11 July 2014 A report published this week by UNHCR sheds light on the struggles of Syria’s refugee women who are taking care of their families alone, as their husbands were killed, captured or are still in Syria. According to the UN Agency, 145,000 Syrian refugee...
11 July 2014 What is statelessness? What are its causes and consequences? What is the legal framework and what can be done to address it? To answer these questions, UNHCR has just launched its first public online course on statelessness. At the end of the course,...
11 July 2014 A new report by Amnesty International entitled The Human Cost of Fortress Europe, highlights how EU policies and border control practices are preventing refugees from accessing asylum in the EU and putting their lives at risk. In order to prevent the...
11 July 2014 The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published this week its Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union. In 2013, 435,760 people applied for international protection in the EU – an increase of 30% when compared to 2012. ...
11 July 2014 Following amendments to the draft bill, a new asylum law entered into forced last week in Portugal, in order to transpose the Qualifications Directive, Asylum Procedures Directive and the Reception Conditions Directive. A draft law backed by the...
