How would you describe yourselves and your organisation? We are young people with lived migration experience. Too often, we are (only) labelled as Young Refugees, Exiled, Migrants, Asylum Seekers, or Undocumented (YREMASUD). But before anything else, we are human...
ECRE has published a comments paper on the Regulation on standards for the qualification of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection...
By Julie Lejeune Taking stock of recent European policy developments in the field of asylum and migration, most prominently the recent Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council meeting, requires a clear head as new lows have been reached in terms of respect for...
A recent media investigation has revealed a sharp rise in the deportation of Sudanese refugees from Egypt and highlighted criticism of the United Nations Refugee Agency’s perceived lack of action on it. The Libyan government has announced plans to step up the...
How would you describe yourself and your organisation? I see myself as a candle that goes around looking for other candles that are extinguished or about to go out, to give them back the flame that will illuminate not only their path but also that of others. My...
We, the undersigned civil society organisations across Europe, express deepest concern regarding the direction that discussions on the proposal for a Return Regulation are currently taking in the Council of the European Union. The compromise text prepared by the...
ECRE and three of its member organisations have submitted a joint shadow report as a contribution to the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) baseline evaluation procedure in respect of the EU. This evaluation...
The Pact for the Mediterranean has been launched at a high-level event in Barcelona. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides has unveiled the priorities of his country’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the EU. A new investigation has revealed how Greece has...
How would you describe yourself and your organisation? I’m a queer Afghan refugee and the Executive Director of the Afghanistan LGBTIQ+ Organisation (ALO), an LGBTIQ+ refugee-led organisation committed to supporting LGBTIQ+ refugees and people seeking asylum. ALO is...
A co-creative milestone for staff and volunteer well-being We are proud to announce the publication of the first Caring to Include toolkit, developed to strengthen the well-being of staff and volunteers who support refugees and people seeking protection. This toolkit...
