ECRE has published its second AIDA Legal Briefing, discussing key problems in the collection and provision of asylum statistics in the European Union (EU). The briefing draws on EU sources of data such as Eurostat and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), as well...
12 August 2015 Two mission reports on the situation on the island of Kos and Eidomeni, near the Greek-FYROM border, were published by ECRE member Greek Council for Refugees (GCR). In its report on Kos, compiled following a visit in June 2015, GCR notes the complete...
17 July 2015 As UNHCR highlighted, Greece is facing an unprecedented refugee emergency, with 1,000 people arriving on the Greek islands daily over the latest weeks. Deutsche Welle and other media reported that during the first week of July alone 9,000 refugees and...
17 July 2015 ELENA’s 30th anniversary advanced course on legal avenues for strengthening international protection in Europe will take place on Friday 30 October and Saturday 31 October 2015 in the Royal Hotel Carlton in Bologna, Italy. Interested participants should...
17 July 2015 A recent report by the North Africa Mixed Migration Task Force shows that the appalling detention conditions faced by migrants and refugees in Libya have forced more people to try cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. Although severe abuses in...
