29th November 2019 | News
The ECRE Policy Note Schengen – A club where fundamental rights (do not) matter? – assesses how fundamental rights compliance at the EU’s external border is addressed by the Schengen framework, with the current debate on Croatia’s readiness to join as example....
22nd November 2019 | News
The last few weeks have seen a spate of developments that will have a lasting and probably damaging impact on the EU’s relations with its neighbours to the southeast – and also on the tens of thousands seeking protection who remain in limbo in the region, in many...
22nd November 2019 | News
Interview with Bellinda Bartolucci, Head of the Legal Policy Department for PRO ASYL ECRE is an alliance of 104 NGOs across 41 European countries and its diverse membership ranges from large INGOs with global presence to small organisations of dedicated activists....
22nd November 2019 | News
In four operations, NGO ships rescued nearly 300 people fleeing Libya this week. Amid deepened cooperation between EU member states and the so-called Libyan coastguard (LCG), an NGO spokesperson denounces the situation in the Central Mediterranean as “worse as it has...
22nd November 2019 | News
The Greek Ministry of Defence announced on 20 November 2019 new plans for strengthening border control and effecting returns of asylum seekers to Turkey, including the gradual closure of the Reception and Identification Centres (RIC) of Moria, Vial and Vathy on...