23 October 2015 ECRE has published comments on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a common EU list of ‘safe countries of origin’ and amending the recast Asylum Procedures Directive. In the document, ECRE seriously questions the...
23 October 2015 The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) published this week the updated report on asylum in Switzerland. The report discusses the new rules for administrative detention of asylum seekers in the Dublin procedure, and provides information on the rules for...
23 October 2015 In the first judgment on the issue of risk of danger to life or ill-treatment in the context of the Syrian conflict, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously found that the forced return of the three asylum applicants to Syria would violate their...
23 October 2015 On 20 October 2015, the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) co-hosted, together with the Committee of the Regions, the SHARE Network Conference: ‘Protecting and Welcoming Refugees in Europe: responding to an unprecedented refugee...
23 October 2015 The European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA) was created in 1985 and now extends across most European states, involving over 500 lawyers and legal counsellors. Their work is strengthened by the legal research, litigation expertise, training and...
