In the context of the High Level Conference on the Sahel, an international commitment of 414 million Euro’s was announced by the European Commission on February 23. The ambition of tackling root causes of instability and irregular migration resembles the focus areas...
By Hélène Soupios-David, Head of European affairs and studies, France terre d’asile Last week the French government presented a new Asylum and Migration Bill. This text comes only two years after a major reform took place, the effects of which have yet to be...
In its recently published report the Global Detention Project documents the increased use of detention and deportation amid a decline of lodged asylum applications. In contrast to the usual practice, a family hosted in church asylum was arrested and is to be deported....
The updated AIDA Country Report on Cyprus documents key developments in the area of asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention and content of international protection. Findings include serious gaps in asylum procedures, deteriorating reception conditions and...
The joint European Union (EU), African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) Task Force visited Tripoli last week welcoming progress made evacuating and returning migrants and refugees out of Libya. EU has announced three new programmes, for protecting migrants and...
