On 14 January 2021, the CJEU published its judgment in TQ v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (State Secretary for Justice and Security) (C-441/19) concerning the interpretation of, inter alia, Article 6(1) and Article 8(1) of the Return Directive (Directive...
In the framework of the project ‘’Training Kit for Empowering Refugee-led Community Organisations’’, ECRE has released a report based on data from existing studies, interviews with Refugee-led Community Organisations (RCOs) and relevant research from other...
Heated tents have been set up at the burned-down Lipa camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), but the humanitarian situation remains highly alarming as many are still sleeping rough and temperatures dropping. Court ruling and intervention in pushback cases from Slovenia...
Arrivals to Greece have dropped significantly from almost 75,000 in 2019 to less than 16,000 in 2020. Conditions in the so-called Moria 2.0 camp on Lesvos continue to deteriorate. Local opposition to government camp policies while closure of alternative accommodation...
The Ocean Viking rescue ship is back in the central Mediterranean for the first time in six months. Salvini appears before court over blocking migrants at sea. Since the beginning of the year, at least 42 people went missing at sea and 18 deaths were recorded. On 11...
Two more lives have been confirmed lost as deceased bodies were found aboard boats rescued on 4 January and 10 January, bringing the death toll of people trying to reach the Canary Islands to six in 2021 so far. Just over 2,000 people have been transferred from the...
Hundreds of asylum seekers are on hunger strike protesting conditions in the former army barracks in Kent. The Home Office is ignoring complaints from asylum seekers at Penally military camp over food quality and conditions. UK’s largest detention and removal centre...
Civil society organisations are alarmed over French authorities continued evictions of migrants from their tents and other belongings despite the freezing temperatures in Calais. Journalists are effectively prevented from covering the evacuations and dismantling of...
On 12 January a deportation flight took off to Afghanistan which ranks least peaceful country in the world. In 2020, fewer people have applied for asylum while asylum procedures in anchor centres took longer than average. This week, 26 people whose asylum claims had...
Violent pushbacks continue with another incident in the Evros region on 29 December. Yet another life lost at the Aegean where a 26-year old woman drowned on 4 January. Four children were injured on 26 December when 12 armed people attacked an accommodation centre for...
