18th September 2015 | News
18 September 2015 Between 7 and 11 September, some refugees have been beaten by the police at the borders along the Western Balkans route, and many have spent nights in the open, due to lack of shelters, in problematic hygiene conditions and urgent need of medical...
18th September 2015 | News
18 September 2015 “This is a moment of truth for the European Union. Either it acts, or it will become irrelevant in international affairs”, High Commissioner António Guterres said at a press conference in Brussels on 15 September. Guterres compared the situation now...
18th September 2015 | News
18 September 2015 As Human Rights Watch (HRW) has highlighted, Hungary is facing an influx of migrants and asylum seekers, with nearly 150,000 since the beginning of 2015 and reports of up to 3,000 migrants and asylum seekers crossing the border with Serbia every day...
18th September 2015 | News
18 September 2015 The UN has estimated that some 30,000 refugees are on Greek islands, of which 20,000 reside on Lesvos. According to the authorities in Lesvos, the island receives approximately 2,000 irregular migrants and refugees per day, placing it as an area...
18th September 2015 | News
17 September 2015 The Board of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) today appointed Morten Kjærum as Chair for an initial three year term. Mr. Kjærum replaces Andreas Kamm, Secretary General of the Danish Refugee Council, who led the ECRE Board for the...
17th September 2015 | News
17 September 2015 On 14 September, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) adopted a decision for the relocation of 40,000 people seeking international protection from Italy and Greece, but failed to agree on the wider proposed target of 120,000 people. The...
14th September 2015 | News
14 September 2015 The detention conditions are terrible, and in no-way comply with international standards and EU regulations. Many refugees are trying to get from Hungary through Slovakia and the Czech Republic to Germany, but now many of them fail on the way. The...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 In the first week of September, a growing number of refugees have been arriving in Macedonia and Serbia. In both countries, since June 2015, it is estimated that between 2,500 and 3,000 refugees arrived every day. Therefore, despite some...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 Ahead of the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting of 14 and 15 September 2015, ECRE urges EU Member States and institutions to take decisive action to address what is primarily a refugee crisis, not only a migration phenomenon. ECRE...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 In his first State of the European Union to the European Parliament, European Commission’s President Jean-Claude Juncker highlighted the necessity of managing the unfolding refugee crisis that Europe is currently witnessing. Acknowledging the...
