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...
16th September 2016 | News
On 24 August 2016 Italian police carried out the deportation of 48 Sudanese nationals from the border crossing of Ventimiglia to Khartoum. The Sudanese citizens were trying to cross into France as it was their intention to reach northern European countries. It is...
16th September 2016 | News
The level of protection given to people fleeing Syria, Eritrea, Iraq and Afghanistan in Germany has decreased drastically this year. Instead of refugee status, the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) is granting subsidiary protection to all four...
16th September 2016 | News
On 2 October, Hungarian citizens will vote in a referendum on the following question: “Do you want the EU to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens to Hungary without the approval of the National Assembly?” The government has spent over 10...
