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EU policies criminalize asylum seekers' movements, ignoring non-voluntary mobility challenges.

When mobility is not a choice Problematising asylum seekers’ secondary movements and their criminalisation in the EU. CEPS Paper in Liberty and Security in Europe No. 2019-11, December 2019
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The EU's idea of asylum seekers' "secondary movements" is flawed because it assumes they have a choice in where they go. Asylum seekers may not have a choice and should not be punished for moving to a different EU country. The current EU policies criminalizing these movements need to be reconsidered.