2 October 2015 According to the Italian Refugee Council (CIR), the first “hotspot” started to function on 17 September in an ‘experimental way’ on the Italian island of Lampedusa. In an interview with ECRE, CIR spokesman Christopher Hein underlined the...
2 October 2015 On 1 October, Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, presented his report on Germany following his visits to the country on 24 April and from 4 to 8 May 2015. The Commissioner welcomed the efforts undertaken by Germany in the...
2 October 2015 From 14 to 16 October, ECRE members will gather in The Hague for the 2015 Annual General Conference (AGC) and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the consultation that led to the founding of ECRE. UNHCR will hold NGO Consultations, creating the space...
1 October 2015 The European Union’s naval mission against human smugglers becomes operational next week, after getting a green light from the EU Council’s Political and Security Committee on 27 September. ECRE and several other civil society organisations fear that...
1 October 2015 In a document setting out the priority actions for the management of the refugee crisis, the European Commission called for Greece to normalise the asylum situation within their territory and return to the Dublin system in the coming months. The...
