21st September 2018 | News
The refusal by Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to allow ships carrying migrants to dock and disembark in Italian ports sparked controversy and crisis over the summer. Together with Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl who currently holds the Presidency,...
14th September 2018 | News
In good news for the rule of the law in Europe, this week the European Parliament acted against Hungary for its multiple breaches of European values, with its Resolution on the report prepared by MEP Judith Sargentini. Despite uncertainty in the run-up to the vote, in...
14th September 2018 | News
An interview with Tim Holtam, founding director of the Brighton Table Tennis Club Can you tell us about the history and background of the Brighton Table Tennis Club (BTTC)? I started the club in 2007 alongside my co-founder Harry McCarney, with just a couple of...
14th September 2018 | News
The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has ruled that the expulsion of a torture victim from Switzerland to Italy under the Dublin Regulation violates the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, by...
14th September 2018 | News
The European Commission released new proposals on border control and migration reform this week to coincide with President Juncker’s State of the Union address. Announced as the ‘last elements needed for compromise on migration and border reform’, they include a...
14th September 2018 | News
A recent report on Slovenia’s implementation of returns to Croatia highlights barriers to access to asylum and deficiencies in return procedures, in potential breach of the principle of non-refoulement. The report was published by the Legal-Informational Centre for...
14th September 2018 | News
The Spanish Congress of Deputies has approved a legal decree that expands access to health to undocumented migrants. In 2012, the former government of Mariano Rajoy restricted access to health care for this group save in specificly determined cases. On 6 September...
14th September 2018 | News
ECRE has published a policy note analysing the changes agreed so far on the reform of the Reception Conditions Directive and the way these reforms will likely lead to an increased use of detention against asylum seekers. As negotiations on the recast Directive reach...
14th September 2018 | News
UNHCR has announced that its registration activities for applicants for international protection in Turkey will end on 10 September 2018, as part of the transition of refugee status determination responsibility to the Turkish Directorate General for Migration...
14th September 2018 | News
In an unprecedented move, the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled last week that it has jurisdiction over the deportation of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh. They will be investigating whether the actions of the Myanmar military allegedly committed against...
