22nd February 2019 | News
ECRE published a Policy Note this week which looks at the treatment of applications for international protection from Afghan nationals, considering recent policies and guidelines and the approach of national courts. Afghan nationals were the second highest group to...
22nd February 2019 | News
This week ECRE publishes a Policy Note and an analysis of case law on return to Afghanistan, building on its previous work on return of persons to that country. Despite ECRE’s critical stance on contemporary return policies, including in relation to Afghanistan, our...
22nd February 2019 | News
An interview with Michele Cinque Director of the documentary film ‘Iuventa’ on the civilian search and rescue initiative on the Mediterranean. See trailer of the documentary: Iuventa You documented the search and rescue vessel Iuventa of the German NGO Jugend Rettet...
22nd February 2019 | News
The German interior minister has submitted a ministerial draft bill that proposes measures for more effective implementation of deportations. Refugee right organisations are concerned the law could expand the use of detention and restrict the rights of people seeking...
22nd February 2019 | News
The latest report of the European Committee on the Prevention of Torture (CPT), following a visit to Greece in April 2018, reiterates criticism of inhuman detention conditions, while expressing concern at the increasing use of immigration detention. The CPT delegation...
22nd February 2019 | News
On 17 January 2019, Ethiopia’s parliament adopted important amendments to its existing refugee legislation securing the right to free movement and work for refugees in the country. The new law, which will replace its 2004 Refugee Proclamation, marks an important step...
