Francesca Pierigh | European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

Vacancy: ECRE is recruiting a Legal Officer

8th July 2016 | Vacancies

ECRE is offering a Legal Officer position for 10-months starting in August 2016. The purpose of this position is to enhance capacity of ECRE’s Legal Support and Litigation Team in providing legal and litigation support to ECRE and ELENA members. The post holder will...

NGOs document trends of large-scale detention in France

8th July 2016 | News

The five NGOs working in administrative detention centres in France, ASSFAM, Ordre de Malte, Cimade and ECRE members France terre d’asile and Forum réfugiés-Cosi, have published their 2015 detention report. The report documents a continuing trend of large-scale...

Refugees and migrants fleeing sexual violence, abuse and exploitation in Libya

8th July 2016 | News

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have both released briefings on the horrific instances of sexual violence, abuse and exploitation endured by refugees and migrants fleeing Libya. The organisations interviewed several refugees and migrants at reception...

#LocalGov4refugees: Mayors across Europe urge EU Member States to protect refugees

8th July 2016 | News

The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), the oldest association of European local and regional governments, in collaboration with mayors, local and regional leaders across Europe is calling on EU Member States to keep their promises on asylum and...

Hungary: Latest amendments legalise extrajudicial push-back of asylum-seekers

7th July 2016 | News

Worrying amendments to the Hungarian Asylum Act and the Act on the State Border entered into force on 5 July. According to the new changes, Hungarian police are now allowed to automatically push back asylum seekers who are apprehended on Hungarian territory within 8...

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