92 per cent of the Afghan asylum seekers and refugees interviewed in a report by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) has been directly impacted by explosive violence. The grave statistics adds another layer of documentation to the unstable situation in the country where...
On 7 April 2017 the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) expressed alarm at the deteriorating security situation in the already famine-stricken South Sudan forcing thousands of people to flee for their lives. Ongoing fighting is reported near Pajok in Eastern Equatoria and in...
Commission must now transform words into action, say agencies 12 April 2017: The European Commission’s new policy guidelines launched today, which provide concrete actions to protect all migrant and refugee children arriving in Europe, have been broadly welcomed by...
With recent legal changes, the Hungarian government is making a mockery of EU asylum law, as ECRE has commented. But letting Hungary – again and again – get away with actions that contravene EU law and values makes a mockery of us all. The harsh measures and vile...
On the basis of the EU-Afghanistan agreement ‘Joint Way Forward’ five Member States have recently deported rejected Afghan asylum seekers to Afghanistan. Germany, Austria and Sweden have chartered flights last week, whereas Finland and the Netherlands scheduled...
On 30 March 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Chowdury and Others v. Greece, establishing Greek negligence in a case concerning severe exploitation of 42 migrant workers and the shooting of 21 of them. In the extreme case concerning 42...
Last Wednesday Italy’s parliament passed a new law with a broad majority, which introduces stricter safeguards for refugee children in the country. The reform was welcomed by humanitarian groups, including Save the Children who stated that it introduces the most...
The French government launched a program in March to open its first humanitarian corridors to Middle Eastern refugees. Five Christian charity organisations have signed an agreement to transfer 500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees from Lebanon to France over the next 18...
A study published last week by the University of Konstanz highlighted differential asylum recognition rates across German states and calls for monitoring of decisions taken by individual staff members and the regional branches of the Federal Office for Migration and...
A legal note published today provides a succinct analysis of the most problematic aspects of the Hungarian asylum system and legal framework, and the most egregious human rights violations asylum seekers currently face in the country, including at its external border...
