9th September 2013 | News
ECRE, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) have published a joint briefing on the European Commission proposal establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of Frontex operations. ECRE, Amnesty...
9th September 2013 | News
Congolese refugee resettled in Sheffield “If I managed to go through life at the refugee camp, I can manage whatever the future will bring” Many people fondly remember being 18: thinking about the future, making choices about studies, getting to know interesting...
9th September 2013 | News
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided that deporting a Somali asylum seeker, whose claim had been rejected, back to Somalia would not violate Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (right to life and prohibition of torture and...
9th September 2013 | News
The European Court of Human Rights(ECtHR) decided in I v Sweden that the deportation of a Chechen family to Russia would give rise to violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The...
9th September 2013 | News
In the same week as the number of refugees from Syria reached a devastating record of 2 million people, Sweden announced it will grant a permanent residence permit to Syrians seeking asylum in Sweden. 12,000 refugees who are currently in Sweden can benefit from this...