21st February 2020 | News
At least fourteen people have died trying to cross the Western Mediterranean when their boat capsized on Monday. They were reportedly part of a group of five boats setting off from the Western Sahara with a total of 143 people. After fishermen alerted authorities the...
21st February 2020 | News
The Spanish government is working on a proposal for a reform of asylum law, seen by El Pais, that combines changes required to conform with EU legislation with new measures to speed up asylum procedures. The proposal comes to light in the aftermath of a controversial...
21st February 2020 | News
The Danish government has informed the parties in the Parliament that no forced returns will be carried out to the Syrian capital of Damascus. Despite finding the situation in Damascus safe enough for returns the position of the Danish government is that it does not...
21st February 2020 | News
According to Greek authorities the accelerated asylum procedure reduced the decision process for new arrivals in 2020 to 24 days, yet leaving out people awaiting decisions for up to two years. The government has been forced to halt expropriation of land to host closed...
21st February 2020 | News
The study “Places of Safety in the Mediterranean: The EU’s Policy of Outsourcing Responsibility” assesses the legal implications of disembarkation of migrants and refugees in North African countries by EU state and Frontex vessels. The study, commissioned by the EU...
21st February 2020 | News
In a letter, the International Criminal Court (ICC) communicated that Australia’s offshore detention regime amounts to “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment” and is thus unlawful under international law, but will not prosecute the Australian government. The...
14th February 2020 | News
Along with other NGOs, ECRE has today published a statement on the proposed Asylum and Migration Pact, under development at EU level. As civil society is often accused of being too critical and only seeing the negative side of policies on asylum and migration, ECRE...
14th February 2020 | News
Interview with representatives from the activist network Alarm Phone: Dr Maurice Stierl is a political scientist at the University of Warwick in the UK; Dr Deanna Dadusc is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Brighton in the UK; Dr Britta Rabe is an...
14th February 2020 | News
On Thursday, the rescue vessel Aita Mari, run by the Basque NGO Salvamento Maritimo Humanitario, disembarked 158 people in the port of Messina, Italy. The former fishing boat rescued the group including 51 minors in two operations at the Central Mediterranean on...
14th February 2020 | News
A report by the Global Detention Centre reveals that immigration detention in Austria has tripled since 2015 while the numbers of asylum seekers have plummeted after 2016. The report provides an overview of the legal framework that governs immigration detention in...
