UK Home Office has finally published Guidance for the law enforcement initiative Nexus aimed at deporting ‘high harm’ foreign nationals. While offering some clarification on the criteria for deportations it fails to offer sufficient legal security. At the same time a...
The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee 2016 Annual Report on Status Determination Procedure in Bulgaria reveals a number of problems including insufficient protection measures and accommodation in particular for unaccompanied children, as well as the lack of legal aid for...
AITIMA, one of ECRE’s Greek members have released the report ‘Asylum Seekers on Hold – Aspects of the Asylum procedure in Greece. The report expresses concerns regarding the impact of the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement on the asylum procedures in the Greek...
Seventy delegations met in Brussels on April 5 to discuss “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region”. The terrible consequences of the conflict are apparent to all: 6 years in, 5 million Syrians are refugees across the Middle East and North Africa; 6 million are...
The camp in Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk was destroyed this week after a fire broke out, injuring at least 10 people. The destruction of the camp, which hosted between 1,000 and 1,500 people, many arriving after the dismantlement of the Calais camp last year, comes as...
