New immigration policy set to restrict US immigrants from using public benefits, or risk residency eligibility
The Trump government recently announced its plans to propose further restrictions on VISAS and green cards, for immigrants who are likely to use public aid benefits, including nutrition programmes, as well as housing and medical aid. According to the policy, proposed...
Update of the EU Asylum, Borders and External Cooperation on Migration: Recent Developments
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has updated its EU Asylum, Borders and External Cooperation on Migration: Recent Developments publication as of September 2018. This in-depth analysis discusses key initiatives put forward by the EU in order to...
Germany tackles labour shortages with new immigration law
Germany’s coalition parties have agreed on a new immigration law which will aim to attract more skilled workers from outside of the European Union. The policy is intended to fill the labour shortages that are the product of high rates of employment, an aging...
34 refugees die waiting more than 24 hours as ships sinks off the coast of Morocco
34 people, including 2 children, have been found dead after a ship which was carrying approximately 60 refugees came into distress in the early hours of Sunday morning. The people on board called the Coordination Center for Maritime Rescue as the ship started to sink...
A ‘zero sum’ game at a price – the Dublin system in the first half of 2018*
The latest Dublin Update published by the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), managed by ECRE, releases exclusive figures from 14 European countries on the operation of the Dublin system for the first six months of 2018. The Dublin Regulation continues to be...
UK: Non-violent activists face life sentences for ‘terrorist offences’
In March 2017, 15 activists locked themselves together around an immigration removal charter flight that was preparing to deport undocumented migrants from Stansted airport to Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. The action by the members of the campaign group End...
Europe: Save Mediterranean Rescue Ship, Aquarius Has Saved Thousands of Lives
BRUSSELS, October 3, 2018 European leaders should act quickly to help the Aquarius, the last nongovernmental search and rescue ship operating in the Mediterranean, register after its flag was withdrawn by Panamanian authorities, five international rights organisations...
Hungary: Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Open Society Foundation file complaint against Hungary over legislation that criminalises support for refugees
In response to measures imposed by the Hungarian government that attempt to crack down on civil society individuals or organisations that purportedly “promote illegal migration”, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) and the Open Society Foundation (OSF) have both...