Bosnia and Herzegovina: Authorities Remove Hundreds from Notorious Vucjak Camp
On December 11 authorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina carried out operations to remove between 600 and 700 people from the Vucjak camp near the countries northern border with Croatia. The removal follows widespread criticism of the inhumane conditions in the camp including...
Greece: Six People Found Dead in Evros Region while Authorities Prop Up Border Security
The corpses of six people who had entered Greece irregularly were discovered between December 5 and 8 in the Evros region. Greek authorities are reportedly considering to extend an existing iron fence along the entire Evros River on the Northeastern border. According...
Germany: Conservatives Keep Pushing for Return to Syria
Although the German Federal Foreign Office has declared Syria unsafe for returns, Interior ministers of the German federal states are pushing for the return of certain individuals back to Syria. During last week’s council of interior ministers, the extension of the...
#VoicesOfECRE: Yagoub Kibeida
Interview with Yagoub Kibeida Mediterranean Region Representative on the ECRE board and Director for Mosaico Refugees | Azioni per i Rifugiati ECRE is an alliance of 104 NGOs across 41 European countries and its diverse membership ranges from large INGOs with global...
Med: Deaths, Returns, Rescues and Hope for Justice
The trial on the 2013 “Left-to-die Boat” starts amid one of the deadliest incidents for people trying to reach Europe this year. At the same time 121 people, rescued by NGOs, disembarked in Italian ports. At least 62 people died when a boat carrying up to 180 people...
JHA Council: New Proposals, Old Problems
A German non-paper on a reform of the common European asylum system proposes a new distribution mechanism for asylum seekers in the EU and the processing of asylum application in transit centres at the external EU borders. German ECRE member Pro Asyl warns of...
Council Gives Green Light for Migration Statistics Regulation Reform
The Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER II) of the Council of the European Union approved on 4 December 2019 the political agreement reached by co-legislators on the reform of the Migration Statistics Regulation, governing the asylum and migration data...
France Cancels the Delivery of Six Boats to Libya
On 2 December 2019, the French Minister of the Armies, Florence Parly, announced that France had cancelled the delivery of six boats to the so-called Libyan coastguard. The announcement follows intense critique and legal actions from civil society organisations. The...