Ireland has launched a new call for applications to reunite refugees with family members residing overseas. Up to 530 people will be granted the right to move to Ireland, under the Humanitarian Admission Programme II. Officially announced on Saturday by Ministers...
Asylum seekers face a deterioration of reception conditions and increasing risks of destitution in Cyprus. While recent increases in the number of arrivals have intensified situations of overcrowding and substandard conditions in Kofinou, the only reception centre in...
The Progress Report on the Implementation of the European Agenda on Migration from the European Commission, also including progress on the Commissions roadmap, reflects an EU in continued crisis mode with a strong focus on the number of arrivals and emphasis on...
On May 17 EU leaders and their Western Balkan counterparts gathered in Sofia, Bulgaria for the EU-Western Balkans Summit. The talks concluded with the Sofia Declaration, which established further cooperation in a number of areas, including migration where the emphasis...
By Moira Dustin, SOGICA Project Asylum seekers fleeing homophobia and transphobia to claim refuge in European countries have a difficult time. They experience many of the problems that all asylum seekers face – the abuses and injustices that forced them to leave their...
