Last week the Greek Parliament approved an amendment to its asylum law to modify the composition of Appeals Committees and removed the possibility for asylum seekers to request a personal hearing before the Committees. The main change brought about by the new law...
by Elisa Maimone, Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati – CIR (Italian Council for Refugees)* Italian law prescribes that unaccompanied children cannot be placed in detention centres or in reception centres for adults. However, in practice unaccompanied minors...
The UNHCR Global Trends report, released this week, has revealed that 65,3 million individuals were forcibly displaced by the end of 2015. A significant increase when compared with the number of displaced in 2014 – 59,5 million people. The report details that...
On 20 June, ECRE published an Information Note on Family Reunification for Beneficiaries of International Protection in Europe, providing an in-depth overview of some of the most pertinent legal aspects of family reunification within Europe. In particular, it...
On 17 June, the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), published an article on the distribution of asylum seekers across the European Union, based on Eurostat statistics. It outlines the total amount of applications, the main countries of origin and destination,...
This week Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the EU not to return Syrian refugees to Turkey, under the EU-Turkey Deal, as the country is not able to provide sufficient protection and security for all the refugees it hosts. HRW found that in both Izmir and Istanbul...
By Rita Carvalho and Francesca Pierigh, ECRE We visited Hara Hotel near Polykastro, Greece, on 29 May 2016. The events mentioned in this story refer to that visit. We are standing outside a big white tent in Hara Hotel, a makeshift camp on the side of the road, a bit...
By Rita Carvalho and Francesca Pierigh, ECRE We visited EKO camp near Polykastro on 28 May 2016. The events mentioned in this story refer to that visit. Yes, you read about it. You see pictures. You think you know. But when you drive past it, you cannot help but be...
by Francesca Pierigh, ECRE We visited EKO camp near Polykastro on 28 May 2016. The events mentioned in this story refer to that visit. “We just eat and sleep. Every day we eat and sleep. We didn’t come here to eat and sleep. As the sun is setting, we are almost at the...
ECRE has published today an Information Note on Family Reunification for Beneficiaries of International Protection in Europe presenting an overview of some of the most pertinent legal aspects of family reunification within Europe. Family reunification has become an...
