30th September 2016 | News
In an Opinion published last week, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has raised data protection concerns regarding the Commission proposals to reform the Dublin Regulation, the Eurodac Regulation and the establishment of an EU Agency for Asylum. The...
30th September 2016 | Vacancies
ECRE is recruiting a Senior Communications Coordinator with minimum five years of experience of communications work for an NGO and with good knowledge of refugee protection and the political context of ECRE’s work. The purpose of the position is to lead ECRE’s...
30th September 2016 | News
In a joint press release published on 22 September, 77 NGOs in Spain including ECRE member CEAR voiced their firm rejection of the practice of pushbacks at the southern border in Ceuta and Melilla and demanded that the Acting Home Affairs Minister Jorge Fernández...
30th September 2016 | News
Since 21 September 2016, the police station (Questura) in Rome is not accepting any new asylum claims. According to a number of organisations including ECRE members CIR – Italian Refugee Council and ASGI, police officers at the entrance of the police station are...
30th September 2016 | News
Poverty, lack of hygiene and overcrowding are only some of the issues faced by refugees in Lebanon, reports a delegation of MEPs who urge EU leaders to step up resettlement efforts. Seven members of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE), headed...
23rd September 2016 | News
On 12 and 13 September, over 250 participants and speakers from all over Europe and beyond gathered in Brussels to discuss strategies of refugee inclusion and propose innovative and collaborative solutions at the Seminar on Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion....
23rd September 2016 | News
This week’s UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants – which had been referred to as an “extraordinary opportunity” by UNHCR Chief Filippo Grandi – has instead been widely criticised by civil society organisations. The outcome of the Summit, the so-called New...
23rd September 2016 | News
A report of the Independent Chief Inspector on Borders and Immigration found the policy of the UK Home Office to be too restrictive in the treatment of family reunification applications. In 2015, the UK received 8,403 family reunification applications, compared to...
23rd September 2016 | News
In a report released this week ahead of the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) analysed the costs of deterrence measures and border controls adopted by EU countries over the past few years. The measures adopted however, are...
23rd September 2016 | News
The Ministerial Decision introducing free legal assistance in asylum appeals procedures in Greece was published on 9 September 2016. Free legal assistance is made available to applicants who appeal before the Appeals Committees against a negative decision on their...
