Policy Note: Debunking The “Safe Third Country” Myth
ECRE’s concerns about EU proposals for expanded use of the safe third country concept. Read the note »
Weekly Editorial: The EU at a crossroad: reform and solidarity or isolationism and chaos
The EU Observer quotes an unnamed European Commission official as saying “Migration is the crisis on which the EU is building its future. How we solve it will define the future.” Leaving aside the fact that this is a self-inflicted rather than inevitable crisis,...
Asylum seekers from violence ridden Somalia face asylum lottery in Europe
While Somalia is spiralling into to a vicious self-feeding circle of violence, poverty, drought and displacement, European protection rates differs with almost 40 per cent for the first three quarters of 2017. On October 14 a truck bombing in Somalia killed more than...
Op-ed: Winter has arrived, thousands left at its mercy in Greece’s hot-spots
by Efi Latsoudi (Lesvos) Natassa Strachini (Chios), staff members of Refugee Support Aegean (RSA). RSA is the implementing partner of the Foundation PRO ASYL in Greece. Despite repeated warnings from numerous organisations thousands of refugees are going to suffer in...
CJEU Applicants can rely on the expiry of the six-month period to challenge a transfer under the Dublin III Regulation
On 25 October 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the expiry of the six-month period to carry out transfers under the Dublin III Regulation automatically leaves the responsibility for the asylum application with the requesting Member State....
One year after Calais camp dismantlement: 70 per cent of its asylum seekers confirmed in need for protection
One year after the dismantlement of the Calais camp the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) noted that nearly 15,000 persons transferred out of the Calais camp over the past two years have had their asylum applications examined,...
Council conclusion confirms cooperation on migrant control with Libya but leaves out human rights concern
During last week’s European Council meeting Member States expressed strong support for Italian cooperation with Libyan authorities. The Council’s conclusion revealed little of the concerns that caused EU Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks to request...
Greek Appeals Committees tighten the criterion of sufficient connection to safe third country
Following a recent ruling from Greek Council of State, two decisions by the Greek Appeals Committees further clarify requirements for establishing a sufficient connection between asylum seekers and a ‘safe third country.’ They found that transit through a country in...