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’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 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...
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...
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...
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Aquarius, the last nongovernmental search and rescue ship operating in the Mediterranean, register after its flag was withdrawn by Panamanian authorities, five international rights organisations...
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...
ECRE has published its Comments on the European Commission’s Proposal on the Asylum and Migration Fund (AMF) which is currently being negotiated as part of the legislative proposals for the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021- 2027. The Comments include...
0p-ed by Lea Main- Klingst Lea holds a LLM in Human Rights Law from University College London and works as a legal researcher in London. She is a founding member of SOS MEDITERRANEE Germany, and supports their press and advocacy work. In the span of four days, between...
Op-ed by Laura Daïeff and Meena Masood Seán Binder and Sarah Mardini are humanitarian volunteers who were arrested by Greek Authorities in August, and currently remain detained while they await trial. They have been accused of assisting refugees to enter Greece...
