Greek authorities have announced the extension of a barbed-wire fence on the border with Turkey to cover a total of 40 kilometres. Mounting evidence of push-backs rejected as misinformation by the Greek government. Anti-migrant protestors have attacked health...
Evidence from the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) shows that compliance with existing EU asylum law should be a priority The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) is a database managed by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), containing up-to-date and...
The Commission’s priorities have been re-ordered due the COVID emergency, and rightly so. Although it is apparently ready to be published, we will be waiting longer for the long-awaited European Pact on Asylum and Migration. There is still a slim chance that it is...
The NGO Alarm Phone reports that 65 people in distress at sea have been waiting for rescue in the Maltese SAR zone since Friday morning. Despite alerts Coast Guards refused responsibility. Evidence of inaction by EU and national authorities putting lives at risk keeps...
The European Commission has accepted the Greek denial of responsibility for a deadly shooting on the border with Turkey on March 4. A new report adds to the mounting evidence of collective expulsions also referred to as push-backs to Turkey. Médecins Sans Frontières...
Ahead of the visit of French incoming interior minister Gérald Darmanin, Calais saw one of the “most brutal” evictions of the informal camp since 2016. The mayor demands an expansion of detention and border practices similar to those ruled illegal by the French...
On 8 July 2020, the French Council of State found the Ministry of Interior responsible for the violation of the right to access the asylum procedure at the border between France and Italy. The decision referred to an incident at the border last May, when a woman and...
The Dutch Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) has passed on to police personal details of thousands of asylum seekers including date of birth, ethnicity and religion. The Dutch data protection authority, legal experts, and the Dutch Council for...
In the framework of their project Deploying Good Practice: Influencing EU Funding for Inclusion, ECRE and PICUM have revised their recommendations for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF 2021-2027) in light of the Commission’s Recovery plan ‘Next Generation...
In the framework of the project Deploying Good Practice: Influencing EU Funding for Inclusion, ECRE members Solidarity Now and Greek Forum of Refugees, together with Terre des Hommes and Generation 2.0 have published their recommendations to the Greek government for...