Italian NGOs raise concerns over conditions in Cone reception centre and government reform plans to tackle reception problems
This week a coalition of NGOs has reiterated their concerns over the conditions at the Emergency Reception Centre (CAS) in Cona close to Venice amid controversial government plans aiming to improve the reception conditions in the country. ECRE Member ASGI together...
Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia: Pushed back at the door
A new report “Pushed back at the Door” by five human rights NGOs shows that access to protection is increasingly limited in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. The report urges European governments to find the right balance between protecting...
Belgian NGOs release report on state of closed migration detention centres
This week several Belgian human rights organisations released a report on the state of closed migration detention centres in Belgium. The report, the first of its kind in ten years, finds that the administrative detention of hundreds of asylum seekers and other...
UK Detained Fast-Track system denied asylum seekers justice for 10 years
The High Court of England and Wales ruled on 20 January 2017 that asylum seekers have been denied justice for 10 years under the Detained Fast-Track (DFT), used by the Home Office to accelerate the examination of asylum claims. After the Detained Fast-Track appeal...
Pushed back to Serbian winter: 1,600 cases of alleged push-backs in last two months
Save the Children released a statement this week showing that 1,600 cases of push backs from Hungary and Croatia to Serbia have taken place during the last two months. Push backs to Serbia have previously been reported by the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) and...
NO TIME TO WASTE: NGOS CALL UPON EU INSTITUTIONS AND MEMBER STATES TO EXPAND THE USE OF SAFE AND LEGAL CHANNELS FOR REFUGEES
The increasing number of people in need of international protection perishing on their way to safety is a sinister reminder of the limitations of the current international protection regime. Entitlements to the rights recognised by international and regional...
ECRE Policy Note: Chartering a way to protection – The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – An indispensable instrument in the field of Asylum
The ECRE Policy Note: “Chartering a way to protection – The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – An indispensable instrument in the field of Asylum,” offers an overview of how the EU Charter can be used to further the rights of those in need of protection. The...
ECRE Policy Note: Agent of protection? Shaping the EU Asylum agency
The latest ECRE Policy Note Agent of protection? Shaping the EU Asylum Agency comments on the Commission proposal for a Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 showing potential shortcomings and offering policy...