nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/6ac37823fdfc866e DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240229s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/6ac37823fdfc866e doi eng 342 23 Costello, Cathryn Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-6915-9939 Pushing Back - How to Limit Overcriminalisation of Assistance to Those in Need of Protection Costello, Cathryn Verfassungsblog 2024-02-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The CJEU has pending before it a crucial case on the criminalisation of seeking asylum and assistance to those seeking protection. At this critical juncture, this blog post highlights a sample of important decisions in which courts, giving effect to constitutional and international legal principles, set legal limits on this form of criminalisation. These cases reflect not only the appropriate legal limits, but also acknowledge the character of irregular migration and smuggling. Rather than framing individuals as  dangerous illegal migrants and exploitative smugglers, they reassert the humanity of both those in search of refuge and opportunity, and those that assist them. CC BY-SA 4.0 Criminalization of Humanitarian Work ECJ European Court of Human Rights Immigrant Smuggling Kinshasa Case Referral to the ECJ Search and Rescue smuggli Zirulia, Stefano Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/pushing-back/ raw object