Asylum Statistics 2018: Changing Arrivals, Same Concerns*
Disparities in the way European countries grant international protection to people fleeing persecution and war persisted in 2018, according to asylum statistics made available by national asylum authorities While EU institutions have emphasised a reduction of arrivals...Spain: Court Orders Access to Reception for Dublin Returnees*
The Superior Court (Tribunal Superior de Justicia, TSJ) of Madrid has ordered the Spanish authorities to ensure that asylum seekers returning to Spain from other European countries under the Dublin Regulation are not excluded from access to the reception system. The...
Iceland: Equal Reception Conditions for Resettled Refugees and Asylum Seekers
This week, a new proposal was put forward by the Icelandic Minister of Social Affairs that would ensure that asylum seekers who have been granted asylum in Iceland are afforded the same reception conditions as refugees who have been resettled in the country as part of...
WHO Finds Migrants and Refugees in Good General Health but at Greater Risk
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the first report of its kind on the health of refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region, which was developed in partnership with the Italian National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (INMP). The report...
Relying on Relocation: ECRE Proposal for a Predictable and Fair Relocation following Disembarkation
In its latest Policy Paper, ECRE proposes a mechanism for relocation following disembarkation to end the current “ship by ship” approach to relocation of persons rescued in the Mediterranean. The arrangements followed by European countries since the summer of 2018 are...
Op-ed: Parliament Approves its Position on ESF+ and Calls for Enhancing Social Inclusion
By Giacomo Manca Policy Officer (ECRE & PICUM) – EU Funding for Inclusion On January 16, the European Parliament adopted its report on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) with a large consensus, giving to its EMPL committee the mandate to begin...
Editorial: Immigration Derails the Brexit Train
As the Brexit fiasco train rolls on, Prime Minister Theresa May’s own anti-immigration stance remains an obstacle in the way of reaching any sort of reasonable destination. There are of course many contentious elements to Brexit – Cameron’s decision to call the...
Greece’s treatment of migrant children subject to legal challenge before the European Committee on Social Rights
A legal challenge to the violations of migrant children’s social rights on mainland Greece and its North Eastern Aegean islands has been lodged before a European body specialised in the protection of social rights at the European level. The legal action, taken in the...