ECRE: European return policies – getting the numbers no matter the cost

1st December 2017 | News

Today ECRE published a Policy Note analysing EU return policies and a Case Study on returns to Afghanistan identifying the risks, and the ethical, legal and political implications of a narrow focus on increasing the number of returns in general and in the specific...

Interview: The Media Representation of Refugees and Migrants in Europe

1st December 2017 | News

Interview with Torsten Moritz, Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) on the report CHANGING THE NARRATIVE: Media Representation of Refugees and Migrants in Europe, CCME & World Association for Christian Communication – Europe Region (WACC) Since...

AIDA Country Report: Portugal*

1st December 2017 | News

The new Country Report on Portugal, the 21st country covered by the Asylum Information Database, provides a detailed account of the country’s legal framework, policy and practice relating to the asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and...

Weekly Editorial: EU-Africa Summit: migration – the elephant in the room

24th November 2017 | News

The EU-Africa Summit of 28 is imminent. This time around, Summit’s agenda is focused on youth but the elephant in the room will be migration. Migration has to be part of the policies that the EU develops with and towards Africa. It is one of the great global issues of...

Op-ed: Asylum seekers in Croatia in a human rights vacuum

24th November 2017 | News

By Tajana Tadić and Marijana Međugorac from the civil initiative ‘Are You Syrious’. From the arbitrary and unlawful practices of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Security and Intelligence agency (SIA), to the violent pushbacks occurring from its...

NGO takes Italy to court over misappropriation of development funds directed to Libyan coastguards

24th November 2017 | News

The Italian NGO ASGI filed a suit against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation before the Administrative Tribunal of Lazio (TAR) accusing the Ministry of misappropriation of funds  and misuse of power in regards to Italy’s technical support of...

Amid concerns from civil society, newly arrived migrants are temporarily placed in a soon-to-be prison in Spain

24th November 2017 | News

Over five hundred migrants from Algeria and sub-Saharan Africa who reached the Spanish shores over the past weekend have been placed by the Spanish Ministry of Interior in a centre that will be used as a penitentiary facility in the very near future in Archidona,...

Greek judges recommend legal restrictions to accelerate procedure on the islands

24th November 2017 | News

On 14 November 2017 the General Commission of the Greek Administrative Courts published a letter to the Ministers of Justice and Migration Policy and Directors of the Asylum Service and the Appeals Authority, containing proposals to accelerate the processing of asylum...

UN Committees provide authoritative new guidance in defense of child migrant rights

24th November 2017 | News

In a press release from November 17, United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) announced two Joint General Comments providing authoritative and extensive guidance in the protection the rights of child migrants. The UN Comments are based on...

Ireland: planned opt-in to recast Reception Conditions Directive

24th November 2017 | News

On 21 November 2017, the Irish Minister for Justice and Equality announced that Ireland will be opting into the recast Reception Conditions Directive as part of measures to comply with its Supreme Court ruling of 30 May 2017 which condemned the prohibition on asylum...