09 May 2014 ECRE’s deepest condolences go out to the family, friends and colleagues of Elena Ryabinina, the tireless Russian human rights defender, who died this week on 4 May, after a long illness. Elena had been working with refugees and migrants in Russia since...
30 April 2014 The new AIDA Report on the United Kingdom, compiled by the ECRE member organisation Asylum Aid, raises concerns about further cuts in legal aid for asylum seekers. These cuts are likely to impair asylum seeker’s ability to appeal negative decisions on...
30 April 2014 A report entitled “Greece: Frontier of hope and fear” published this week by Amnesty International contains new evidence of migrants and refugees being pushed back at the Greek-Turkish border. Amnesty International criticises Greece’s persistent denial...
30 April 2014 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Spain violated the right to an effective remedy of 30 asylum seekers of Sahrawi origin who faced removal to Morocco before a thorough examination of their asylum application. It was only the...
30 April 2014 The Ministry of the Interior announced on 19 April that 1,000 refugees from Syria would be resettled to Austria, thereby bringing Austria’s resettlement commitment to 1,500 refugees. In August 2013, Austria pledged to accept 500 refugees from war-torn...
