On 5 June 2016, a Swiss referendum approved the amendment of the Asylum Act with a view to a substantial restructuring of the asylum system. The reform will introduce a country-wide accelerated procedure, entailing shorter time-limits to complete the examination of...
Over the last two weeks, a tragic series of shipwrecks has claimed the lives of at least 1,440 people, according to the incidents reported by IOM Missing Migrants. In the latest of the shipwrecks, at least 320 are feared dead or missing while trying to reach the Greek...
ECRE member France terre d’asile has launched a campaign called #ReunissezLes, #ReuniteThem to raise awareness about the plight of hundreds of unaccompanied children living in Calais. In the campaign, they are portrayed as superheroes on a mission filled with...
On Tuesday 7 May 2016, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) delivered judgments on the Ghezelbash and the Karim cases. These cases relate to the scope of the right to an effective remedy under the Dublin III Regulation. In both cases, the Court decided that an asylum...
