Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has pledged to amend a draft security law following widespread opposition to a controversial ‘repatriation bonus scheme’ for asylum lawyers. Participants in a far-right rally have repeated calls for the “remigration” of people out of...
The ECRE Annual General Conference (AGC) 2026 will take place 09.00-18.00 on Thursday 4 June 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. Final Agenda Please see below the agendas for the six workshops: Preparing for the EU Return Regulation: Implementation challenges, legal avenues...
In autumn 2025, ECRE and its partners from across Europe conducted a study visit to Luxembourg in order to examine national practices in safeguarding the rights of self-identified asylum-seeking and refugee women and girls. Organised under the ‘Empowerment and...
A new NGO report has raised doubts about the apparent decrease in the number of people using the Balkan migration route. A group of people have been rescued after their boat capsized as they tried to cross the river border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. A...
At least 100 people have died and dozens are missing following several incidents in the Mediterranean in recent weeks. Authorities in Cyprus have announced the partial opening of new pre-removal detention centre. A new NGO report has highlighted the extent of...
