Revision of EU Visa Code offers opportunity to promote use of humanitarian visas for refugees, study says
12 September 2014 A new study commissioned by the European Parliament identifies inconsistencies and shortcomings in the existing Visa Code that undermines one of the aims of the instrument, i.e. ensuring that Member States meet their humanitarian and fundamental...
SPAIN: Government suspends plans for special law to accelerate asylum procedures ― Human rights NGO accuses Spanish armed forces of violence against undocumented people ― Makeshift shelters destroyed by fire ― Demonstration in Madrid
The government has suspended a planned royal decree-law aimed at facilitating the expulsion or return of people who have remained in Ceuta two months after the mass arrival at the end of July. A human rights NGO has reported that members of Spain’s armed forces have...
AIDA Country Report on Türkiye – Update on 2025
The updated AIDA Country Report on Türkiye provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in 2025. A number of key...