The Greek authorities have adopted a policy which excludes asylum applicants in the so-called refugee hotspots who appeal a rejection from the possibility of participating in IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programme in a later stage. This...
On 2 May 2017, the European Commission recommended Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway to cease over the next six months the controls at their internal Schengen borders. The recommendation to lift internal border controls are motivated by “stronger and more...
During the last week-end 245 people are feared dead or missing in the Central Mediterranean. This puts the number of persons who have died crossing from North Africa to Italy to more than 1,300 since the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, the debate on the impact on...
In a report from April 28 Human Rights Watch calls on the Spanish authorities for the immediate transfer of LGBT asylum seekers to the mainland from the enclave of Ceuta where they are facing abuse and harassment. The report establishes that 70 to 80 asylum seekers...
What exactly is Sea- Watch, how was it funded and who is behind it? Sea-Watch is a Search and Rescue organisation that is carrying out operations in the Central Mediterranean Coast, North of the Libyan coast. It is entirely founded through private donations as well as...
In a report based on an analysis of immigration detention and related laws, policies and practices of six European countries, the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) recommends measures to end severe problems of arbitrary detention of stateless people in Europe....
A report by Croatian civil society organisations Are You Syrious and Centre for Peace Studies raises concerns over the increasing trend of rejection of asylum applications by the Croatian Asylum Department based on negative security recommendations by the Security...
Last Friday the directives for the negotiation of an agreement between the EU and Serbia on actions of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) carried out on the territory of Serbia was discussed, as reported by Statewatch. The agreement will allow the...
Following a field visit in March 2017, Forum réfugiés – Cosi has published a report documenting barriers to access the legal information and the asylum procedure on the French-Italian border. Last year, a total of 36,789 migrants were arrested in the département of...
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), with the support of the German civil society organisation Brot für die Welt, submitted a complaint to the EU Ombudsman regarding EASO’s involvement in inadmissibility decisions taken at the Greek...
