After Dublin – the urgent need for a real European asylum system

1 October 2015 On 29 September, in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution that called for the urgent reform of the EU Dublin system which determines the country responsible for treating an asylum application....

EU Council agrees on relocation of thousands of asylum-seekers

25 September 2015 On 22 September, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) reached a decision to relocate thousands of people in clear need of international protection from Italy and Greece. The provisional measures foresee the relocation of 15,600 people from...

European citizens show solidarity with refugees

25 September 2015 On 12 September 2015, tens of thousands of people took part in solidarity marches all over Europe to show their solidarity with refugees coming to Europe and their disagreement with the refugees-related policies of their respective governments....

ECtHR ruling: Hungary unfairly held refugees in lengthy detention

25 September 2015 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled on a case concerned three Somali nationals who entered Hungary via Serbia, were arrested by Hungarian border police due to discrepancies about their identities and the legality of their residence...

No child should be stateless, says new ENS report

25 September 2015 The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) has published the report ‘No Child Should be Stateless’, in support of its campaign to end childhood statelessness in Europe. With over 600,000 people still stateless in Europe today, thousands of children...

AIDA Legal Briefing on safe countries of origin

25 September 2015 On 24 September 2015, ECRE published the third AIDA Legal Briefing, entitled “Safe countries of origin: a safe concept?”. The concept of safe countries of origin has been very controversial ever since it became part of the EU asylum...