On 18 June 2020, the Hungarian Government adopted Act VIII 2020 on Transitional Provisions related to the Termination of the State of Danger and on Medical Preparedness (the Omnibus Bill). The Omnibus Bill follows Decree 233/2020 (V.26), which was introduced at the...
On 18 June 2020 the European Parliament adopted the proposal on the reform of the Migration Statistics Regulation, governing the asylum and migration data supplied by Member States to Eurostat. The proposal for a regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on...
ECRE published the Policy Note ‘No reason for return to Afghanistan’ in Dari. It is an updated and translated version of a Policy Note published in 2019.The Policy Note looks at the treatment of applications for international protection from Afghan nationals,...
The Council of Europe is calling for “immediate action needed to disembark migrants held on ships off Malta’s coast”. Italy considers charges against Malta for “aiding illegal migration” while an inquiry cleared Maltese Prime Minister and other officials of homicide...
The German federal state of Thuringia has agreed to receive 500 vulnerable people from Greek island camps. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) express concern about the consequences of the reduced timelimit on reception exposing 20,000 people to potential poverty and...
New statistics released by the German Ministry for the Interior reveals that the number of family reunifications for people with subsidiary protection status remained below the quota of 1000 per month in 2019 and completely collapsed in the first months of 2020....
The Guardian reveals new details of Croatian authorities’ push-back operations at the border with Bosnia-Herzegovina between 6 and 7 of May 2020, involving more than 30 people, mainly from Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to the testimonies collected by the Danish...
The ECRE Policy Note ‘Return as “non-essential travel” in the time of pandemic’ discusses the European Commission’s guidance on implementing EU rules on asylum and return procedures and on resettlement and expresses ECRE position on how return-related...
The updated Country Report on Ireland provides a detailed overview of the main developments in the area of asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2019. 2019 saw an increase in the number of...
By Giacomo Manca, Policy Officer (ECRE & PICUM) – EU Funding for Inclusion. On Thursday 27 May, the European Commission has presented a long-awaited financial recovery plan to address the economic crisis caused by the pandemic that Europe is currently...
