Coalition of 85 Spanish NGOs demand clarification of potential push backs of over thousand people at Spanish-Moroccan border

13th January 2017 | News

A coalition of 85 Spanish NGOs, including ECRE Member CEAR, wrote an open letter to Juan Ignacio Zoido, Spanish Minister of the Interior this week. In the letter the coalition demands clarification over the potential push backs of over 1000 people at the...

Two positions at ECRE: Policy Officer – Refugee Inclusion and Administrative Assistant

3rd January 2017 | News

[b5_button size=”medium” url=”#” text=”Policy Officer – Refugee Inclusion “] ECRE is offering a Policy Officer – Refugee Inclusion position for 12-months starting in February 2017. The purpose of the position is to support the...

EU signs deal with Mali as part of Partnership Framework

16th December 2016 | News

On Sunday 11 December the European Union and the government of Mali signed a Joint Declaration focusing on addressing root causes of migration and strengthening cooperation on the return of irregular migrants who did not receive refugee status in the EU. The...

Belgian State Secretary refuses to issue humanitarian visa to family in Aleppo

16th December 2016 | News

The refusal of the State Secretary for Asylum and Migration, Theo Francken (Flemish Nationalist Party – NVA), to issue a visa to a Syrian family of 4 in Aleppo has dominated media in Belgium over the past weeks. The refusal was given despite the evident dangers...

Algeria deports more than thousand West African migrants to Niger

16th December 2016 | News

Human Rights Watch reports that Algerian authorities have deported more than 1,400 West African migrants to Niger since 1 December 2016. Although it is not the first time Algeria returns migrants to Niger, the latest series of mass deportations indicates more...