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Report highlights concerns about the best interests of children in the UK asylum system

13th November 2015 | News

13 November 2015 The Law Centres Network in the UK has published a report titled ‘Put Yourself in Our Shoes’ that calls on the government to keep children’s best interests at the heart of the asylum system. Due to their vulnerability, unaccompanied children who seek...

Time to act to ensure children’s rights in the EU’s migration policy

6th November 2015 | News

Brussels, 30 October 2015 Mr. Donald Tusk President of the European Council B-1048 Brussels cc. Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, Ambassador Christian Braun cc. Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Luxembourg, Mr. Pascal Schumacher cc. All Permanent...

ECRE Weekly Bulletin Questionnaire 2015

6th November 2015 | News

We want to hear from you! ECRE launched a survey to get to know what you think about the Weekly Bulletin. It only takes 5 minutes of your time to tell us your thoughts about our newsletter and help us improve the way we inform you about the latest developments on...

ECtHR condemns conditions of detention at Tychero border post in Greece

6th November 2015 | News

6 November 2015 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the conditions in which an Iraqi asylum applicant A.Y. was held in detention at the Tychero border post amounted to ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’ which violated Article 3 of the European...

UNHCR urges States to stop returning asylum seekers and migrants to Libya

6th November 2015 | News

6 November 2015 According to UNHCR, no asylum seeker or migrant should be returned to Libya, including people rescued at sea and those who are not eligible for international protection. Returns would expose migrants to widespread violations of human rights and...

Greece: so close to safety, so far from protection

6th November 2015 | News

6 November 2015 From Wednesday to Sunday last week, over 60 people died in the Aegean Sea in a series of dramatic shipwrecks during the crossing from Turkey to the Greek islands of Lesbos, Samos, Kalymnos and Rhodes. On Wednesday alone, five shipwrecks were reported,...

Amnesty International denounces Australia’s involvement in smuggling of asylum seekers

6th November 2015 | News

6 November 2015 A new Amnesty International report found that in May and June 2015, the Australian authorities paid smugglers to return asylum seekers to Indonesia, without examining whether they would have faced risks of persecutions or serious abuses in the country...

Court orders improvements to the human rights situation in Calais

6th November 2015 | News

6 November 2015 A coalition of NGOs, including ELENA-France, filed a legal challenge last week, along with applicants from Eritrea, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, to the human rights conditions in the Calais slum. The judge found that the reports of the NGOs involved,...

Concerns over abuse of women and children on the move in Europe

6th November 2015 | News

6 November 2015 UNHCR has raised concerns over credible testimonies relating to the sexual abuse of refugee and migrant children, on the move, in Europe. Similarly, the Chief of Staff of Europol has warned of traffickers exploiting vulnerable refugees travelling...

Western Balkans: Temporary refugee centres remain inadequate, despite improvements

6th November 2015 | News

6 November 2015 Between 24 and 30 October, media reports and accounts by humanitarian organizations active in Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia state that many refugees have not been adequately registered, due to insufficient registration capacities. Additional...

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