4th September 2020 | News
On 30 August 2020, five Eritrean nationals entered Italy after obtaining entry visas in order to access procedures for obtaining international protection after they were illegally returned to Libya in 2009. Their arrival follows a November 2019 ruling by the Court of...
4th September 2020 | News
The 353 survivors onboard the search and rescue vessel Sea-Watch 4 have finally been allowed to disembark in Palermo. 27 people rescued on 5 August remain stranded at sea off Malta with supplies running out. An increase of arrivals leaves the hotspot in Lampedusa...
4th September 2020 | News
As a reaction to the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in May Hungary closed the controversial transit zones and introduced a new asylum system, according to ECRE member Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) de facto removing the country from...
4th September 2020 | News
Amid mounting evidence of systematic push-backs from Greece, Shipping Minister Ioannis Plakiotakis states that 10,000 people have been prevented access in 2020. Greek authorities have extended the lockdown of all structures hosting refugees and migrants until 15...