15th September 2017 | News
When President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his State of the Union speech on September 13 he politely praised Italy for its “tireless and noble work,” in the area of migration and went on to conclude that “Italy is saving Europe’s...
15th September 2017 | News
The newly released joint UNICEF and IOM report “HARROWING JOURNEYS” reveals that 77% of the minors and young adults travelling along the Central Mediterranean route have suffered “direct experiences of abuse, exploitation, and practices which may amount to human...
15th September 2017 | News
Informal refugee camps in cities – a (new) European reality? Reports of informal refugee camps and mounting police violence against the people inhabiting them are coming from all over Europe at the moment: Brussels, Paris and Rome. In an interview on the situation in...
15th September 2017 | News
The latest Progress Report on the Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration states that since the last progress report in June significant progress has been made and outlines the key actions taken since June. According to the...
15th September 2017 | News
The critique of the UK detention system is hardening as a result of problematic incidents during the first week of September. The death of a former detainee in a hospital, after an apparently failed suicide attempt in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) is...
15th September 2017 | News
The number of arrivals to Romania by sea has increased over the past months, as indicated by several incidents of Coast Guard interception of boats travelling through the Black Sea. Reports from the Coast Guard reveal an increasing number of interceptions of boats in...
13th September 2017 | News
The Advanced ELENA Course on “Legal Avenues for Strengthening International Protection in Europe” will take place on Friday 17 November and Saturday 18 November 2017. The Course will be held in the Novotel Athens in Athens, Greece. This year the ELENA Course aspires...
8th September 2017 | News
While commentators were quick to dismiss the Paris mini-summit as an ill-advised foray into the quagmire of the migration issue by a new leader, explored from the wider perspective of European security, it can be considered more of a success for France. On migration,...
8th September 2017 | News
On September 6 the Court of Justice of EU (CJEU) dismissed in its entirety the challenges brought by Hungary and Slovakia to the provisional mechanism of mandatory relocation established in September 2015. However, approaching the expiration date of September 26 of...
8th September 2017 | News
A new statistical update from ECRE’s AIDA database for the first half of 2017 represents the most solid available information on the use of the Dublin Regulation. The report seeks to fill the information gap created by the systematic reluctance of Member States to...
