8 April 2016 On 6 April the European Commission presented a number of proposals which set out steps to fundamentally reform the Common European Asylum System. It sets out two alternative options for the Dublin system, which allocates responsibility to Member States...
8 April 2016 On 30 March, UNHCR held a High Level Meeting on Global Responsibility Sharing through Pathways for Admission of Syrian Refugees. The conference achieved a modest increase in the number of resettlement and humanitarian admission places, bringing the total...
8 April 2016 ECRE, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Amnesty International released a joint briefing on the draft European Border and Coast Guard Regulation, highlighting a number of concerns. While they recognise the current challenges facing European...
8 April 2016 A new report by Refugee Support Network documents the experiences of 25 young people who were forced to return to Kabul after spending their formative years in the UK. When returning to Afghanistan, they faced various issues such as insecurity, mental...
8 April 2016 The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) is organising a three day event to engage young socially conscious and active participants who are motivated to help end childhood statelessness. Currently thousands of children born in Europe are growing up...
8 April 2016 On Friday 1 April the Greek Parliament adopted Law 4375/2016, amid debate and speculation around the legal reforms needed for the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal of 18 March. The new law does not explicitly designate Turkey as a ‘safe third country’....
8 April 2016 The Asylum Information Database has published a comparative report, Wrong counts and closing doors, which demonstrates that Europe’s ongoing failure to find humane responses to the plight of refugees has led to severe difficulties in ensuring reception...
ECRE, the International Commission of Jurists and Amnesty International present their joint briefing on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Border and Coast Guard. Download the PDF here: Joint briefing ICJ,...
01 April 2016. ECRE joins the calls for an immediate halt to the return of refugees from Greece to Turkey, scheduled to happen on 4 April. Opposition to implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement is mounting across Europe, following reports by Amnesty International...
Brussels, 31 March 2016. Europe’s ongoing failure to find humane responses to the plight of refugees has led to severe difficulties in ensuring reception for those seeking asylum, according to the latest report of the Asylum Information Database (AIDA). The report...
