22 April 2016 Earlier this week, the European Commission published its first report on the progress on the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal. The report indicated that “the sharp decrease in the number of irregular migrants and asylum seekers crossing from Turkey...
22 April 2016 In a report released on Monday 18 April, Amnesty International documented the conditions faced by at least 46,000 people trapped in Greece after the closure of the Balkan route. Through interviews with refugees and migrants carried out in several camps...
22 April 2016 Lai-Momo and Africa e Mediterraneo are inviting interested participants to send their applications for the Summer School on Forced Migration and Asylum. The Summer School aims at a deep analysis of a number of issues associated with the current forced...
22 April 2016 A number of NGOs in the UK, including ECRE members, the British Refugee Council, the Scottish Refugee Council and Refugee Action, have published a joint briefing criticising the UK and European governments’ policies towards those seeking international...
22 April 2016 A new report released by Forensic Oceanography – a team that specialises in the use of forensic techniques and cartography to reconstruct cases of deaths at sea – accuses EU policy makers and agencies of knowingly reducing Search and Rescue (SAR)...
22 April 2016 The UK government has announced that it will end ‘the routine detention of pregnant women’ in immigration centres. It has agreed to propose an amendment to the Immigration Bill, which is currently being considered by Parliament, to introduce a time limit...
22 April 2016 The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) has launched a new country report on Spain written by ACCEM. The report details the workings of the Spanish asylum procedure, pending a legislative reform of the Asylum Law aimed at implementing the recast EU...
19 April 2016. This week we mark the tragic anniversary of the deaths of 800 people in the biggest shipwreck yet recorded in the Mediterranean Sea. Last year, nearly 4,000 children, women and men died because the EU let them drown by not providing an alternative route...
15 April 2016 The Odysseus Academic Network of the Université Libre de Bruxelles has officially opened the applications for its 2016 Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy. The Summer School aims at providing participants with a comprehensive...
15 April 2016 A new report by EUROCITIES emphasises the role cities can play in the reception and integration of refugees and explores how cities are adapting their services to ensure newcomers can integrate into the local community. EUROCITIES has collected...
