The European Commission has called for an extraordinary Frontex Management Board meeting on 10 November, as a reaction to reports of complicity of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in illegal pushback operations. The Agency has further come under...
ECRE and PICUM has released a Policy Paper in reaction to the announcement by the European Commission of a new Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion for 2021 – 2024, to be published in the last quarter of this year. The plan announced within the New Pact on on...
As ECRE prepares its analysis of the legislative package, one of the proposals stands out due to its complexity and length. At 110 pages, including a long explanatory memorandum, the proposed Regulation on Asylum and Migration Management – the RAMM – is a package...
The closure of the PIKPA camp on Lesvos hosting around 100 particularly vulnerable people has been postponed and The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has requested information from the Greek government in a case involving potential evacuation. The UN Refugee...
Arrivals in the Canary Islands continued to rise with more than 2,100 people who have disembarked in the first half of October. About 1,000 people are staying at the pier of Arguineguín, Gran Canaria, waiting for COVID-19 testing results that are a precondition for...
The use of quarantine ships in Italy is expanded to foreign nationals holding resident permits in Italy whilst conditions aboard are critical. Five people went missing off Lampedusa in times when sea and rescue activities in the Mediterranean Sea are low due to the...
The Court of Appeal declares the Home Office policy of ‘removal without notice’ unlawful. The Home Office is reportedly planning to restrict judges from blocking deportations based on the risk of ‘inhuman’ or ‘degrading’ treatment. The House of Lords votes in support...
In the latest issue of its Illegal Pushbacks and Border Violence Report, the watchdog network Border Violence Monitoring analyses 40 cases of pushbacks along the Balkan Route and Greece that affected 1,548 people on the move in September 2020. According to the report,...
Artists, performers and videographers have invested their skills and creativity in ensuring the rights of people seeking protection in Europe. They joined the call of ECRE’s #HardlyRocketScience campaign to make sure European politicians would respect fundamental...
After a five year trial the Athens Court of Appeal delivered a landmark ruling declaring the far-right Golden Dawn party a criminal organisation. Hundreds of recognised refugees transferred to the mainland and finding no options are returning to Lesvos. In an open...
