Last week, the UN Refugee Agency raised strong concerns over continued reports about alleged push-backs at the Greek-Turkish land border last week. The Greek human rights organisation Hellenic League of Human Rights has reported on push backs during the last week and...
On 9 June 2017, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court published a long-awaited decision suspending a Dublin transfer to Hungary. The leading case concerned a Congolese applicant who had been fingerprinted in Hungary before reaching Switzerland where he applied for...
A report by the UN Panel of Experts on Libya raises concern over direct involvement of the Libyan Coast Guard in human rights violations against migrants. The Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to UN Security Council resolution 1973 from 2011, states in...
This Wednesday the European Commission has launched infringement procedures against the Czech Republic for non-compliance under the 2015 Council decision over relocation. The 2015 Council Decision requires Member States to pledge available places for relocation every...
29th June 2017, Brussels 9:00 – 14:00 Quaker Council for European Affairs, Square Ambiorix 50, 1000 Brussels Migration has recently taken centre stage in the landscape of EU-Afghan relations. The European Union has had a long-term commitment to Afghanistan for many...
A planned deportation flight from Germany was cancelled on Wednesday, following an attack close to the German embassy in Kabul that killed 80 people and injured more than 350. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maziere stated that employees at the German embassy were...
Photo by: Irish Refugee Council On 30 May 2017, the Irish Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in case N.V.H. v. Minister for Justice and Equality and declared the absolute prohibition on seeking of employment for asylum seekers unconstitutional. The case...
On 25 May 2017, the UK Court of Appeal ruled that the UK Home Secretary has unlawfully refused entry to the UK to a group of refugee families who have spent more than 18 years at a British military base on Cyprus. The refugees were rescued from a fishing boat in the...
In 2015 EU Member States committed to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy. The target was first lowered to 98,000 and approaching the September deadline the figure has been further reduced to 33,000. While this is justified by the Commission on the...
The asylum reform streak continues in Austria, as a new legislative proposal on an aliens law amendment (FrÄG 2017, Part II) has been tabled before the Austrian parliament. The bill presents restrictions on residence, detention and penalties for non-compliance with...
