Last Wednesday Italy’s parliament passed a new law with a broad majority, which introduces stricter safeguards for refugee children in the country. The reform was welcomed by humanitarian groups, including Save the Children who stated that it introduces the most...
The French government launched a program in March to open its first humanitarian corridors to Middle Eastern refugees. Five Christian charity organisations have signed an agreement to transfer 500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees from Lebanon to France over the next 18...
A study published last week by the University of Konstanz highlighted differential asylum recognition rates across German states and calls for monitoring of decisions taken by individual staff members and the regional branches of the Federal Office for Migration and...
A legal note published today provides a succinct analysis of the most problematic aspects of the Hungarian asylum system and legal framework, and the most egregious human rights violations asylum seekers currently face in the country, including at its external border...
An AIDA comparative report launched today discusses the impact of Europe’s two-tier protection regime, distinguishing between refugee status and subsidiary protection, on the rights of those granted protection. While the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) is...
The updated country report on Greece provides a thorough analysis of the transformation of the Greek asylum system in the light of the closure of the Western Balkan route and the EU-Turkey statement. The report offers detailed statistics and practical insights into...
Brexit, Trump… Wilders, Le Pen, Petry? No, not necessarily. But the narrative of unstoppable extremism conquering all in its path resonates well in the media, as illustrated by the coverage across Europe of Geert Wilders in the recent Dutch election – grotesquely...
On 15 March 2017, the CJEU delivered its judgment in case C-528/15 Al Chodor, which related to detention under the Dublin III Regulation. The Court decided that Member States are required to establish objective criteria of a “risk of absconding” in a binding provision...
Last week, AIDA published statistics on the application of the Dublin Regulation in 2016 revealing persisting dysfunctions in the Dublin system. But as illustrated in the newly released Migrant Voice report Roads to Nowhere the system not only proves dysfunctional by...
On 16 March the UK Home Office issued a new Guidance concluding that the cash allowance for asylum seekers remains at the level of 36.95£, which constitutes a mere 5£ a day. This was decided despite evidence offered by civil society that asylum destitution is on the...
