13th December 2013 | News
In a briefing published today, An international failure: The Syrian refugee crisis, Amnesty International has condemned the lack of willingness of EU Member States to resettle refugees from Syria. EU countries have only offered to receive through resettlement or...
13th December 2013 | News
Around 25,000 people have been victims of trafficking in the Sinai over the past four years, according to a new report by Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Reisen, Meron Estefanos and Dr. Conny Rijken presented last week to EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström. The...
13th December 2013 | News
Last week UNHCR published new Guidelines on claims for refugee status by deserters and persons avoiding service in State armed forces, as well as forced recruitment by non-State armed groups. UNHCR states that new guidelines are necessary because of considerable...
13th December 2013 | News
The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) issued a judgment on 10 December 2013 in Case C 394/12 Abdullahi limiting the opportunities for an asylum seeker to challenge a decision to transfer him/her under the Dublin II Regulation once a Member State...
13th December 2013 | News
The European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA) now publishes a Weekly Legal Update on the ECRE website every Friday. It is also possible to read it through ECRE’s Twitter and Facebook pages or subscribe to the Weekly Legal Update and receive it via email. The purpose of...
