VACANCY: National Expert for AIDA Country Report on Germany
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is looking for a national expert to write the next AIDA Country Report on Germany. Working with ECRE, the national expert will be named as the author of the report. They will also have the opportunity to participate...
AIDA Country Report on Romania – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Romania 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...
EDITORIAL: EU changing of the guard: Winter (may be) coming
By Catherine Woollard This week, Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected as President of the European Commission, following a strong showing by the EPP in the European Parliament elections last month. This completes the first and most important stages in the changeover of...
AIDA Country Report on Hungary – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Hungary 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: New Joint Report Highlights Extreme Violence on Land Routes Towards Africa’s Mediterranean Coast ― NGO Appeals to Cypriot Courts on Behalf of People Trapped in Buffer Zone ― Greek Court Acknowledges Racist Motives in 2018 Anti-Migrant Attacks on Lesvos ― CoE Urges Greece to Treat Migrants and Refugees with ‘Dignity and Humanity’ ― Investigation Reveals Frontex Failure to Report Migrant Abuses
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration and the Mixed Migration Centre have published a new joint report in which they highlight the extreme violence directed against people moving along land routes towards Africa’s...
ITALY: NGO Condemns Abuse of Migration-related Detention and ‘Punitive Conditions’ in Detention Centres ― Another Search and Rescue Ship Detained for Changing Port of Debarkation ― Judge Frees Search and Rescue Ship and Dismisses Legitimacy of Libyan Coast Guard ― Decrease in Arrivals and Renewed Concerns About Asylum Accommodation ― 33 Migrants Freed from Slave-Like Working Conditions and Shocking Attack Against Migrant Women on Italy-France Border
Amnesty International has issued a statement in which it denounces the abuse of migration-related detention and conditions in detention centres that it claims deprive people of liberty and dignity. The NGO search and rescue ship the MV Louise Michel has been impounded...
UK: New UK Prime Minister Scraps Controversial Rwanda Scheme ― More Migrant Deaths in Channel ― New Government Sets Out Plans for ‘UK Border Security Command’ ― Polling Indicates Support for ‘Safe and Legal Routes’ for Asylum Applicants ― Condemnation of Conditions in Europe’s Largest Detention Centre ― Renewed Concerns About Asylum Accommodation and Protest on the Bibby Stockholm Barge
The new prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has announced that the previous government’s scheme for sending people who arrive in the UK irregularly to Rwanda would be scrapped. Five people have died in two separate small boat incidents in the Channel in less than a...
EU EASTERN BORDERS: Significant Increase in Arrivals via EU Eastern Borders Despite Overall Decrease in EU ― Finland Adopts Controversial ‘Pushback’ Law ― Asylum Seekers File Lawsuit Against Lithuania for Unlawful Detention ― NGO Calls for Urgent Action to Help People Trapped in ‘Death Zone’ Along Poland-Belarus Border ― Poland Asks France and Germany for Support to Secure Belarus Border
Preliminary data from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has revealed a 148% increase in irregular crossings of the EU’s eastern borders between January and June 2024 despite an overall decrease of 30% for the EU as a whole. The Finnish Parliament...