Asylum seekers transferred from northern Italy to Taranto hotspot
Last week, approximately 100 persons staying in the Via Corelli reception centre in Milan were transferred by bus to the Taranto hotspot (approximately 1,000km south of Milan), where migrants and asylum seekers are being unlawfully detained. Similar incidents have...Unravelling Travelling: AIDA legal briefing on travel documents for beneficiaries of international protection
A legal briefing published last week by the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) documents the various legal frameworks and practices of issuing travel documents to beneficiaries of international protection in 20 European countries. The briefing highlights the...Serbia: Access to protection is a rarity as the bottleneck intensifies*
The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has published its Periodic Report on the Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia, covering the period of July-September 2016. The report investigates developments regarding the reception situation, regular border crossings to...UN Special Rapporteur finds no evidence of risk between migration and terrorism
In its latest Report on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, the UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights finds that there is “no evidence of risk” that migration leads to an increase in...
Policy Note: The Road out of Dublin: reform of the Dublin Regulation
In The Road out of Dublin, ECRE provides an overview of the main changes in the proposal to recast the Dublin Regulation and presents its recommendations for the EU policy-makers working on the recast. Read the note
Policy Note: Untying the EU Resettlement Framework
ECRE’s policy note analyzes the proposal for an EU resettlement framework and sets out ECRE’s recommendations for breaking the link with migration control and preserving the humanitarian focus of resettlement. Read the note
Open Letter: The European Parliament must immediately address the Joint Way Forward Agreement between the EU and Afghanistan
Brussels, 24th of October 2016 To the Members of the European Parliament, The Afghanistan donor conference that took place on October 4 and 5, 2016 brought together representatives from 75 countries and 26 international organizations. €13.6 billion was pledged –...ECRE alliance gathers at its Annual General Conference in Berlin
Over 150 participants gathered in Berlin from 12 to 14 October for ECRE’s Annual General Conference 2016. The AGC was hosted by ECRE’s German members, Diakonie Deutschland, PRO ASYL, Red Cross Germany, Caritas Germany, AWO and Der Paritätische, with Diakonie taking...