State Borders Act News Today

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on the Hungarian authorities to submit an action plan by June next year.

Estonia has legalized the pushback of migrants during "emergencies caused by mass immigration" after the Riigikogu passed an amendment last month and the president signed it into law on Monday (August 1).

Estonia is planning to legalize pushbacks at its borders in a "mass migration situation" which would break with international and European Union law.

UNHCR’s Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries has submitted observations to the draft amendments of the State Borders Act and other related acts in Estonia. The law amendments were shared by the Government of Estonia on 6 April in a fast-track procedure. The amendments propose new provisions and changes […]

Estonian border guards denied entry to a truck driver brandishing symbols of the war in Ukraine and justifying the mass murder in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, the South Prefecture said.

TALLINN – Estonian border guards on Wednesday night refused entry to a Russian truck driver who exhibited symbols of war and sent the driv...

The government on Tuesday approved a bill by the Ministry of the Interior to amend the State Borders Act and associated acts to allow the state to better contain mass immigration in an emergency if foreigners cross the Estonian border illegally and submit unfounded applications for international protection, the Government Office communicated.