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Towards fairer credibility assessment in asylum procedures

3rd July 2015 | News

03 July 2015 The Hungarian Helsinki Committee has published a second volume of a multidisciplinary training manual, titled ‘Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures’. This publication is in response to concerns that determining authorities reject the majority of...

New Head of Communications at ECRE

3rd July 2015 | News

03 July 2015 ECRE is pleased to announce Thorfinnur Omarsson as its new Head of Communications. Thorfinnur has worked in the field of media and communication for over 20 years, as a TV-host, Radio, and Web- and Newspaper reporter. He has also been a press and...

ICMC report launch: future prospects for refugees’ resettlement and legal access to the EU

3rd July 2015 | News

03 July 2015 On Tuesday, 7 July, the International Catholic Migration Commission will launch the report “10% of refugees from Syria – Europe’s resettlement and other responses in a global perspective”, at the Maison des Associations Internationales (MAI) in Brussels....

Human Rights Commissioner urges Bulgaria to accept report’s recommendations

3rd July 2015 | News

03 July 2015 In a report released on 22 June 2015, Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed concern about summary returns of asylum seekers at the Bulgarian border and called on the government to make improvements to its asylum...

UK: Immigration Minister suspends Detained Fast Track process

3rd July 2015 | News

3 July 2015 James Brokenshire, UK’s Minister for Security and Immigration, has announced that he would ‘temporarily suspend’ the operation of the Detained Fast Track system until ‘the right structures are in place to minimise any risk of unfairness’. This follows a...

Majority of people risking their lives in unseaworthy boats to Europe are fleeing war and persecution, UNHCR states

3rd July 2015 | News

03 July 2015 In a report published this week, UNHCR announced that 137,000 people reached Europe’s shores in the first six months of the year. According to the UN Agency’s report, the majority of those taking the Mediterranean route are refugees who are fleeing war,...

Vacancy: ECRE is recruiting a Media and Communications Assistant

2nd July 2015 | Vacancies

03 July 2015 ECRE is offering an 11-month Media & Communications internship, starting preferably at the beginning of September 2015. The assistant will support the Media & Communications Team in a wide range of tasks, including write articles for the ECRE...

EU Council meeting reveals a lack of common vision amongst Member States, a breakdown of trust and little regard for the plight of refugees

30th June 2015 | News

30 June 2015. Heated discussions at the European Council meeting of 25 June following up on recent Commission proposals on the relocation of 40,000 persons in clear need of international protection, and the resettlement of 20,000 refugees from regions outside of the...

European Council: 40,000 asylum seekers to be relocated voluntarily and 20,000 refugees to be resettled

26th June 2015 | News

26 June 2015 At the European Council meeting in Brussels on 25-26 June, European leaders agreed on a voluntary plan to relocate a total of 40,000 Syrian and Eritrean asylum seekers from Italy and Greece to other EU Member States. Hungary and Bulgaria were excluded...

Hungary reverses suspension of Dublin Regulation

26th June 2015 | News

26 June 2015 Hungary announced, on 23 June, that it would suspend applying the Dublin III Regulation, a key European Union asylum rule, raising concerns among rights monitors and at the European Commission. However in a surprise move, it reversed its decision the next...

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