The Swiss Federal Court delivered a ruling on 16 May 2017 finding that an Afghan family had been unlawfully detained pending a transfer to Norway under the Dublin Regulation. In October 2016, the authorities of the Zug canton transported the family to the airport to...
On 15 May 2017, the Italian Council of State annulled the transfer to Hungary of an asylum seeker under the Dublin Regulation, confirming its previous position expressed in September 2016. The judgment reaffirmed the deteriorated situation of asylum seekers in Hungary...
Moroccan civil society organisations have called for the protection of group of Syrian refugees stranded at the Algerian-Moroccan since April 19. According to Human Rights Watch the group includes 55 people, 20 of them children and two pregnant women and is without...
Last week the German parliament passed a reform of the asylum law introducing far-reaching changes affecting data protection of asylum seekers, residence restrictions and prolongation of detention custody. The new legal changes introduce stricter obligations on asylum...
In the past week, both UNICEF and ECRE member, Hungarian Helsinki Committee have released reports on the plight of asylum seeking children confirming that the system is failing refugee and migrant children. Deprived, unprotected, and often alone, children on the move...
If the morality of countries is to be measured by their respect for the rights of minorities then a great many nations have some soul searching to do. Wednesday 17 May was the World Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The need for such an event is...
In the early hours of the 9th of May, more than 1 600 people have been evacuated from makeshift camps, at Porte de la Chapelle in Paris to (emergency) reception centres across the Ile de France region. NGOs like France terre d’asile were present to inform and...
An AIDA legal briefing published today examines the use of special procedures to accelerate, prioritise and fast-track asylum applications in European countries. Practice reveals a wide diversity and complexity of procedural models, tools and concepts across national...
On 17 May 2017 the European Commission launched a follow up infringement procedure against Hungary complementing the procedure initiated in December 2015. The follow up procedure concerns violations of the EU asylum and migration acquis rooted in the latest...
While the illegality and brutality of the conditions in the controversial Detention Centre Manus Island is well established the future of the 850 asylum seekers it houses remains unclear as its closure is set to begin within weeks. The closure of the Australian...
