France: Asylum and immigration reform codifies stricter conditions*

New legislation (Law n. 2018-778) was published yesterday, outlining France’s latest asylum and immigration reforms. The law amends several articles of the French Code of Entry and the Stay of Foreigners and the Right to Asylum (Ceseda), and although not immediately,...

Netherlands: Processing times increase length of asylum procedures*

The duration of asylum procedures is significantly increasing in the Netherlands, despite steady numbers of asylum seekers arriving in the country. According to a brief submitted to the Parliament (Tweede Kamer) by the Dutch Council for Refugees, the waiting time for...
Op-Ed: The Child Refugee and the ‘Jungle’ Camps of Calais

Op-Ed: The Child Refugee and the ‘Jungle’ Camps of Calais

By Dr Yasmin Ibrahim, PhD (LSE), FRSA, SFHEA, Reader in the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.   The child refugee, particularly the unaccompanied child, remains a dilemmatic figure in the landscape of forced migration in the EU...