23 May 2016 A new report has been published by ECRE member the British Refugee Council on the risks of homelessness and destitution faced by refugees who are granted asylum in the United Kingdom. The Refugee Council’s research has namely found that: “When their...
24 May 2016 A group of six organisations working for refugees’ rights in Belgium, including ECRE, present today a new website aimed at raising awareness of refugees’ issues in the country and globally, ahead of World Refugee Day 2016. The website contains general...
20 May 2016 ECRE and the Dutch Council for Refugees published today a note based on desk research addressing the question of whether Turkey can be considered as a safe third country and a first country of asylum in light of the legal safeguards under international...
20 May 2016 A report published this week by Human Rights Watch (HRW) highlights the harrowing conditions faced by asylum seekers in the Greek ‘hotspots’. The three ‘hotspots’ visited by the organisation in mid-May – on the islands of Samos, Lesbos and Chios –...
20 May 2016 The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) network met in Brussels on 19 May, bringing together members of the ECRE Secretariat and 15 country experts to discuss the strengthening and future development of the database. The coordination meeting covered data...
