Operation ‘Sophia’: EU Officials Aware Naval Military Mission Made Crossing the Med More Dangerous
According to leaked internal reports of the European External Action Service (EEAS), obtained by POLITICO, EU officials were aware that some of the policies applied in the context of Operation ‘Sophia’ exacerbated the dangers of crossing the Mediterranean. While...
EU-Turkey Deal: Reception Conditions Trigger Voluntary Returns
The number of asylum seekers returned from Greece, voluntarily and involuntarily, and levels of EU support to refugees in Turkey cast shadow on EU Agenda on Migration. In its response to a parliamentary question, the German government stated that 5000 people, who had...
Scotland: Report Reveals Destitution of Rejected Asylum Seekers
The report ‘FROM PILLAR TO POST – Destitution among people refused asylum in Scotland’ reveals an urgent need for a national action plan to tackle asylum and migrant destitution in Scotland. Currently they face significant barriers to having their most basic...
Hungary: Constitutional Court fails to give sufficient protection to people and organisations working to protect the rights of asylum seekers
On March 5 the Constitutional Court of Hungary ruled on a complaint from Amnesty International Hungary, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Open Society Foundations on the constitutionality of the so called ‘Stop Soros’ package. According to the Hungarian...
Serbia: Report on the Right to Asylum in 2018
The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) has published the seventh annual report on the right to asylum in the Republic of Serbia, containing an overview and analysis of the protection of refugees in the country in 2018. The report is based on information the BCHR...AIDA 2018 Update: Slovenia*
The updated AIDA Country Report on Slovenia provides the latest developments in the country concerning the asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention and content of international protection. Asylum procedure In 2018 no legislative changes were made, however the...AIDA 2018 Update: Ireland*
The updated AIDA Country Report on Ireland tracks the latest developments and challenges faced by the Irish asylum system in the procedure and reception, months after the first-ever transposition of the recast Reception Conditions Directive into domestic law. Asylum...
Administrative Assistant internship
ECRE is offering a position of Administrative Assistant (6 months renewable – convention immersion professionnelle) with the ECRE UNHCR Strategic Partnership Unit starting as soon as possible. The purpose of this position is to assist with all practical and...