11 July 2014 A new report shows that early quality legal advice for asylum seekers improves the quality of decisions and increases the confidence of all parties in the decision making process. The study by the Irish Refugee Council, Asylum Aid, the Estonian Human...
11 July 2014 The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration and Immigration Appeals Board announced last month a suspension of forced returns of migrants to eight of the 19 provinces of Iraq, in view of ‘the deteriorating and unpredictable security situation in Iraq’. Until...
11 July 2014 An amendment to the guidelines issued by the Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions orders police to cease their practice of criminalising asylum seekers who do not ‘immediately’ admit they have used false identity papers. The revised guidelines...
11 July 2014 Although the Athens Administrative Court of First Instance ruled on 23 May that indefinite detention of migrants violates national, European and International Law, migrants in detention centres and police stations across the country, including in the...
4 July 2014 The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission released a handbook this week aimed at improving national guardianship systems for children deprived of parental care in Europe. The handbook specifically addresses the particular needs...
