9 October 2015 At the registration centre of “Vinojug” in Gevgelija, Macedonia, refugees have been registered more swiftly, thanks to additional data entry clerks in support of the police. From 25 September to 1 October, at least 100 vulnerable groups have...
9 October 2015 On 8 October, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) set out its position on EU return policy, in view of the European Commission proposals on 9 September. Improving the use of return procedures for those who have been found to have no right to stay...
9 October 2015 The Greek Council for Refugees has published a report on Samos, following a border monitoring visit carried out in June 2015. Samos the second main point of arrival of refugees in Greece, having so far registered 51,164 arrivals in 2015. The report...
9 October 2015 Calais is making the headlines since this summer because of the hundreds of people trying to stow away on lorries or to enter the Eurotunnel in desperate attempts to reach the UK. Tragically, there have been 15 deaths since June. While the number of...
8 October 2015 A report written by the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial (ADC Memorial) has called attention to foreign national detention centres in Russia and the authorities’ failure to comply with rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the...
8 October 2015 A briefing released by Amnesty International has revealed that Hungary spent more than three times as much installing razor-wire fencing as part of its border controls as it does annually on receiving asylum seekers, with the cost of the fence between...
8 October 2015 German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and French President, François Hollande appeared together before the European Parliament in Strasbourg this week to deliver a call for European Union countries to act together in dealing with the challenges currently...
2 October 2015 A package of legislative proposals, which have been condemned by ECRE Member Pro Asyl for their exclusion and deterrence of asylum seekers and refugees, has been approved by the German government. The measures will now be debated in parliament before...
2 October 2015 From 16 to 22 September, in the registration centre of Vinojug, in Gevgelija, Macedonia, 11,187 people expressing the intention to seek asylum have been registered by the Macedonian Young Law Association (MYLA). This acceleration of registration...
2 October 2015 According to the Italian Refugee Council (CIR), the first “hotspot” started to function on 17 September in an ‘experimental way’ on the Italian island of Lampedusa. In an interview with ECRE, CIR spokesman Christopher Hein underlined the...
