16th November 2018 | News
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) 262 migrants detained in Libya were evacuated to Niger on November 12- the largest evacuation from Libya carried out to date. In addition to a successful airlift of 135 people in October this year, this brings the...
16th November 2018 | News
This week the NHS pulled out of a data sharing deal with the Home Office which was used to track down patients who were believed to be breaching immigration rules. This puts a halt to this controversial component of the UK government’s “hostile environment” policy...
16th November 2018 | News
Op-ed by Lisa Doyle, Director of Advocacy and Engagement at the British Refugee Council and the Representative for Western Europe on the ECRE Board. In recent months, the UK Government seems to have finally put refugee integration on the agenda after a long absence....
16th November 2018 | News
The Migration Court of Appeal of Sweden delivered a ruling in case MIG 2018:20, where it found that the suspension of the right to family reunification for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection violated Sweden’s human rights obligations. Under the temporary law...
16th November 2018 | News
As large groups of Central American refugees and migrants reach the Mexican border city of Tijuana, the US military has responded by reinforcing security measures; deploying troops and installing barbed wire and barricades. Last week, US President Donald Trump signed...
9th November 2018 | News, Statements
Statement from the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) Annual General Conference in Belgrade November 6-9, 2018. The 101 strong ECRE alliance met in Belgrade for the ECRE Annual General Conference 2018, taking place alongside the Europe NGO Consultation of...
