30 January 2015 More than 19,000 immigrants, including over 5,000 Syrian nationals, were apprehended during the Joint Operation ‘Mos Maiorum’, according to a leaked copy of the final report. The main nationalities intercepted during the operation were...
30 January 2015 The Czech Republic has committed to resettle 70 Syrian refugees who sought refuge in Jordan. Refugee families with sick or injured children who will undergo medical treatment in Czech hospitals will be the main beneficiaries. For further information:...
30 January 2015 ECRE and the Danish Refugee Council have issued a discussion paper exploring how refugee diasporas contribute to the development of their countries of origin and how they co-operate with NGOs, development organisations and donors. The paper argues that...
30 January 2015 If this is in their best interests, children without family members legally residing in the EU should have their asylum applications examined where the child is present after having lodged an asylum application, even if the child has applied earlier...
30 January 2015 ECRE is recruiting for two positions: a Senior Legal Officer and a coordinator of the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) Project. The Senior Legal Officer is part of ECRE’s Legal and Policy Team and takes the lead in strengthening ECRE’s activities...
23 January 2015 A report published by Women for Refugee Women has found that the UK government is detaining women who are survivors of rape, sexual violence and other forms of torture. Of the 34 women interviewed at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre, 19 women...
23 January 2015 On Wednesday 21 January, the newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger reported that the German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere, has instructed Germany’s Office for Migration and Asylum (BAMF) not to return asylum seekers to Greece for a further...
23 January 2015 Following fresh fighting among rival tribal factions in Libya since the beginning of 2015, UNHCR estimates that almost 400,000 people are now internally displaced. Benghazi, Derna, and near the Gulf of Sidra in Ben Jawad and Ras Lanuf are the areas...
22 January 2014 Eight children and three women from Afghanistan died on 20 January 2014 when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Farmakonisi. Although, according to the survivors, a Greek coast guard vessel was towing the boat toward the Turkish coast at high...
22 January 2015 Asylum seekers and migrants living in destitution in Calais have told Human Rights Watch they have been abused by the French police. Migrants describe being beaten and attacked with pepper spray in the street or when they are found hidden in trucks in...
