In the scope of a joint project on influencing EU funding for refugees and migrants’ inclusion, ECRE and PICUM have recently published their joint comments on the European Commission’s Proposal on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), currently being negotiated as...
It came as little surprise when Austria announced its decision not to sign the Global Compact on Migration (GCM). But rather than creating a scandal it all looks rather sad. International cooperation on migration and asylum will continue, regardless of the...
UK Home Office comes under fire as it is revealed that internal staff are sitting in on interviews with destitute and vulnerable migrant families and gathering highly personal information. Further, Home Secretary Sajid David has had to apologise for unlawfully forcing...
As of November 2018, 103,407 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The UNHCR record that 97, 651 refugees and migrants have arrived to the Mediterranean by sea, and 5,756 by land. The highest number, 53, 187, arrived...
Uganda has received wide praise for opening its borders and allowing a high level of freedom of movement and access to work for its large population of refugees. However, an investigation into allegedly fraudulent registrations and mismanaged funds demonstrate that...
Several people were injured during an incident at the Croatian-Bosnian land border of Maljevac last week, after a group of more than 200 refugees and migrants, including women and children, blocked the main road, hoping to be allowed entry into Croatia. Croatian...
Nearly 4000 Sri Lankan refugees living in camps in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu have reportedly applied for return to Sri Lanka in the coming months. Political turmoil erupted on Friday as Parliament was suspended and the country’s former Prime Minister...
A potentially positive outcome of the EU’s two recent Summits is the focus on Africa with increased political and financial commitment, primarily through investment. Sometimes branded as a “Marshall Plan” for Africa, the same ideas appeared in President Juncker’s...
Op-ed by Matt Hawkins: Co-Founder of Compassion in Politics When three year old refugee Alan Kurdi was washed up on a Turkish beach, images of his lifeless body were shared across the world. In a way that months of statistics being shared about the scale of the crisis...
Pressure is mounting on the Australian government to remove the refugees currently detained on the offshore processing centre on Nauru, following statements from the Australian Medical Association and the United Nations on the urgency of the conditions on the Island....
