Newly arrived asylum seekers in mainland Greece live in a makeshift camp near the old railway station in central Thessaloniki, due to the shortage of reception places. As the Diavata temporary accommodation facility has reached full capacity due to an increasing...
The Sea Watch 3 search and rescue vessel of German NGO Sea-Watch remains blocked in the port of Catania after the Italian Coast Guard reports to have found “technical irregularities”. Consequently, there are currently no more civilian rescue vessels operating in the...
For the third week in a row, more than 30,000 young people from all corners of Belgium marched through Brussels this Thursday to demand action on climate change. Despite sub-zero temperatures, their energy and determination was clear. It took almost an hour for the...
By Stavros Papageorgopoulos, Legal Assistant, ECRE [..] 16. Governments shall ensure that lawyers (a) are able to perform all of their professional functions without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference; (b) are able to travel and to consult...
Evictions from Italy’s second- largest centre for refugees and asylum seekers began abruptly on Wednesday. The move comes as part of Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s Immigration Decree which was approved in November – critics are saying the action will only...
