Across Europe, people are anticipating the lifting of the lockdown with relief but also foreboding. The fear is a natural reaction to the economic predictions – not just a recession but a depression; mass unemployment; all compounded by the unpredictability of it all,...
Forensic evidence suggests that shots causing several injured and one dead at the Greek Turkish border on March 4, were fired from the Greek side of the border. Push-backs to Turkey from mainland detention facilities are reported. Hundreds of people transferred from...
135 people rescued by Maltese forces are housed on tourist boats off Malta and 78 people remain stranded on a cargo ship waiting for disembarkation. After completing a 14 day quarantine the fate of 180 people who were allowed to enter the port of Palermo remains...
The French Court of Auditors (Cours des comptes) has published a public report analysing the politics of entry, stay and first reception of third country nationals in France. Regarding the state’s asylum policy, the Court finds that while the number of asylum seekers...
On 4 May 2020, the Expert Council on NGO Law published updated guidelines to ensure that laws, policies and practices in relation to human trafficking and the treatment of refugees do not encroach on the legitimate activities of NGOs. The updated guidelines follow the...
On 5 May 2020, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights published its decision declaring the case of M.N and Others v Belgium (Application No. 3599/18) to be inadmissible. The applicants, a family of four, are Syrian nationals from Aleppo. In 2016, they...
In response to requests for information, ECRE has compiled this non-exhaustive list of measures related to asylum and migration introduced in response to the COVID-19 health crisis in Europe. The list includes measures introduced by governments and is based on...
Interview with Femke de Vries Policy officer Asylum Dutch Council for Refugees. You are currently campaigning to ensure that the Dutch government joins the efforts of 11 other European countries in relocating unaccompanied children from the Greek island camps. The...
The destiny of a group of 62 people in distress in the Maltese Search & Rescue zone since Tuesday remains unknown. In another case, Maltese official admits to having coordinated upon instructions from the office of the Prime Minister a push-back operation to Libya...
Fires in the severely overcrowded camp on Samos island destroyed the homes of hundreds of people following disputes between camp residents. The plans to evacuate thousands of vulnerable people from Moria and other island camps to the Greek mainland has been halted...
