“For asylum seekers not coming from former Yugoslavia, in Macedonia the recognition rate of refugee status is zero” Since 2001, only three people from outside of former Yugoslavia have been granted international protection in FYR Macedonia. ECRE has talked to the...
24 January 2014 On 25 November 2013, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) (IACtHR) gave judgment for the first time on the issue of a state’s obligation to give proper consideration to asylum requests and the principle of non-refoulement. In the judgment,...
24 January 2014 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has highlighted several concerns regarding the EU’s migration and asylum policies in its 2014 annual report, published this week which reviews key human rights issues in over 90 countries. HRW criticised the EU for its failure...
24 January 2014 On 17 January 2014, UNHCR released International Protection Considerations with Regard to people fleeing Southern and Central Somalia. The paper is an interim update, in light of recent developments in Somalia, to the 2010 Eligibility Guidelines on...
24 January 2014 On 21 January, ECRE submitted its recommendations on the future of EU asylum and migration policies in the context of a consultation on the EU’s Strategic Guidelines in the area of Home Affairs following the end of the Stockholm Programme in December...
