15 January 2016 The Danish Parliament debated this week a new bill that would further restrict the asylum space in the country: the proposed law will among other things authorise police to search belongings of refugees and asylum seekers and seize valuables worth more...
15 January 2016 International Alert released a study documenting the impact of mixed and segregated schooling of Lebanese and Syrian students on social cohesion in Lebanon. The research, conducted between May and July 2015 in Beirut, shows how mixed classes improve...
14 January 2016 Visa restrictions for Syrians entering Turkish territory have been introduced for those who enter via air or by sea. These restrictions will not apply to Syrian refugees who cross the border by land. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said that these new...
14 January 2016 UNHCR and the World Bank have partnered to publish a detailed collaborative report into the welfare, poverty and vulnerability of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. The report notes that as of December 2015, almost 4.4 million Syrians had...
14 January 2016 The updated AIDA report on Sweden provides information on proposed reforms to the asylum system in Sweden, following a rapid increase in refugees towards the end of 2015. With over 80,000 refugees arriving in September and October 2015 alone, reception...
14 January 2016 The updated AIDA report on Turkey provides detailed information on the country’s evolving international protection system, as well as compiling up to date statistics based on publicly available data. It outlines the current state of transition to a new...
8 January 2016 Winter conditions in late December have made it extremely difficult for refugees crossing the Western Balkans. Refugees arrived on foot, in the snow and the cold, to Tabanovce in the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), after having waited...
8 January 2016 The updated AIDA report on Italy documents the changes brought about by the implementation of the EU recast Reception Conditions Directive and recast Asylum Procedures Directive. Legislative Decree 142/2015, which entered into force at the end of...
8 January 2016 ECRE has published a report this week on a fact-finding visit to Austria conducted at the beginning of December 2015. It reveals obstacles to accessing protection in the country and documents the shortcomings in the reception system. The report finds...
8 January 2016 A controversial reform to the asylum law in Ireland, the International Protection Act 2015, has been signed into law just 6 weeks after it first came before the legislature. The commencement date for the new law is yet to be announced. It streamlines...
