The Italian Council for Refugees (CIR) and ECRE are organising a conference on access to the European territory and to asylum procedures for people fleeing war and persecution. The conference will take place in Brussels, at the Residence Palace on 28 October. To...
The Danish government announced on Tuesday (7 October) that refugees will only be eligible for family reunification if their initial one-year residence permits are renewed. According to the Danish Ministry of Justice, the proposed rules would take into account that...
In a ruling which falls in line with many of the Court’s previous judgments concerning reception and detention conditions in Greece (notably M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece and B.M. v. Greece) the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled again that detention...
In its latest report, the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe explores the experiences of refugees who after having crossed the Mediterranean had their asylum applications processed in Sicily. JRS Europe highlights that Italy’s first-level reception system (CARA...
The Country of Origin Information Report on South and Central Somalia published by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) gives an overview of the facts relevant for the examination of asylum applications of Somali nationals in EU countries. According to the...
One year after 366 refugees died off Lampedusa, refugees still have no other choice but to risk their lives in order to seek protection. NGOs across Europe, including ECRE, have criticised Europe’s inaction to prevent further loss of lives at sea and have called on EU...
UNHCR has released this week a report on asylum claims submitted in 44 industrialised countries during the first six months of 2014. Syrians remain the main applicants for asylum in industrialised countries with 48,400 claims, up from 18,900 in the same period for...
A new report by Amnesty International denounces the “shameful inaction of European Union (EU) countries” in addressing the increasing deaths at sea of migrants and refugees. Amnesty calls for an EU response to strengthen search and rescue in the Mediterranean, the...
By Meron Estefanos, Co-founder of International Commission on Eritrean Refugees I am often amazed by how far removed the policy world is from the realities of refugees and asylum seekers who find themselves caught up in the plethora of legislation, policies and...
Commissioner-designate for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitri Avramopoulos, the nominee from Greece for the position of EU Commissioner, was examined by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties and Home Affairs (LIBE) at a hearing on Tuesday 30...
