Balkans: New Report Details Illegal Pushbacks and Border Violence

Balkans: New Report Details Illegal Pushbacks and Border Violence

The Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) published its monthly report highlighting 21 incidents of illegal pushbacks during July across the Balkan region. The report shares the experience of 389 people and details rights violations occurring at the external...
Op-ed: Are Most Asylum Seekers Really Not Credible?

Op-ed: Are Most Asylum Seekers Really Not Credible?

By Michala Clante Bendixen, founder of the Danish organisation Refugees Welcome and the information website REFUGEES.DK. ”Rejected asylum seekers must respect the decision and return home” –  it sounds plausible enough to be the political consensus. But a prerequisite...
Asylum in Europe 2019: human rights under pressure

Asylum in Europe 2019: human rights under pressure

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...