ECRE Annual General Conference 2017 in Tallinn, Estonia
The Annual General Conference of the European Council on Refugee and Exiles (ECRE) together with the UNHCR-NGO Consultations took place on 16-18 October 2017 in Tallinn, Estonia (Hotel Euroopa, Paadi 5). The AGC was organized by the Estonian Refugee Council (ERC) and...
Vacancy: Legal Officer
ECRE is offering 12-months Legal Officer’s post starting in October 2017. The purpose of this position is to enhance capacity of ECRE’s Legal Support and Litigation Team in providing legal and litigation support to ECRE and ELENA members. The post holder will be...Civil Society organisations raise concern over German violations of the right for family reunification for asylum seekers from Greece
The undersigned organisations would like to express our serious concerns on a de facto violation of the right for family reunification and breach of relevant provisions stipulated in the EU Regulation 604/2013 (Dublin III Regulation), regarding asylum seekers’...
Human rights organisations: Poland violates international law by blocking entry of asylum seekers from Belarus
Despite rulings by the European Court of Human Rights in cases involving the push backs of Chechen nationals from Poland to Belarus, Polish border guards continue to block the entry of asylum seekers. In a joint statement Amnesty International, the Helsinki Foundation...
Database interoperability should not come at cost of human rights, cautions FRA
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has published a report on the human rights implications of proposals for interoperability of different information databases in the area of home affairs. While it can contribute to better decision-making and more...
People who escape war and persecution abroad, badly let down in Britain – OP-ed by Stephen Hale, Chief Executive of Refugee Action
Gloria fled Uganda – where homosexuality is illegal – with her baby in May 2015, hoping to live in freedom in the UK. They initially lived with the child’s father, but he started to demand a sexual relationship so she had to leave. With nowhere to live while her...
UK to include vulnerable groups and mixed families in Syrian resettlement programme
The UK is including vulnerable groups like Iraqi, Palestinian and Kurdish minorities as well as families of mixed nationality affected by the conflict in their Syrian Resettlement programme under which 20,000 vulnerable people are to be resettled by 2020. According to...
Proposed Code of Conduct for Search and Rescue putting lives at risk
A Code of Conduct for NGOs active in search and rescue (SAR) operations that has been drafted by the Italian government was leaked this week by Statewatch. Human rights organisations are raising strong concern that initiative will endanger thousands of life’s on the...