5 June 2015 On 27 May 2015, a document was published by the European Commission presenting possible ‘best practices’ for Member States to ensure that the fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants are taken and recorded in the Eurodac database. This...
5 June 2015 On 4 June 2015, the human rights Court found, in a majority decision, that an Iraqi family would not be at risk of inhuman and degrading treatment at the hands of the al-Qaeda terrorists if returned to Iraq. Two of the judges disagreed with this finding....
5 June 2015 The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a detailed description of the Hungarian asylum system this week. The information in this report was gathered during EASO’s mission to Hungary, which took place following a sharp increase of asylum...
29 May 2015 On Wednesday 27 May 2015, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Council Decision that would allow for the relocation of 40,000 Syrian and Eritrean asylum seekers from Italy and Greece to other EU member states over a period of 24 months. The...
29 May 2015 On 3 June, Kris Pollet, ECRE’s Senior Legal and Policy Officer, will participate at a public hearing: ‘Beyond Dublin: Rethinking Europe’s Asylum System’, organised by the Greens and European Free Alliance at the European Parliament. Participants will...
