A ‘zero sum’ game at a price – the Dublin system in the first half of 2018*

5th October 2018 | News

The latest Dublin Update published by the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), managed by ECRE, releases exclusive figures from 14 European countries on the operation of the Dublin system for the first six months of 2018. The Dublin Regulation continues to be...

UK: Non-violent activists face life sentences for ‘terrorist offences’

5th October 2018 | News

In March 2017, 15 activists locked themselves together around an immigration removal charter flight that was preparing to deport undocumented migrants from Stansted airport to Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. The action by the members of the campaign group End...

Hungary: Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Open Society Foundation file complaint against Hungary over legislation that criminalises support for refugees

28th September 2018 | News

In response to measures imposed by the Hungarian government that attempt to crack down on civil society individuals or organisations that purportedly “promote illegal migration”, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) and the Open Society Foundation (OSF) have both...

ECRE Comments: On the European Commission Proposal on the Asylum and Migration Fund (AMF)

28th September 2018 | News

ECRE has published its Comments on the European Commission’s Proposal on the Asylum and Migration Fund (AMF) which is currently being negotiated as part of the legislative proposals for the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021- 2027. The Comments include...

Op-ed: Criminalising Sea Rescue

28th September 2018 | News

0p-ed by Lea Main- Klingst Lea holds a LLM in Human Rights Law from University College London and works as a legal researcher in London. She is a founding member of SOS MEDITERRANEE Germany, and supports their press and advocacy work. In the span of four days, between...