19 October 2015 Statement in light of the killing of Ziahullah Vafa, a 19 year old Afghan refugee on the Turkish-Bulgarian border As EU leaders were striking a deal with Turkey in order to stop refugees from entering the EU, an Afghan refugee, 19 year old Ziahullah...
16 October 2015 In recent months, European citizens have demonstrated compassion towards the unprecedented number of people fleeing war and persecution who are forced to undertake dangerous, life-threatening journeys in hope of finding safety. ECRE – an alliance of 90...
13 October 2015 ECRE has published comments on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a common EU list of safe countries of origin and amending the recast Asylum Procedures Directive. ECRE seriously questions the compatibility of the safe...
9 October 2015 On Monday 5 October, the Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan met with representatives from the European institutions in Brussels. Together with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the two drafted an Action Plan, which sets out measures to...
9 October 2015 At the registration centre of “Vinojug” in Gevgelija, Macedonia, refugees have been registered more swiftly, thanks to additional data entry clerks in support of the police. From 25 September to 1 October, at least 100 vulnerable groups have...
9 October 2015 On 8 October, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) set out its position on EU return policy, in view of the European Commission proposals on 9 September. Improving the use of return procedures for those who have been found to have no right to stay...
9 October 2015 The Greek Council for Refugees has published a report on Samos, following a border monitoring visit carried out in June 2015. Samos the second main point of arrival of refugees in Greece, having so far registered 51,164 arrivals in 2015. The report...
9 October 2015 Calais is making the headlines since this summer because of the hundreds of people trying to stow away on lorries or to enter the Eurotunnel in desperate attempts to reach the UK. Tragically, there have been 15 deaths since June. While the number of...
8 October 2015 A report written by the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial (ADC Memorial) has called attention to foreign national detention centres in Russia and the authorities’ failure to comply with rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the...
8 October 2015 A briefing released by Amnesty International has revealed that Hungary spent more than three times as much installing razor-wire fencing as part of its border controls as it does annually on receiving asylum seekers, with the cost of the fence between...
