European Court of Human Rights condemns France for the administrative detention of children

15th July 2016 | News

On 12 July 2016, the European Court of Human Rights ruled against France in the cases of A.B. and Others v France, R.M. and M.M. v France, A.M. and Others v France, R.K. v France. The cases concerned the issue of administrative detention of children who are...

ECRE raises strong concerns about the Eurodac recast regulation proposal

15th July 2016 | News

ECRE published comments this week on the European Commission’s proposal to recast the Eurodac Regulation, which governs the establishment and operation of a database containing fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants. The comments raise a number of...

With Greece: ECRE and AIRE Centre report on refugee protection in Greece

15th July 2016 | News

ECRE and the AIRE Centre released this week a report on procedural challenges and recommendations for effective and sustainable support to the Greek asylum system. The report, which follows a field visit to the country between 28 May and 6 June, emphasises the need...

Only 3,000 people relocated from Greece and Italy in ten months

15th July 2016 | News

The European Commission’s Fifth Report on Relocation and Resettlement published on 13 July finds that the relocation system has many deficiencies, including a lack of relocations generally, lengthy response times and hardly any relocations of unaccompanied...

ECRE Comments on the Commission Proposal to recast the Eurodac Regulation

13th July 2016 | News

ECRE has today published comments on the European Commission’s proposal to recast the Eurodac Regulation,  which governs the establishment and operation of a database containing fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants. ECRE raises concerns over the...

With Greece: Recommendations for refugee protection

13th July 2016 | News

The AIRE Centre & ECRE Report Publication Brussels/London, 13 July 2016. More than 200,000 people have fled conflict and persecution to seek protection in Europe, so far this year. 70% of these people have landed in Greece and most remain stranded. Though the...

European Court of Human Rights condemns Hungary for the unjustified and arbitrary detention of an LGBT asylum seeker

8th July 2016 | News

On 5 July 2016, the European Court of Human Rights ruled against Hungary, in the case of O.M. v Hungary. O.M., an Iranian national represented by a Hungarian Helsinki Committee lawyer, had fled Iran because of his homosexuality and was detained in Hungary for nearly...

Vacancy: ECRE is recruiting a Legal Officer

8th July 2016 | Vacancies

ECRE is offering a Legal Officer position for 10-months starting in August 2016. The purpose of this position is to enhance capacity of ECRE’s Legal Support and Litigation Team in providing legal and litigation support to ECRE and ELENA members. The post holder will...

NGOs document trends of large-scale detention in France

8th July 2016 | News

The five NGOs working in administrative detention centres in France, ASSFAM, Ordre de Malte, Cimade and ECRE members France terre d’asile and Forum réfugiés-Cosi, have published their 2015 detention report. The report documents a continuing trend of large-scale...

Refugees and migrants fleeing sexual violence, abuse and exploitation in Libya

8th July 2016 | News

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have both released briefings on the horrific instances of sexual violence, abuse and exploitation endured by refugees and migrants fleeing Libya. The organisations interviewed several refugees and migrants at reception...