Serbia: Report on the Right to Asylum in 2019
ECRE member Belgrade Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) has released the report ‘Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2019’ providing a thorough analysis of developments related to asylum procedures, reception conditions and integration in Serbia. While recognising...
AIDA 2019 Update: Bulgaria*
The updated Country Report on Bulgaria documents developments in the area of asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2019. The Bulgarian governments draft proposal to amend the Law on Asylum and...
Joint Statement: “Protect our laws and humanity!”
Athens, 6 March 2020 – The undersigned organisations are deeply concerned about recent developments at the Evros border and the Aegean islands where people are stranded at the borders of Europe, instrumentalized for political purposes, and subject to violations of...
MFF Resources for Asylum and Migration Risk Sharp Reduction in the Negotiating Process
After the failure of the extraordinary European Summit from the 20th of February, the EU still does not have an agreement on the size and components of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which is supposed to define the EU budget for the next 7 years...
ECRE Statement on the Situation at the Greek Turkish Border
Stay Calm, Stay Human ECRE is highly concerned about the political developments emanating from last week’s events in Idlib, Syria and urges calm and measured response, focused on accepting refugees and sharing responsibility across Europe. ECRE condemns acts of...
Weekly Editorial: From Imposing to Engaging: African Civil Society Perspectives on EU Africa Cooperation
ECRE has become increasingly concerned about the impact of Europe’s toxic migration control policies on other regions, including Africa. As European and some EU policy-makers clamour to make migration deals with African governments, to get them to prevent...
ECRE Working Paper: Civil Society Input to EU-Africa Cooperation on Migration: The Inclusion of Refugees in Kenya
Author: Foni Joyce, UNHCR Global Refugee Youth Advisory Council* This working paper acknowledges that EU programmes providing humanitarian aid for refugees in Kenya have been beneficial to refugees and host communities. However, it argues that these programmes view...
ECRE Working Paper: Civil Society Input to EU-Africa Cooperation on Migration: The Case of Kenya
Author: Leila Muriithia, Refugee Consortium of Kenya* The working paper illustrates the breadth of cooperation that exists between the EU and Kenya and highlights that especially in the area of development cooperation more could be done to seize opportunities to...