ECRE Annual General Conference 2024
The 2024 ECRE Annual General Conference (AGC) will take place 09.00-18.00 on Thursday 20 June 2024 in Brussels. Participation is open to both ECRE member organisations and representatives of other organisations (e.g. other NGOs, think tanks, academics, EU...
Launch Event – Beyond walls and fences: EU funding used for a complex and digitalised border surveillance system
‘Beyond walls and fences: EU funding used for a complex and digitalised border surveillance system’ is a new study on EU member states’ (EU MS) use of the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI). It is based on analysis of 24 national programmes...
OP-ED: The EU is stretching the limits of the Temporary Protection Directive beyond 2025, but is it enough?
By Viktoryia Vaitovich Following the unprecedented EU response to the displacement from Ukraine with the triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) for the first time in March 2022, the generally very positive approach to a refugee crisis has now taken a...
MEDITERRANEAN: New Calls for Safe and Legal Pathways after NGO Retrieves 12 Bodies from Sea ― Search and Rescue NGO Wins Court Case Against Italian Authorities ― Greek Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Human Rights Defender ― Survivors of Pylos Shipwreck Still Waiting for Accountability on First Anniversary of Tragedy
The search and rescue (SAR) NGO Médecins Sans Frontières Sea (MSF Sea) has renewed its calls for safe and legal pathways after it recovered the bodies of 12 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. The Sea-Eye SAR NGO has won a court case against...
European Parliament Elections 2024
The European Parliament (EP) elections took place 6-9 June 2024. 357 million EU citizens in 27 member states (MS) were eligible to elect 720 members (MEPs) to represent them in the next mandate (2024-2029). Following the elections, the composition of the next EP will...
AIDA Country Report on Poland – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Poland provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
MEDITERRANEAN: Migrants Stuck in Limbo in Cyprus Buffer Zone ― Italy Extends State of Emergency Yet Again ― Possible Plan for Italy and USA to ‘Swap’ Migrants ― European Court of Human Rights Hears First Ever Cases on Pushbacks by Greek Authorities in Evros ― NGO Report Denounces Living Conditions in Greek Refugee Camps
More than two dozen migrants, including a number of unaccompanied children are stranded in the buffer zone in Cyprus. The Italian government has extended the state of emergency over migrant arrivals for six months. The United States of America and Italy are reportedly...
European Parliament Elections 2024
The European Parliament (EP) elections are taking place 6-9 June 2024. EU citizens in all 27 EU member states (MS) will elect 720 MEPs to represent them in the next mandate (2024-2029). The breakdown of MEPs per EU MS in the next EP will be as follows: Austria: 20...