The German Minister of Interior, Horst Seehofer sparked a crisis between Christian Democrats (CDU) and sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) with his 63 point “migration master plan” that was postponed shortly before it was set to be released. Reportedly the...
UNHCR released its Global Trends report this week to coincide with World Refugee Day, detailing the latest statistics on forced displacement across the world. According to the report, over 68.5 million people are currently displaced from their homes for reasons of...
On Monday the Italian interior minister, Matteo Salvini announced he intends to geographically limit Italian naval and coast guard search and rescue operations to be closer to Italy’s shores. The announcement precedes last week’s decision to ban the Aquarius search...
President Trump’s administration faced condemnation this week over the policy of forced separation of migrant children from their parents, who faced detention after crossing the US-Mexico border. Many of the families concerned had travelled from Honduras and El...
ECRE and the ELENA Network have published a new Legal Note on the right of unaccompanied children who “age out” to family reunification in light of international and EU law. The relevant moment for determining whether an applicant can be regarded as a child can have a...
On World Refugee Day June 20, 2018 the Global Trends report from UNHCR reveals that 68.5 million people are forcibly displaced across the globe. 25.4 million are refugees and 85% of them are hosted in developing regions. For the small percentage that have reached...
The stand-off over the Aquarius rescue ship revealed yet again the tragic humanitarian consequences of Europe’s migration policy. But for every action there is a reaction and it also showed that every negative inhumane action will be met with countless positive...
By Yasmin Ibrahim, Queen Mary University of London and Anita Howarth, Brunel University. Humanitarianism as a set of responses by governments to protect the human and alleviate suffering is in a state of crisis today, particularly the concept of refuge or sanctuary....
On June 8 the General Assembly of the Belgian Council of Alien Law Litigation rejected the suspension of Dublin transfer of a Palestinian asylum seeker from Belgium to Greece meaning that the person will be transferred. While the judgment notes that there are...
The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions on six men in Libya accused of leading brutal human trafficking networks across the Mediterranean. Travel bans and global assets freeze are imposed on four Libyans and two Eritreans. This is the first time the...
