Unaccompanied children continue to be detained with adults in Greece and irregular migrants are still held for prolonged periods in unacceptable conditions, including in overcrowded and severely unhygienic facilities. In a damning report, the European Committee for...
In a report out this week, the cross-party Public Accounts Committee of the British Parliament has criticised the UK Government for failing to resolve 29,000 asylum applications dating back to at least 2007, of which 11,000 have not even received an initial decision...
In a new position paper, UNHCR has urged States not to forcibly return persons arriving from Iraq until the security and human rights situation has tangibly improved. As the armed conflict persists, UNHCR affirms that international human rights and humanitarian law...
(Madrid, October 30, 2014) – The Spanish government should immediately drop its plans to provide a legal basis for summary returns from its enclaves in North Africa, 13 human rights groups said today. The Spanish and international organizations wrote to the United...
(Madrid, 30 de octubre de 2014) – El Partido Popular debería renunciar inmediatamente a sus planes de dotar de base legal a las devoluciones sumarias desde los enclaves españoles del norte de África, según han dicho hoy 13 organizaciones de derechos humanos. Las...
