28 March 2014 Syria is now the main country of origin of asylum seekers in the 44 industrialised countries addressed in UNHCR’s Asylum Trends 2013 report. Around 56,400 Syrians sought protection in these 44 states in 2013, which is more than double the number of...
28 March 2014 The European Commission (EC) has adopted today a Communication on the EU Return Policy, highlighting the need for better practical implementation of the EU Return Directive and return policies in general. The Commission argues that the Return Directive...
28 March 2014 Despite finding that single women who are members of an ethnic or religious minority are at risk of ill-treatment in Southern and Central Iraq, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Sweden’s return to Iraq of a divorced Mandaean woman...
28 March 2014 The Odysseus Network – an academic network for legal studies on immigration and asylum in Europe – is hosting a congress ‘Towards a Common European Asylum System: the Added Value of the Legislative Package of Second Generation’ in Brussels...
28 March 2014 435,000 asylum applicants were registered in the EU28 last year, nearly 100,000 more asylum seekers than in 2012, according to a Eurostat report published this week. Germany, France, Sweden, Italy and the UK registered 70% of all applicants registered in...
