16 January 2015 The Odysseus Academic Network is hosting the final conference of the project MADE REAL (Making Alternatives to Detention in Europe a Reality by Exchanges, Advocacy and Learning) on 6 February at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels. The...
16 January 2015 In two separate judgments, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concluded that the proposed return to Sudan of two Sudanese nationals from Darfur would amount to ill-treatment given their ethnicity and their supposed affiliation with opposition...
16 January 2015 In its judgment in Mahammad and Others v Greece, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled yesterday (15 January) that 14 foreign nationals detained in the Greek centre of Fylakio were held in conditions amounting to inhuman and degrading...
15 January 2015 UNHCR has published a report on the situation of the more than half a million Syrian refugees in Jordan living outside of official camps. As the situation continues to deteriorate, two thirds of the population are already living below Jordan’s absolute...
15 January 2015 UNHCR has published recommendations in the area of asylum to the incoming Latvian EU Presidency. According to UNHCR, of particular urgency is the matter of strengthening rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, improving reception conditions and...
15 January 2015 Norway has suspended forced returns to Libya on account of the increased unrest and deteriorating security situation in the country. In addition, where the asylum application of a national or resident of Libya is rejected after final appeal, the...
The Expert Roundtable on EU policies supporting development and lasting solutions for displaced populations, organised jointly by ECRE, UNHCR and the European Commission in Brussels on 13 October 2014, was the final and concluding event to the two year long DOMAID...
9 January 2015 On 31 December 2014, the Italian authorities rescued 736 Syrian refugees, including 60 children, who were travelling on the Moldovan-flagged cargo ship Blue Sky M. The ship had sailed from Turkey and was, according to media reports, abandoned by the...
9 January 2015 In a new ruling on the UK’s Detained Fast Track system, the UK Court of Appeal has found that the Secretary of State’s policy of detaining asylum seekers who are not at risk of absconding whilst their appeals are pending is unlawful. In addition, the...
9 January 2015 Two judgments relating to international protection for ill persons confirm that these cases cannot fall under EU asylum law, but their return can be prevented by the Returns Directive. In the first case, which involves a Mauritian national, M’Bodj, who...
