The new German Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, seeks to introduce new restrictions on who can bring family members to Germany and which family members they can bring. A contentious point during talks to build the government coalition-between the Christian Democrat...
An AIDA Comparative Report published this week offers an overview of key developments in the asylum systems of the 23 countries covered by AIDA. Several countries have announced restrictions in their asylum procedures, such as Austria, where the onward appeal has been...
This AIDA comparative report analyses policies and practices of detention of asylum seekers in European countries, which occur through the blurring of the boundaries between reception and deprivation of liberty. On the basis of this report, ECRE makes several...
The number of Venezuelans forced to leave their homes continues to increase. They leave for a variety of reasons, including insecurity and violence, lack of food, medicine or access to essential social services as well as loss of income. UNHCR has affirmed that...
The 2017 Dublin Update, published by the Asylum Information Database, releases figures for 18 European countries revealing an increase in transfers in the aftermath of European Union and domestic political commitments for a stricter enforcement of the Dublin system....
Interview with Nidzara Ahmetasevic, activist with Are You Syrious? Bosnia has had a troubled recent history. What is the current political, social and financial situation? We are one of the most corrupt countries in the world, where rule of law isn’t enforced,...
The Serbian Act on Asylum and Temporary Protection (ATPA) was adopted on 22 March 2018. The Act brings about wide-ranging modifications to the Serbian asylum system as part of EU accession negotiations commitments, mirroring the structure and procedures laid down in...
According to a ruling from the Federal Administrative Court in Switzerland from August 2017 the return of Eritrean nationals is lawful provided they have completed their military service. On that basis the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) will examine the cases...
Statistics from the General Directorate of Security reveals that around 20,000 undocumented Afghan migrants have arrived within the last three month and 17,847 have been captured by security foces in Turkey between January 1 and 29 March 2018. According to media...
In recent weeks, significant numbers of asylum seekers in the UK have been informed that they are prohibited from studying, including some who had been preparing for important examinations. Legislative changes brought in under Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016,...
