5 February 2016 A new incident made the headlines last week, when an Australian rescue worker allegedly let 31 people drown in the Aegean because their boat was still in Turkish waters and the rescuers themselves were in international waters. According to his...
5 February 2016 MPI Europe has written a report on strengthening asylum reception capacity at national and EU level, investigating the tension between guaranteeing good conditions and meeting high levels of demand. It suggests that there are three key elements for a...
5 February 2016 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published its World Report 2016, which reviews the state of human rights in over 90 countries worldwide, covering events from the end of 2014 to November 2015. The introductory essay is written by HRWs executive director,...
29 January 2016 On his last day as Secretary General, ECRE staff and Board expressed their gratitude to Michael Diedring and wished him good luck in his next endeavours. Michael has successfully navigated ECRE through one of Europe’s most turbulent times in the field...
29 January 2016 Returning asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey, as proposed by the Dutch government this week, violates European and international law. Such unlawful pushback policy is unacceptable and provides no sustainable solution in the long term, ECRE said in a...
Brussels, 29 January 2016. ECRE is concerned about the Dutch government’s proposal to return all those arriving in Greece back to Turkey without access to asylum procedures, in exchange for a large scale resettlement programme. While the concrete modalities remain...
29 January 2016 Similar to what happened with the Western Balkan countries in 2014 and 2015, the coalition in Germany is discussing the possibility to declare Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia “safe countries of origin” in order to facilitate the rejection of asylum claims...
29 January 2016 The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) noticed significant security developments in Afghanistan in the second half of 2015, including a rise in civilian abductions on the roads and more unpredictable violence in the cities. EASO’s new Country of...
29 January 2016 ECRE member, the British Refugee Council, publicised a new independent report by Dr. John Campbell which reviews the Country of Origin Information guidelines on Eritrea used by the Home Office to adjudicate asylum claims. The report, commissioned by...
29 January 2016 On Tuesday 26 January, the Danish parliament voted on the controversial bill reducing refugees and asylum seekers rights in the country. The bill was approved by 81 votes to 27, with the support of all rightwing parties and, notably, of the leading...
