New Implementing Regulation sets out detailed rules on applying Dublin III

14th February 2014 | News

14 February A new Implementing Regulation has entered into force providing detailed rules for the application of the Dublin III Regulation, which determines the Member State responsible for examining any asylum application lodged in the EU from 1 January 2014 onwards....

ECtHR Grand Chamber hears case of Tarakhel v Switzerland on Dublin removal of Afghan family to Italy

14th February 2014 | News

14 February 2014 On 12 February 2014, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) heard the complaint of the Tarakhel family against the Swiss government’s order that they be removed to Italy under the Dublin II Regulation. The family submitted...

European Migration Network publishes comparative study on reception facilities for asylum seekers in 24 countries

14th February 2014 | News

14 February 2014 A new comparative report by the European Migration Network reveals that the organisation of reception facilities for asylum seekers differs greatly between Member States and also within some Member States at sub-state level. In some cases, asylum...

The “stop the boats” obsession – a viewpoint from Australia by Paul Power, Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Council of Australia

14th February 2014 | News

14 February When the conservative Liberal-National Coalition was elected to government in Australia on 7 September 2013, one of its main pledges was to “stop the boats”. Since 2001, the response to asylum seekers who enter Australia by boat without prior visas has...

At least 13 people die in an attempt to enter Spain – Migrants accuse Guardia Civil of using rubber bullets and tear gas against them

7th February 2014 | News

7 February 2014 13 sub-Saharan migrants died on Thursday while trying to cross into the Spanish city of Ceuta on the North-African coast from a beach in neighbouring Morocco. Several migrants said Spanish Guardia Civil (Spanish policing authorities)shot rubber bullets...