18th September 2015 | News
17 September 2015 The Board of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) today appointed Morten Kjærum as Chair for an initial three year term. Mr. Kjærum replaces Andreas Kamm, Secretary General of the Danish Refugee Council, who led the ECRE Board for the...
17th September 2015 | News
17 September 2015 On 14 September, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) adopted a decision for the relocation of 40,000 people seeking international protection from Italy and Greece, but failed to agree on the wider proposed target of 120,000 people. The...
14th September 2015 | News
14 September 2015 The detention conditions are terrible, and in no-way comply with international standards and EU regulations. Many refugees are trying to get from Hungary through Slovakia and the Czech Republic to Germany, but now many of them fail on the way. The...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 In the first week of September, a growing number of refugees have been arriving in Macedonia and Serbia. In both countries, since June 2015, it is estimated that between 2,500 and 3,000 refugees arrived every day. Therefore, despite some...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 Ahead of the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting of 14 and 15 September 2015, ECRE urges EU Member States and institutions to take decisive action to address what is primarily a refugee crisis, not only a migration phenomenon. ECRE...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 In his first State of the European Union to the European Parliament, European Commission’s President Jean-Claude Juncker highlighted the necessity of managing the unfolding refugee crisis that Europe is currently witnessing. Acknowledging the...
11th September 2015 | News
Mapping citizen’s initiatives across Europe Belgium – France – Germany – Greece – Hungary – Iceland – Ireland – Italy – Malta – Portugal – UK – Denmark – GLOBAL Belgium Associations/initiatives:...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 The shameful lack of political action by the EU in response to high arrivals of refugees and to provide safe routes for them to travel to Europe has driven citizens to take action to welcome them with compassion and humanity. Civil society, activists...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 On the 10 September 2015, ECRE’s Asylum Information Database (AIDA) launched their annual report on the state of asylum in Europe. With the largest global displacement crisis since World War II continuing apace, an unprecedented number of people are...
11th September 2015 | News
10 September 2015 Good morning everyone. I’m Michael Diedring, Secretary General of ECRE and I’d like to welcome you to the launch of the AIDA Annual Report 2014/2015. With things moving as quickly as they have recently, it’s almost difficult to look back to 2014 and...
