The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) has decided to ask the European Commission to table a legislative proposal on an EU-wide humanitarian visa programme that would allow people seeking international protection to enter...
A recent report from The Guardian documents increasing barriers to access to Turkish territory for Syrian refugees. People arriving at the border province of Hatay are pressured into signing “voluntary return” documents, advised by authorities that they are either to...
In the summer of 2018, Jojo Schulmeister returned from the Greek island of Lesvos to showcase a series of photos he had taken with refugees on the Island, in an exhibition called “Laughing Scars”. The Swiss photographer hopes to tell a story of the people that he met...
The UK Home Office has agreed to carry out an independent inquiry into the mistreatment and alleged abuse of detainees held in its network of 10 immigration removal centres (IRC’S), following the threat of legal action. The inquiry will investigate accusations of both...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has expressed concern regarding a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which was sparked by an expulsion order targeting Congolese migrants who had been working in...
The Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia delivered a ruling on 4 September 2018, where it clarified the boundaries of the “residence rule” (Wohnsitzzuweisung) limiting the freedom of protection status holders to move across German territory. The...
ECRE’s Advocacy team seeks to influence government policy and practice affecting refugee rights in Europe as well as European external action that impacts refugee rights outside Europe. It targets policy-makers in Brussels and in Member State capitals with tailored...
Uncertainty hangs over the fate of the proposals for reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). The Austrian Presidency has made clear its opposition to continuing the negotiations – along with its opposition to Europe actually having an asylum system....
Refugees arriving in Greece by land are at risk of destitution due to the ongoing shortage in reception capacity. Arrivals through the Greek-Turkish land border of Evros continue to rise, notably due to reduced controls on the part of Turkish authorities and a halt in...
As conflict intensifies in Cameroon thousands of civilians are being forcibly displaced from their homes. Violence between state forces and separatists has displaced more than 246,000 people within the Southwest region, while at least 26,000 have fled to Nigeria. The...
