This week marks the anniversary of the Joint Way Forward between Afghanistan and the European Union. What impact did the agreement have and what is your opinion of its effectiveness and sustainability? The impact of the Joint Way Forward deal, as I would call it was,...
The hotspots on the Eastern Aegean islands continue to be marred by overcrowding and deteriorating living conditions. At the beginning of October, a total 13,538 people remained on the islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Leros and Kos. With the exception of Leros, all...
This week the European Commission published its Communication on the “Delivery of the European Agenda on Migration”. ECRE provided its own assessment in the consultation leading up the Communication. Needless to say, there are some differences between our analysis and...
CLEARIFICATION: ECRE misquoted Statewatch and the correct amount invested by the Spanish Government is 12 Million Euro. Statewatch reports that the Spanish Interior Minister Juan Iganacio Zoido announced a 12 million euro investment to improve the fence in the...
On 22 September 2017, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee published a new information note summarising the changes that took place in the field of asylum in Hungary since September 2015 and how it affected the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. The note presents a...
The Council of Europe has published a report mapping procedures, practices and methods for assessing the age of unaccompanied children in Europe. The report raises concern over inaccuracies in age assessment of migrants related to widely different and often inadequate...
In the New York Declaration adopted on 19 September last year, governments affirmed their commitment to the notion of responsibility sharing, they did not conclude a Global Compact for refugees but kicked off the process for consultation and a second summit to adopt...
The two highest courts in France narrow the scope for the use administrative detention under Article 28 of the Dublin III Regulation. In contrast the government plans a reform to widen it. On September 27 the Court of Cassation quashed an order of the Court of Appeal...
This week the European Commission published its review of the 2015 European Agenda on Migration and presented new initiatives in three key areas: EU resettlement, legal migration and return. In regard to relocation and resettlement, priority is given to the relocation...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights classified the situation of Rohingya’s in Myanmar as likely to be a “textbook example of ethnic cleansings”. While Bangladesh is struggling but hosts 436.000 refugees Australia and Thailand have introduced measures to avoid...
