AIDA Country Report on Bulgaria – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Bulgaria 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. In 2023, Bulgaria...
Adoption of EU Pact on Migration and Asylum
The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum was adopted by the European Parliament (EP) on 10 April during its penultimate plenary session before the end of the current mandate. The ten legislative files that collectively make up the Pact were all approved with varying levels...
EU External Partners: MEPs Renew Criticism of EU Migration Deals ― Aid Organisations Sue Dutch Government Over EU-Turkey Agreement ― More Reports of Interference and Violence by Libyan Coast Guard ― NGOs Express Concerns over Human Rights Violations in Tunisia ― Call for Donations and Resumption of Funding for UNRWA ― Possible EU-Morocco Migration Deal in the Pipeline
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have repeated their criticism of the European Commission for signing migration agreements with North African countries. Three aid organisations are suing the Dutch government over its involvement in the 2016 EU-Turkey...
Greece: Date Set for Trial of ‘Pylos 9’ ― Government Fined for Data Breaches in Asylum Centres ― NGO Reports Detail Conditions in ‘Hotspots’ Since Signature of EU-Turkey Agreement
The trial of the nine men who have been charged with various offences in connection with the Pylos shipwreck tragedy is due to start on 21 May in Kalamata. The Ministry of Migration and Asylum has been fined € 175,000 for non-compliance with data protection rules in a...
Vacancy: Legal Assistant
ECRE is looking to recruit a Legal Assistant to join the Advocacy Team and support the work related to the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), which contains information on asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention and content of international protection...
EU External Partners: Tunisian Security Forces to Receive EU Funding Despite Involvement in Human Rights Abuses — Dozens of Migrant Bodies Found in Mass Grave in Libya — Parliament’s Scrutiny of EU-Egypt Deal Overstepped — Calls for Immediate Ceasefire and Increased Flow of Humanitarian Aid into Gaza Continue Amid Israel’s Expansion of Settlements in West Bank
The EU plans to provide €164.5 million to the Tunisian security forces despite their mounting record of refugee rights violations. 65 bodies were discovered in a mass grave in Libya amid the ongoing interception of migrant boats and abuse of intercepted migrants. The...
Reception Crisis: Number of Asylum Applications Drops in Belgium as Reception Crisis Continues ― Number of Homeless Asylum Seekers in Ireland on the Rise ― UK High Court Asked to Oblige Government to Intervene in Accommodation Crisis for Unaccompanied Children ― Rights Organisations Accuse City of Paris of “Social Cleansing” Amid Forced Evictions
The number of people claiming asylum for the first time in Belgium decreased in 2023 but the country’s reception crisis continues unabated. The Irish government has unveiled plans to provide 14,000 state-owned accommodation places as new data shows that there were...
Channel: Record Number of People Make Crossings in Small Boats in First Three Months of 2024 as Home Office Launches New Social Media Campaign in Effort to Deter Channel Crossings ― Footage Shows UK-Funded French Police Employing ‘Textbook Pushback’ Tactics Against Small Boats
Provisional data from the UK Home Office has shown that a record 4644 people crossed the Channel in small boats in the first three months of 2024. The UK government has launched a new social media campaign in Vietnam as part of its efforts to reduce the number of...