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Drastic change of policy on the “Balkan route” hinders access to protection

4th March 2016 | News

4 March 2016 Newly introduced measures introduced by Western Balkans governments and Austria will create an even more dangerous environment for people on the move, warned a coalition of 26 NGOs, including ECRE. On 18 February, the Austrian, Slovenian, Croatian,...

EU Court of Justice ruling on freedom of movement for beneficiaries of international protection

4th March 2016 | News

4 March 2016 The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that a requirement that beneficiaries of subsidiary protection who are receiving welfare benefits must live in a certain part of Germany amounts to a restriction on the right to freedom of movement. The...

Conditions for refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border worsening by the day

4th March 2016 | News

4 March 2016 Tension broke out in Idomeni (Greece) on Sunday 28 February when a group of refugees, who were stranded at the border, staged a protest, asking to be allowed to pass through FYROM to continue on their journey. The Macedonian police, in response to the...

ECRE urges the EU and Member States not to resume Dublin transfers to Greece

4th March 2016 | News

4 March 2016 As a response to the European Commission’s Recommendation on urgent measures to be taken by Greece to resume transfers of asylum seekers under the Dublin Regulation there, ECRE published comments expressing concerns about ongoing shortcomings in the Greek...

Greece deports hundreds of people to Turkey

4th March 2016 | News

4 March 2016 On Wednesday 2 March, the European Commission announced that Greece was in the process of returning 308 people who had entered Greece irregularly, back to Turkey, stepping up its efforts to ensure an effective return policy. They are mainly of Moroccan,...

The place for human rights in Europe and the world is shakier than ever

4th March 2016 | News

4 March 2016 Amnesty International’s 2015/2016 Report was released in February, documenting the state of human rights in 160 countries across the globe. The report depicts a bleak situation for human rights around the world, including in Europe where the year was...

Chief Inspector of Prisons calls for a time limit to immigration detention in the UK, in damning report

3rd March 2016 | News

3 March 2016 The largest immigration detention centre in Europe, Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre in the UK, has been found to have deteriorated to an ‘unacceptable condition’. The Chief Inspector of Prisons in the UK, Peter Clarke, has published a damning...

EP study calls for more inclusive and gender-specific integration policies

3rd March 2016 | News

3 March 2016 A study commissioned by the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) Committee of the European Parliament analyses the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU, underlining the importance of considering the refugee experience from a...

Joint Statement: European leaders should keep the borders open and allow access to asylum

3rd March 2016 | News

3 March 2016 To European Leaders: As national and international organizations working along the Western Balkan migration route in Greece, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Croatia, we strongly condemn the latest discriminatory and dangerous...

ECRE Comments on the Commission Recommendation relating to the reinstatement of Dublin transfers to Greece

26th February 2016 | News

26 February 2016 ECRE has published comments on the European Commission’s Recommendation on the urgent measures to be taken in view of the resumption of Dublin transfers to Greece. Transfers to Greece have been suspended since 2011, following judgments of the European...

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