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...
23rd September 2016 | News
The New York declaration signed by the Danish government on September 19 included the following statement: We urge States who have not yet established resettlement programmes to consider doing so at the earliest opportunity; those who have already done so are...
23rd September 2016 | News
Asylum seekers have submitted a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights regarding their unlawful pushback from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to Greece. The claim submitted by a group of eight Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan asylum seekers concerns...
23rd September 2016 | News
On Monday 19 September a fire demolished a big part of the Moria hotspot on the Greek island of Lesvos. Different sources report that the camp suffered 30% to 60% damage. Many refugees were forced to flee the premises with little but the clothes on their backs and 95...
16th September 2016 | News
The Hellenic Rescue Team and Efi Latsoudi, the human rights activist behind ‘PIKPA village’ on Lesvos, have jointly been awarded UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award for their humanitarian efforts in Greece. Since the beginning of 2012, Efi Latsoudi has been helping...
16th September 2016 | News
On 14 September, the Council gave final approval for the adoption of the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation. The European Border and Coast Guard agency will be the successor of Frontex, with expanded competences. The agency’s activities which are set to begin...
16th September 2016 | News
Refugee children are five times more likely to be out of school than other children, a UNHCR report exposes this week. “Missing Out: Refugee Education in Crisis” compares UNESCO data on global school enrolment with UNHCR data on refugee education and disparities are...
