Saturday that officials were aiming to bring the proposal before the Cabinet on Tuesday, although the text remained under development.
据该报报道,这项由内政部支持的提案将缩短行政和司法程序,以加快庇护申请的裁决和遣返摩洛哥的进程。
According to the newspaper, the Interior Ministry-backed proposal would shorten administrative and judicial procedures to speed up asylum decisions and returns to Morocco.
据《国家报》援引的政府数据显示,目前仍有超过1万名移民滞留在休达。
More than 10,000 migrants remained in Ceuta, according to government figures cited by El Pais.
这些组织警告称,该草案将允许在庇护申请做出裁决前就将部分申请人驱逐出境,并限制他们援引保护条款以避免被遣返回危险境地的权利。
The organizations warned that the draft would allow some asylum-seekers to be removed before decisions on their applications and restrict their ability to invoke protection against being returned to danger.
他们表示,这威胁到了“不推回原则”,该原则旨在保护人们免受被遣返回生命或人身安全可能受到威胁的国家。
They said this threatened the principle of non-refoulement, which protects people from being sent to countries where their lives or physical safety would be at risk.
这些组织还批评了其中的一项条款,即如果庇护申请是在收到遣返、驱逐或拒绝入境通知七天后提交的,将被视为不可受理。
The groups also criticized a provision under which asylum applications would be ruled inadmissible if submitted more than seven days after notification of a return, expulsion or refusal-of-entry order.
这些组织指出,人们可能会因为缺乏庇护相关信息或在获得初步筛查程序方面面临困难而错过这一期限。
People could miss that deadline because they lacked information about asylum or faced difficulties accessing initial screening procedures, the organizations said.
他们还警告称,拟议的五天(日历日)上诉期限将削弱申请人获得法律援助的机会。
They also warned that a proposed five-calendar-day deadline for appealing unfavorable decisions would undermine access to legal assistance.
他们表示,这留给申请人的时间不足以聘请律师、查阅案卷,并在必要时与翻译人员进行沟通。
They said it would leave insufficient time to appoint a lawyer, examine the case file and consult the applicant with an interpreter where necessary.
该声明还批评了取消联合国难民署在评估申请方面所发挥的保障作用。
The statement also criticized the removal of safeguards involving the UN refugee agency's role in assessing applications.
这些团体敦促政府撤回该提案,并履行其承诺,以对庇护权损害最小的方式落实欧盟的移民和庇护公约。
The groups urged the government to withdraw the proposal and honor its commitment to implement the EU's migration and asylum pact in the least harmful way possible for asylum rights.