28th September 2018 | News
A Decree-Law on immigration and security approved by the Council of Ministers on 24 September 2018 introduces far-reaching restrictions to the Italian asylum system. The reform has been decried by civil society organisations for lowering protection standards,...
28th September 2018 | News
Unaccompanied migrant children as young as 10 have been forced to sleep at police stations in northern Spain as arrivals overwhelm reception centres across different Spanish cities. On Tuesday it was also confirmed that Spain has returned an unaccompanied minor to...
21st September 2018 | News
At the Salzburg Summit little seems to have been decided on migration, with the media focusing on the ongoing Brexit debacle or other stories entirely. The main news was contained in the opening announcement from Donald Tusk, President of the Council, and Sebastian...
21st September 2018 | News
Paul Hutchings had been a market researcher for 25 years, and he and his colleague John Sloan had both been running their own businesses. They met when they both went to Calais in 2015 to try and help refugees that were stuck in the makeshift ‘Jungle’ camp. They...
21st September 2018 | News
The Greek Government announced on Tuesday plans to move 2,000 asylum seekers from Lesvos to the mainland, in an effort to deal with severe overcrowding and deteriorating living conditions, amid growing criticism from civil society organisations. The Greek refugee camp...
21st September 2018 | News
The Pew Research Centre released the results of their survey this week which suggest that a significant majority of people in several EU member states support accepting more refugees fleeing persecution and violence. It also finds that people strongly disapprove of...
21st September 2018 | News
Minister for immigration, Caroline Nokes, announced on Thursday that the Home Office is to offer children who were brought to the UK when the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais was demolished, an exceptional form of “Calais leave”. This leave which will included the right to...
21st September 2018 | News
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has reportedly already rowed back on the offer he made earlier this week to grant citizenship to hundreds of thousands of refugees. The newly instated leader had made a surprise announcement on Sunday, in which he promised that...
21st September 2018 | News
The CPT has published a report on its recent 2017 visit to Hungary, assessing the authorities’ implementation of the Committee’s previous recommendations, as well as in review of the practice relating to the recently amended aliens legislation. In its response to the...
21st September 2018 | News
ECRE’s legal support and strategic litigation aims to support asylum seekers and refugees to access their rights through the courts and to effect deeper legal changes through litigation. Legal support involves advice, training and networking for asylum lawyers. ECRE...
