10th September 2015 | News
10 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. The...
10th September 2015 | News
As Europeans, #WeApologise on behalf of our national and European leaders for their inexcusable lack of coordinated humanitarian aid to the situation you and thousands of others are in while crossing our borders to escape war, persecution and poverty. We understand...
9th September 2015 | News
Brussels, 10 September 2015: As the world is witnessing the largest displacement crisis since World War II, which is driving an unprecedented number of people fleeing war and persecution to undertake dangerous, life-threatening journeys to safety, the European Union’s...
4th September 2015 | News
04 September 2015 In the last week of August, Western Balkan countries saw a sharp increase in the number of refugees expressing their intention to seek asylum, most them coming from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Different solidarity initiatives have been adopted by...
4th September 2015 | News
04 September 2015 ECRE member, the Flemish Refugee Council, along with CIRÉ, has called for urgent action from the government, due to the inability of the Immigration Office to cope with the sharp rise in refugees arriving to register their asylum claims. An...
4th September 2015 | News
04 September 2015 On 10 September 2015, ECRE, together with its partners, will launch the third Annual Report of the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) at the Residence Palace in Brussels’ European quarter. During the event, the Forum Réfugiés-Cosi, the Hungarian...
4th September 2015 | News
04 September 2015 A new research by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) suggests that Member States would spend less on migrant health by treating them earlier, rather than waiting until they require emergency treatment. In its latest report, presented on 3...
4th September 2015 | News
04 September 2015 The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a Country of Origin Information report on Pakistan. The numbers of Pakistani asylum seekers have increased in recent years with 15,000 applicants in the EU in the first six months of 2015. The...
4th September 2015 | News
04 September 2015 On Tuesday the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italy unlawfully detained Tunisian migrants in Lampedusa, in degrading conditions. The case related to three Tunisian men who arrived on Lampedusa by boat in September 2011, at a time where...
4th September 2015 | News
04 September 2015 The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) is recruiting two posts at its Secretariat based in London – a Communications Manager and an Operations Manager. The ENS was established in 2012 and is an open and growing network for organisations...
