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...
29 January 2016 In a ground-breaking decision last week, UK judges ordered the government to immediately allow four asylum seekers who were residing in intolerable conditions in ‘the Jungle’ camp in Calais to enter the UK to join their relatives. The case involved...
29 January 2016 Last Tuesday, Norway deported 13 Syrian asylum seekers to Murmansk in Russia, in the face of criticism by human rights NGOs. In the last few months of 2015, around 5,500 asylum seekers mainly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, entered Norway through...
22 January 2016 The Idomeni border camp managed by MSF has finally reopened on 20 January and refugees can find temporary relief after the perilous journey towards a safer destination. At the end of the summer 2015, in preparation for the upcoming winter, MSF has...
22 January 2016 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released a report this week denouncing the catastrophic failure of the European Union’s response to the humanitarian crisis which has been unfolding in 2015. The report – entitled Obstacle Course to Europe – strongly...
22 January 2016 Syrian refugees are often trafficked or exploited as they are no longer able to meet their basic needs. Investment in infrastructure and humanitarian aid in the main hosting countries is essential, reveals a new study by the International Centre for...
22 January 2016 In 2013, in response to the Syrian war, Brazil was the first country in the Americas to announce the start of a humanitarian visa programme: under the regulation, Brazilian embassies in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey issued visas for Syrians and people of...
22 January 2016 If a refugee’s journey is hard, a woman refugee’s journey is even harder: recent research published by Amnesty International shows how women and girls are facing violence, assaults and sexual harassment at every stage of their journey, including on...
22 January 2016 ECRE member, the British Red Cross, has found that more than 9,000 asylum seekers in the UK are destitute, without adequate access to food, accommodation and healthcare. Based on the experiences of asylum seekers in South Yorkshire, the report finds...
22 January 2016 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published a report which finds that asylum seekers and migrants are summarily returned to Turkey by the Bulgarian authorities, in violation of its legal obligations and the right to asylum. The research reveals over 50...
