Ireland has launched a new call for applications to reunite refugees with family members residing overseas. Up to 530 people will be granted the right to move to Ireland, under the Humanitarian Admission Programme II. Officially announced on Saturday by Ministers...
Asylum seekers face a deterioration of reception conditions and increasing risks of destitution in Cyprus. While recent increases in the number of arrivals have intensified situations of overcrowding and substandard conditions in Kofinou, the only reception centre in...
The Progress Report on the Implementation of the European Agenda on Migration from the European Commission, also including progress on the Commissions roadmap, reflects an EU in continued crisis mode with a strong focus on the number of arrivals and emphasis on...
On May 17 EU leaders and their Western Balkan counterparts gathered in Sofia, Bulgaria for the EU-Western Balkans Summit. The talks concluded with the Sofia Declaration, which established further cooperation in a number of areas, including migration where the emphasis...
By Moira Dustin, SOGICA Project Asylum seekers fleeing homophobia and transphobia to claim refuge in European countries have a difficult time. They experience many of the problems that all asylum seekers face – the abuses and injustices that forced them to leave their...
NGO statement ahead of the EU-Western Balkans Summit of 17 May 2018 On Thursday 17 May, EU Heads of State are meeting their counterparts from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and...
ECRE is offering a 6-month legal internship: August 2018 – January 2019. The purpose of this position is to assist ECRE’s Legal Support and Litigation Team with legal research on specific topics relating to international protection, contributing to the EDAL database...
The new Hungarian parliament which will first assemble on 8 May is set to vote on draconian and regressive legislation which could arbitrarily restrict fundamental rights and freedoms of civil society. The proposed laws would further undermine and stigmatise...
Approaching the self-imposed deadline of the European Council meeting in June 2018 for reaching a Council position on the reform of the Dublin system a group of 5 Southern EU Member States are rocking the EU Boat in a joint non paper. The position paper lists a number...
On Wednesday, 2nd May, the European Commission published its long-term budget proposal for the EU, including a suggested break-down of funding for the different areas for 2021-2027. The proposal marks the starting point of what promises to be intense negotiations...
