23rd September 2013 | News
ICMC, ECRE Member organisation, has released the third edition of ‘Welcome to Europe’, a comprehensive guide to resettlement which provides information on global resettlement needs and the evolution of Member States’ resettlement activities, from legislation to...
23rd September 2013 | News
In its latest report on refugee protection in Greece, UNHCR highlights serious shortcomings in the country’s asylum and reception systems and the lack of a comprehensive plan for the integration of beneficiaries of international protection. Furthermore, UNHCR urges...
23rd September 2013 | News
“The risk of abuse is inherent to detention” Last week, a woman detained in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre in the UK alleged that women who were being held there were victims of abuse by security guards and other officers. “A lot of officers were taking...
23rd September 2013 | News
Italy and Bulgaria start taking measures to address their needs. Although Bulgaria has received only about 3,000 asylum applications this year, this is three times the yearly average of the past decade and the existing accommodation centres are overcrowded. According...
16th September 2013 | News
The Moroccan National Human Rights Council (CNDH), a public institution for the protection and defence of human rights and freedoms in Morocco, has released a thematic report on the situation of migrants and refugees. Without contesting the right of Moroccan...