ECRE and the Dutch Council for Refugees have just published a booklet on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU to asylum procedural law. With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in December 2009, the Charter became a legally binding...
Spain’s government came under fierce criticism this week after proposing an amendment to Spain’s Aliens law in order to allow the summary return of migrants attempting to cross the border in Ceuta and Melilla – “rejections at the border”, in the language of the...
#MareNostrum saved 150000 people. And now? A European effort to #savelives is urgently needed! http://t.co/9VzG8PRuKp pic.twitter.com/DtTW13gKkx — ECRE (@ecre) October 28, 2014 ECRE and UNHCR have warned that ending Italy’s rescue operation Mare Nostrum without...
A new report by France terre d’asile dispels many myths around the situation of migrants and refugees in Calais, in northern France. The report highlights that, contrary to the portrayal of these people as irregular migrants, many of them are likely to be in need of...
In its Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights at International Borders, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) emphasises that irregular border crossing is an administrative issue and should be managed as such. The Guidelines...
