Policy Officer: EU funding for refugee and migrant inclusion

Policy Officer: EU funding for refugee and migrant inclusion

ECRE and PICUM are seeking to recruit a full-time policy officer to be based in ECRE’s Brussels office. The policy officer will be developing and implementing an advocacy strategy to increase the amount of funding available for refugees and migrants under EU budget...
Editorial: All eyes on Italy

Editorial: All eyes on Italy

All eyes are on Italy as a new government is formed. The situation looks volatile and unpredictable, with a political novice as Prime Minister and a coalition bringing together a new populist movement, Cinque Stella, and a revitalised Lega (no longer Nord but still...
Bolstering borders in the Balkans

Bolstering borders in the Balkans

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia have all stepped up border patrols following an increasing number of people transiting through the area, particularly through Bosnia and Herzegovina. Last week the Bosnian Prime Minister Denis Zvisdic announced...

AIDA Briefing: Relocation, a view from destination countries*

An AIDA Legal Briefing published yesterday analyses the practice of countries receiving asylum seekers from Italy and Greece through the relocation scheme. The briefing sketches out the treatment of asylum seekers post-relocation in the areas of registration and...
Interview: Hate Hurts – visualising violence

Interview: Hate Hurts – visualising violence

An interview with Cinzia D’Ambrosi, founder of Hate Hurts Project, a photography project documenting violence against refugees and asylum seekers in Europe. Could you tell us about the aims of your Hate Hurts? I started the Hate Hurts project in 2015, whilst I was in...