Editorial: EP Election 2019: Voter Turnout is the Key to an Open Europe

8th February 2019 | News

With the European Parliament elections fast approaching, this week ECRE launched the latest phase of our EP 2019 Campaign. This is communications work focused on mobilising our supporters to vote, through explaining the important role played by the European Parliament...

Stakeholders Encouraged to “Live Up to Commitments” of Break-Through CAR Peace Agreement

8th February 2019 | News

A peace agreement between the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and 14 non- state armed groups that has been in conflict since 2012 was signed on February 6. By the end of 2018 almost 585,000 refugees had left CAR, while close to 650,000 were internally...

Dutch to Re-examine 700 Children’s Pardon Cases, but Scheme will be Scrapped for Future Applicants

8th February 2019 | News

On January 29 the Dutch government announced that they will examine the cases of 700 children and their families who are under the threat of deportation, by making use of the ‘children’s pardon’ policy scheme. However, the scheme will be scrapped after the current...

Crossing a Red Line: How EU Countries Undermine the Right to Liberty by Expanding the Use of Detention of Asylum Seekers upon Entry

8th February 2019 | News

This week the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, in conjunction with ECRE and a number of European project partners,  launched their report “Crossing a Red Line: How EU Countries Undermine the Right to Liberty by Expanding the Use of Detention of Asylum Seekers upon...

Stansted 15: Freedom for Peaceful Deportation Activists, but Deportations Still on Agenda

8th February 2019 | News

The fifteen activists who have come to be known as the “Stansted 15” after they grounded a chartered deportation flight at Stansted airport in March 2017, have been told that they will not receive prison sentences. The group, whose peaceful demonstration prevented 60...