26 June 2015 ECRE has published comments on the European Commission’s Staff Working Document “on Implementation of the Eurodac Regulation as regards the obligation to take fingerprints”, issued on 27 May 2015 as part of the first round of implementing measures...
19 June 2015 ECRE and the Italian Cultural Institute are pleased to invite you to the Opening Reception of the Photo Exhibition Siriani in transito – Syrians in Transit, on Wednesday 24 June at 17:30 at the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, located in Rue...
19 June 2015 The European Union should contribute more to sharing responsibility for refugees, including by increasing the number of places available for resettlement in its Member States, Amnesty International has said in a newly published report. The reaction of...
19 June 2015 A new AIDA report on Turkey, the 18th AIDA country, contains detailed information on the country’s two protection systems: the Turkish asylum procedure established by the 2013 Law on Foreigners and International Protection (LFIP) and the temporary...
19 June 2015 The German federal government has asked state authorities to implement a simplified process for handling applications for family reunification from Syrians, as its embassies face increasingly long lines for visas. The local authorities are being asked to...
19 June 2015 A policy paper published by the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea (EAHRNK) stresses that North Korean asylum seekers escaping grave human rights abuses cannot always find protection in South Korea. Therefore, when assessing their need for...
19 June 2015 Within the framework of the ‘Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2015’, ECRE member International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) is organising the GFMD Civil Society Days (CSD), which will take place between 12 and 14 October 2015 at...
19 June 2015 The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a detailed report on the situation relating to Eritrea. It indicates that possibly there are difficulties in making decisions on applications by Eritreans, taking into account that, at the end of...
19 June 2015 On 12 June 2015, a High Court judge found that the Rules for appeals under the Detained Fast Track system in the UK were unlawful, following a challenge brought by the NGO, Detention Action. The Home Office allocates asylum cases to the Detained Fast...
19 June 2015 Austrian Interior Minister, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, has recently issued a document instructing civil servants dealing with asylum requests to stop processing new cases, including family reunification cases. New asylum claims will be registered, but no...
