Op-ed: 12 Worlds within Our Island

Op-ed: 12 Worlds within Our Island

By Dr. Neil Falzon, Director of aditus foundation on the release of Our Island II – a compilation of 12 personal stories told by people arriving to Malta in search for security and opportunities. It is a tired cliché to say that the migration discourse tends to ignore...
Interceptions and Reluctant Rescues on the Mediterranean

Interceptions and Reluctant Rescues on the Mediterranean

Last week, Maltese and Italian ships picked up 435 people on the Med. 124 were intercepted by the Libyan coast guard. As weather conditions enables more departures from the North African coast towards Europe UNHCR urges EU politics to focus on saving lives. Last...
Turkey: Lawyers Arbitrarily Detained in Izmir Removal Centre

Turkey: Lawyers Arbitrarily Detained in Izmir Removal Centre

Lawyers of the Bar Association of Izmir were arbitrarily detained in the Harmandalı Removal Centre during a visit to meet with asylum seekers. On 14 May 2019, a group of eight lawyers and one interpreter who entered Harmandalı were held in the interview room of the...

UK: Interim Guidance on Age Assessment Following Latest Judgment*

The Home Office has issued interim guidance on age assessment of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, following a successful challenge of its policy in the case of BF (Eritrea) before the Court of Appeal. In its ruling of 23 May 2019, the Court of Appeal held that...
ECRE Working Paper: Asylum seekers in the EU labour market

ECRE Working Paper: Asylum seekers in the EU labour market

This working paper is examining the importance of employment for the integration of third country nationals, and specifically asylum seekers. It focuses on the example of asylum seekers in Sweden, a country whose legislation encourages access to the labour market for...
ECRE Annual General Conference 2019

ECRE Annual General Conference 2019

NB! Deadline for registration 29 September 2019 Annual General Conference of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) together with the UNHCR-NGO Europe Consultations takes place on 23-24 October 2019 in Brussels, Belgium (Renaissance Brussels Hotel, Rue...
EP Elections: Every Vote Counts – Make Sure It’s Yours!

EP Elections: Every Vote Counts – Make Sure It’s Yours!

Since early February ECRE and 26 partner organisations have been campaigning to mobilise progressive voters for the EP election under the hashtag #YourVoteOurFurture. The voices carrying the campaign belongs to those most directly targeted by increasingly harsh...