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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
In the scope of a joint project on influencing EU funding for refugees and migrants’ inclusion, ECRE and PICUM have recently published their joint comments on the European Commission’s Proposal on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), currently being negotiated as...
It came as little surprise when Austria announced its decision not to sign the Global Compact on Migration (GCM). But rather than creating a scandal it all looks rather sad. International cooperation on migration and asylum will continue, regardless of the...
UK Home Office comes under fire as it is revealed that internal staff are sitting in on interviews with destitute and vulnerable migrant families and gathering highly personal information. Further, Home Secretary Sajid David has had to apologise for unlawfully forcing...
As of November 2018, 103,407 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The UNHCR record that 97, 651 refugees and migrants have arrived to the Mediterranean by sea, and 5,756 by land. The highest number, 53, 187, arrived...
