EU EASTERN BORDERS: Finland’s Controversial Migration Law Moves Closer to Adoption Amid Civil Society and United Nations Concerns ― Hungary Receives € 200 Million Fine from EU Court over Migration Policy Then Vows to Prioritise ‘Stemming Illegal Migration’ in Upcoming EU Presidency ― Poland Reintroduces ‘Exclusion’ Zone’ next to Border with Belarus and Considers Closing Remaining Crossings
Finland’s emergency migration law has moved a step closer to adoption following its approval by a parliamentary committee on 18 June. The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has fined Hungary € 200 million for failing to comply with a December 2020 judgement relating to...
AIDA Country Report on Hungary – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Hungary provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
AIDA Country Report on Greece – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Greece provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
AIDA Country Report on Austria – 2023 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Austria provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
ECRE Annual General Conference 2024
The 2024 ECRE Annual General Conference (AGC) will take place 09.00-18.00 on Thursday 20 June 2024 in Brussels. Participation is open to both ECRE member organisations and representatives of other organisations (e.g. other NGOs, think tanks, academics, EU...
Launch Event – Beyond walls and fences: EU funding used for a complex and digitalised border surveillance system
‘Beyond walls and fences: EU funding used for a complex and digitalised border surveillance system’ is a new study on EU member states’ (EU MS) use of the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI). It is based on analysis of 24 national programmes...
OP-ED: The EU is stretching the limits of the Temporary Protection Directive beyond 2025, but is it enough?
By Viktoryia Vaitovich Following the unprecedented EU response to the displacement from Ukraine with the triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) for the first time in March 2022, the generally very positive approach to a refugee crisis has now taken a...
MEDITERRANEAN: New Calls for Safe and Legal Pathways after NGO Retrieves 12 Bodies from Sea ― Search and Rescue NGO Wins Court Case Against Italian Authorities ― Greek Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Human Rights Defender ― Survivors of Pylos Shipwreck Still Waiting for Accountability on First Anniversary of Tragedy
The search and rescue (SAR) NGO Médecins Sans Frontières Sea (MSF Sea) has renewed its calls for safe and legal pathways after it recovered the bodies of 12 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. The Sea-Eye SAR NGO has won a court case against...