By Giacomo Manca, Policy Officer (ECRE & PICUM) – EU Funding for Inclusion. On Thursday 27 May, the European Commission has presented a long-awaited financial recovery plan to address the economic crisis caused by the pandemic that Europe is currently...
As hundreds of people fleeing Libya are intercepted and returned to detention and conflict Malta has signed a memorandum with Libya’s Government of National Accord to intensify cooperation and has come under heavy criticism for detaining now 450 rescued people in...
On May 25, it was announced that 750 people are set to be relocated from Greece to France. In a statement in response to MEP Tineke Strik the Greek government deny any responsibility of a deadly shooting at the Greek Turkish border in March. The COVID-19 lockdown of...
The updated Country Report on Italy documents the main developments in the area of asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2019. Access to the territory and the asylum procedure: Closed ports...
On 26 May 2020, the UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) and the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants published a Join Guidance Note on the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Human Rights of Migrants, urging States to adopt prompt safeguards for...
