Syrian refugee children struggle to access education in Turkey

13 November 2015 Human Rights Watch released a report this week on the obstacles refugee children in Turkey face trying to access education. Although over 700,000 Syrian refugees living in Tukey are school-age children, during the last school year just over 200,000...

Risks of mixed migration in North East Africa explored in new paper

13 November 2015 A research paper by MHub, focusing on the conditions and risks of migration in North East Africa, found no evidence to support the idea that large numbers of people are leaving their countries of origin in Africa with the intention of reaching Europe....

ECRE Weekly Bulletin Questionnaire 2015

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...

Greece: so close to safety, so far from protection

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,...