After being denied access to Italian ports and left at sea for ten days 62 migrants aboard the search and rescue vessel Alan Kurdi were allowed to disembark in Malta. The access was granted only upon promises from other European member states to receive those recued....
The updated Country Report on Germany provides a detailed overview of developments in the asylum procedure, reception conditions and detention, as well as content of international protection. The political agreement of 12 March 2018 between German federal coalition...
The updated Country Report on Italy provides a detailed analysis of legislative developments introduced by Decree Law 113/2018, implemented by L 132/2018, as well as practice relating to asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention and content of protection....
The registration of asylum applications in France continues to face severe obstacles, as illustrated by recent statistics on the operation of the telephone registration platform set up by the Office for Immigration and Integration (OFII) in the Ile-de-France region....
Around 62,000 people have fled from Nicaragua since the political and social crisis started a year ago, most of them sought asylum in Costa Rica. The Nicaraguan government says that it will implement a program to guarantee the safety of returnees. According to the...
With news breaking of another rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean, ECRE reiterates its call on Member States to reach the agreement that is within their reach on the Mediterranean crisis. The European Commission should focus its efforts on facilitating an...
An agreement has been reached on the reform of Frontex, the European Border and Coastguard (EBCG). This week, the co-legislators, the European Parliament and the Council, agreed on a revised version of the proposal launched by the European Commission in September...
Senior officials at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) raised concerns with the UK Home Office about the health and welfare of at least 35 unaccompanied children who are at a centre in Calais waiting to be reunited with family in the UK, the Guardian reports....
Maltese authorities have reportedly charged five people, including three teenagers, with committing “terrorist activities”. The people were on board a merchant ship that had rescued 108 people. The facts of the incident remain unclear: the five have been accused of...
New data on asylum decisions in Germany shows that the majority of asylum claims were well-founded. A high number of negative asylum decisions were overturned upon appeal, which illustrates the need for better decision-making. Allegations of fraud against the BAMF...
