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400 people feared dead – EU under pressure to do more to prevent further deaths in the Mediterranean

17th April 2015 | News

17 April 2015 Some 400 people are feared dead after their boat capsized on Monday in waters about 120 kilometres south of Italy’s Lampedusa Island, according to survivors of the latest shipwreck in the Mediterranean. If the reports are confirmed, this would...

AIDA: Belgium cuts accommodation for asylum seekers amidst proposals for restrictive policies on asylum

16th April 2015 | News

16 April 2015 A new AIDA Belgium report expresses concern around the continuous reduction of reception places for asylum seekers in the country. Following a drop from 23,800 reception places in 2013 to 19,000 in 2014, Belgium’s capacity at the beginning of 2015 fell...

Again, again and again. The never-ending tragedy in the Mediterranean claims the lives of 400 people

15th April 2015 | News

15 April 2015. The never-ending tragedy in the Mediterranean has claimed now the lives of about 400 people, according to Save the Children who talked in Calabria to the survivors of a boat carrying 550 people. Many of the victims are believed to be unaccompanied...

Calais: migrants forced to move to old dumping grounds with no basic infrastructures

10th April 2015 | News

10 April 2015 France terre d’asile, along with 11 other French NGOs have denounced that since Thursday 31 March, the French authorities have forced more than a thousand migrants to move from makeshift camps around Calais to a new site in the proximity of the new day...

Eurostat: Syrians lead the increase of asylum applicants in the EU in 2014

10th April 2015 | News

10 April 2015 626,000 people applied for asylum in the European Union in 2014, according to the latest Eurostat report. 122,790 were Syrians, accounting for 20% of the total number of asylum applicants in the EU. They are followed by Afghans (41,300 asylum seekers),...

Unwanted, unnoticed: New report by IRR on asylum and immigration-related deaths in Europe

10th April 2015 | News

10 April 2015 A report by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has documented the death of 160 migrants and refugees in Europe between January 2010 and December 2014. Of them, 60 asylum seekers committed suicide, hours or days before a scheduled return to their...

UNHCR: Greece requested to individually examine and undertake frequent reviews of detention orders

10th April 2015 | News

10 April 2015 In its recommendations to the new Greek government UNHCR has called, amongst others, for the revocation of a domestic Decree allowing the prolongation of detention beyond 18 months in pre-removal detention centres as well as a consistent and timely...

AIDA Update: Cyprus continues to detain asylum seekers beyond lawful time-limits

9th April 2015 | News

9 April 2015 Asylum seekers in Cyprus are being detained for longer periods than what is prescribed by law, according to a new AIDA report on Cyprus. The Future Worlds Center reports that since the end of 2014, asylum claims of people in detention ought to be...

Austrian Court finds detention of asylum seekers subject to a ‘Dublin’ return currently unlawful

9th April 2015 | News

9 April 2015 The High Administrative Court of Austria has ruled that the detention of asylum seekers in Austria pending removal to another EU Member State under the Dublin framework is currently illegal. Therefore, for the time being, no one in a procedure under the...

ECRE publishes guidance on the application of the recast Dublin Regulation

3rd April 2015 | News

03 April 2015 ECRE has published an information note providing guidance to apply the recast Dublin Regulation from the perspective of the fundamental rights of the asylum seekers. The Dublin Regulation determines the Member State responsible for the examination of an...
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