21st September 2018 | News
Paul Hutchings had been a market researcher for 25 years, and he and his colleague John Sloan had both been running their own businesses. They met when they both went to Calais in 2015 to try and help refugees that were stuck in the makeshift ‘Jungle’ camp. They...
21st September 2018 | News
The Greek Government announced on Tuesday plans to move 2,000 asylum seekers from Lesvos to the mainland, in an effort to deal with severe overcrowding and deteriorating living conditions, amid growing criticism from civil society organisations. The Greek refugee camp...
21st September 2018 | News
The Pew Research Centre released the results of their survey this week which suggest that a significant majority of people in several EU member states support accepting more refugees fleeing persecution and violence. It also finds that people strongly disapprove of...
21st September 2018 | News
Minister for immigration, Caroline Nokes, announced on Thursday that the Home Office is to offer children who were brought to the UK when the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais was demolished, an exceptional form of “Calais leave”. This leave which will included the right to...
21st September 2018 | News
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has reportedly already rowed back on the offer he made earlier this week to grant citizenship to hundreds of thousands of refugees. The newly instated leader had made a surprise announcement on Sunday, in which he promised that...
21st September 2018 | News
The CPT has published a report on its recent 2017 visit to Hungary, assessing the authorities’ implementation of the Committee’s previous recommendations, as well as in review of the practice relating to the recently amended aliens legislation. In its response to the...
21st September 2018 | News
ECRE’s legal support and strategic litigation aims to support asylum seekers and refugees to access their rights through the courts and to effect deeper legal changes through litigation. Legal support involves advice, training and networking for asylum lawyers. ECRE...
21st September 2018 | News
The refusal by Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to allow ships carrying migrants to dock and disembark in Italian ports sparked controversy and crisis over the summer. Together with Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl who currently holds the Presidency,...
14th September 2018 | News
In good news for the rule of the law in Europe, this week the European Parliament acted against Hungary for its multiple breaches of European values, with its Resolution on the report prepared by MEP Judith Sargentini. Despite uncertainty in the run-up to the vote, in...
14th September 2018 | News
An interview with Tim Holtam, founding director of the Brighton Table Tennis Club Can you tell us about the history and background of the Brighton Table Tennis Club (BTTC)? I started the club in 2007 alongside my co-founder Harry McCarney, with just a couple of...
