The updated AIDA Country Report on Austria provides detailed information and statistics on asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention and content of protection, covering recent legislative and policy restrictions on the rights of asylum seekers, as well as...
The new Country Report on Romania, the 22nd country covered by the Asylum Information Database, offers a thorough analysis of the country’s legal framework and practice relating to the asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of...
The updated Country Report on the United Kingdom tracks recent developments in practice and case law governing asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection. Home Office guidance on age assessment was...
On Monday, the long awaited security update on Afghanistan was leaked to German news channel ARD. It sets out the deteriorating situation since the withdrawal of NATO forces in 2014. The report highlights refugees and deportation as key issues. Deutsche Welle notes...
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 15.000 migrants have been returned from Libya to their country of origin and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has assisted in the evacuation of more than 1,300 refugees from Libya...
Various organisations providing daily support to refugees and asylum seekers in Croatia have recently published a new report pointing to a substantial increase of the number of pushbacks and police violence at the Croatian border. The report is the result of thousands...
Last week a fifteen year old Afghan boy (ZS), was challenging the Secretary of State in high court over failing in her duties over the ‘Dubs Amendment’. ZS was one of the vulnerable children denied entry to the UK under the ‘Dubs Amendment’, following the eviction of...
Italian elections taking place on 4 March look very unpredictable however, we can say for sure that migrants won’t be the winner. The largest “party” is likely to be Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) the anti-establishment outfit of Beppe Grillo, although Grillo himself...
An interview with Michaela Teigelmeister and Ansgar Rudolf, both Diakonie Sieg & Rhein, Germany. Approximately 374 people are currently hosted in church asylum across Germany, including one case facilitated by your counselling office. How come you opened...
In the context of the High Level Conference on the Sahel, an international commitment of 414 million Euro’s was announced by the European Commission on February 23. The ambition of tackling root causes of instability and irregular migration resembles the focus areas...
