The European Commission and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs have adopted a joint communication this week, mapping out the EU response to the Syrian conflict. In particular, the communication urges Member States to admit any Syrians arriving at...
On June 21, the UK Court of Appeal rendered a “milestone” judgement, in which it overturned the convictions against three children from Vietnam who were trafficked to the UK and forced to work for criminal gangs. The children were arrested after police raids on...
The Croatian asylum system is stretched to the limit of its capacity, according to a new report by the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe, which raises concerns that with EU accession, the number of asylum seekers that the country receives is likely to continue to...
Academics, UNICEF, UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council participated in a workshop to discuss the European Return Platform for Unaccompanied Minors (ERPUM), which focuses on the return of unaccompanied children to Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Iraq. The...
A readmission agreement in the works between the European Union and Turkey risks failing to respect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, according to a policy brief by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN). EMHRN says that the agreement, which...
