The joint European Union (EU), African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) Task Force visited Tripoli last week welcoming progress made evacuating and returning migrants and refugees out of Libya. EU has announced three new programmes, for protecting migrants and...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Poland provides the latest information and developments relating to the asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention and content of international protection. People seeking international protection face systematic push backs and...
Persisting human rights violations against people seeking protection at Bulgaria’s border with Turkey have been confirmed following a recent visit of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). At the Greek border with Turkey...
The Council of Europe’s Special Representative on Migration and Refugees, Ambassador Tomáš Boček, has published his first activity report covering the period of his first mandate (February 2016 to January 2018). The report provides an overview of the Special...
In a new ruling by an Israeli immigration appeal panel, desertion from the Eritrean army has been accepted as a sufficient basis for granting refugee status to an Eritrean asylum seeker. Recognition rates in Israel are dramatically low and Sudanese and Eritrean asylum...
The negotiations on the reforms of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) have rumbled on for close to two years, with the reform of the Dublin Regulation being the central and most contentious issue. Those obliged to follow the process notice a renewed vigour, with...
Earlier this month, UNHCR released a statement citing the heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence to which refugee women and children are exposed, due to inadequate security and overcrowded conditions. The Greek government criticizes the methodology and...
The updated AIDA reports on Switzerland and France document the latest developments on access to the territory for those in need of protection, the asylum procedure, the Dublin system, reception conditions, detention and content of protection. France registered...
Migration control is a key-element in EU enlargement efforts in the Western Balkans. A draft status agreement on strengthened operational cooperation between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) and Albania has been announced by the European Commission...
On 13 February 2018, the Hungarian government tabled a controversial legislative package to Parliament, which will potentially affect the function of civic life in Hungary on every level. A broad range of actors have expressed their solidarity with civil society in...
