14th September 2018 | News
The duration of asylum procedures is significantly increasing in the Netherlands, despite steady numbers of asylum seekers arriving in the country. According to a brief submitted to the Parliament (Tweede Kamer) by the Dutch Council for Refugees, the waiting time for...
14th September 2018 | News
The UN has revealed plans to dispatch teams to Austria and Italy in order to assess the treatment of asylum seekers and migrants, after reports of rising discriminatory violence. Newly-appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, voiced concern...
13th September 2018 | News
The Advanced ELENA Course on “Refugee law in practice: from recognition to denial of protection” will take place on Friday 7 December and Saturday 8 December 2018. The Course will be held in Sana Malhoa Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. This year the Advanced ELENA Course...
7th September 2018 | News
Next year’s European Parliament elections have become the talk of the town with pre-campaign campaigning taking place. It deserves our attention because of the important role the current European Parliament has played in the defence of refugee rights during its term....
7th September 2018 | News
A Court from Cadiz has reopened for the second time the investigation into the death of 14 people who were had tried to cross the border fence at the beach of Tarajal, that separates Ceuta (Spain) and Morocco, in 2014. It has ruled that the judge from Ceuta –...
7th September 2018 | News
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has published its updated report on the situation of people trying to reach safety in Europe via the Mediterranean. The Desperate Journeys report finds that the crossing has become even more deadly; the total number of people arriving in...
7th September 2018 | News
By Dr Yasmin Ibrahim, PhD (LSE), FRSA, SFHEA, Reader in the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London. The child refugee, particularly the unaccompanied child, remains a dilemmatic figure in the landscape of forced migration in the EU...
7th September 2018 | News
On 30 August, UNHCR published its latest Eligibility Guidelines for assessing international protection needs of Afghan asylum seekers, replacing its previous guidelines of 2016. The Guidelines indicate the heightened security risks in Kabul, concluding that it cannot...
7th September 2018 | News
The ECRE Communication team works to turn ECRE knowledge and expertise into effective messages towards the public. ECRE has a substantial and increasing audience through 40.000 followers on social media (Twitter and Facebook), 13.000 direct subscribers to our...
7th September 2018 | News
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has urged the Greek government to address the situation for refugees and migrants arriving at “hotspots” on the Aegean Islands. As Aegean Sea Reception and Identification Centres (RICs) become increasingly overcrowded both living...
