In Memoriam: Frits Florin (1937 – 2024)
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is sorry to share the sad news about its co-founder Frits Florin who died on 15 August 2024 aged 87. Frits was the director of the Foundation for Refugee Students (UAF) from 1969 to 1976 and co-founded ECRE in 1974....
Advanced ELENA Course 2024
The 2024 Advanced ELENA Course will take place on 22-23 November in Porto, Portugal. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in European asylum and migration law and to engage with practitioners, academics and decision-makers from...
AIDA Country Report on Serbia – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Serbia provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
ECRE Legal Note: The Guarantees of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Respect of Legal Counselling, Assistance and Representation in Asylum Procedures
ECRE has published a legal note analysing the right to legal aid and legal counselling for asylum applicants under the new Asylum Procedures Regulation (APR). The analysis is focused on the relevant EU law standards in respect of legal aid and legal counselling and...
Asylum and Forced Displacement in the EU Enlargement Process: Contributions to inform the European Commission 2024 Enlargement Package in the area of asylum
ECRE has published the assessment by a number of civil society experts of certain questions related to asylum and forced displacement in the EU enlargement process. These expert contributions are intended to inform the country reports on Albania, Kosovo, Serbia and...
AIDA Country Report on Türkiye – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Türkiye provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. In 2023, 19,017...
GREECE: NGOs Renew Criticism of Conditions in Greek Centres ― FRA Accuses Greece of Failing to Investigate ‘Ill-Treatment’ of People Trying to Cross Greece-Türkiye Border ― NGOs Object to ‘Overly Positive’ EC Rule of Law Report on Greece ― Child Arrivals in Greece Quadruple in 2024 ― Hellenic Coast Guard Rejects Turkish Accusations of Pushbacks ― Court Convicts Vigilantes for Illegally Detaining Migrants
Amnesty International and Mobile Info Team and Refugee Legal Support have published damning reports on ‘closed controlled access centres’ (CCACs) in Greece. A new report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) into alleged ill-treatment at the EU’s borders has...
EU EASTERN BORDERS: Estonian Border Guards to Support Latvian Colleagues on Latvia-Russia Border ― Finland Enacts Controversial New ‘Pushback Law’ ― Hungary Faces Renewed Criticism from Both EC and FRA ― Lithuanian Border Guards to Support Latvian Colleagues on Latvia-Russia Border ― Poland Allows Border Guards to Use Firearms Against People Trying to Cross Poland-Russia Border
Officers from Estonia’s Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) will be sent to the Latvia-Belarus border to help their Latvian counterparts to prevent irregular crossings. On 22 July, Finland’s new law aimed at preventing people seeking asylum from entering the country...