The updated AIDA Country Report on Slovenia provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2021. At the end of March 2021,...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Italy provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2021. In 2021 In 2021, 67,477...
ECRE today published a working paper (in French) authored by Badara Ndiaye, President of Migrafrique. The working paper includes reflections on conditionality, readmission and the impact of the presence of Frontex in the region. It also includes analysis of the impact...
Critique and confusion continue to increase over the controversial UK deal with Rwanda on outsourcing asylum protection. With numbers, timeline and safety situation unclear the Home Office has moved to detain asylum seekers awaiting possible deportation. The...
Maltese authorities continue to ignore distress calls resulting in interception and return to unsafe Libya by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard. Civilian rescuers continue to save lives while the criminalisation and crack-down from authorities remain ongoing. Media...
In Brussels and in EU capitals, attention of the asylum and migration sector is largely focussed on Ukraine – understandably, given the ongoing war and continued massive displacement. Nonetheless, ECRE urges a balance between Ukraine and the wider asylum system in...
Reportedly, the UK government plans to start informing asylum seekers of potential deportation to Rwanda expecting the first flights “in the coming months”. However, the storm of critique over the controversial plan continues with the Home Office facing legal...
Civilian search and rescue operators have conducted numerous operations in the Mediterranean over the past week saving hundreds of lives. Deaths have been reported off Italy and Tunisia while interceptions and returns to unsafe Libya continue. In a series of...
Despite numerous rescue operations by Salvamento Marítimo, at least 28 people died in the Atlantic on 9 May – another 44 lives lost off Western Sahara on 8 May. Spain and Morocco has agreed to strengthen cooperation on migration deterrence. On 9 May Spanish rescue...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Malta provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2021. Throughout 2021, the Armed...
