Collective expulsions in time of increased migration into Europe are again topical issue. They represent the expulsion of a group of people in which a person does not receive individual examination. Several international treaties contain procedural rules that protect aliens against such expulsion. Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights was the first international legal instrument to explicitly set the prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens. European Court of Human Rights has defined this prohibition and found that aliens have been subjected to collective expulsion in 6 cases. Protection against such expulsion is also contained in the legal system of the European Union. In recent years, due to arrival of a large number of migrants, many countries in Europe have restricted their legislation and implemented measures that were not in accordance with their international commitments. Migration control policies in Europe are going in the direction of the denial of access to international protection. Member states are taking measures to exclude those fleeing international protection and trying to shift the flow of aliens and asylum seekers to other countries. Following this trend, Republic of Slovenia adopted amendments to the laws regulating aliens in 2017. Adoption of an amendment in the event of increased migration envisages measures that violate the rights of aliens and asylum seekers and are not consistent with international law, European Convention on Human Rights, European Union law and the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia.
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