In the context of ECRE’s ongoing WILL project (With Lawyers for Lawyers) which aims to increase the use of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU in asylum litigation, ECRE is organising a training event in Luxembourg that will focus on the role of the Charter in...
The Rwanda Bill has passed another stage in its passage through parliament after votes in both houses but it is not expected to be finalised until mid-April. A migrant from South Sudan has been jailed after piloting a small boat carrying more than 50 people across the...
Search and rescue organisations have reported rescuing more than 500 people in 10 days during which there were also 90 deaths. Search and rescue organisations have condemned dangerous interference by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard during rescue missions and repeated...
The European Union has signed a €7.4 billion agreement with Egypt amid efforts to expand its externalisation strategy and despite concerns over the EU’s possible complicity in human rights abuses. With famine imminent in the Gaza Strip, EU leaders have reiterated...
ECRE has published a study which provides a comparative analysis of many of the mechanisms that provide safe routes to Europe for those in need of international protection. The new study summarises recent developments and ongoing policy debates, and identifies a...
The President of the European Commission has expressed support for proposals made by the European People’s Party to offshore asylum procedures amid concerns. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) continues to report the presence of migrants at sea to...
Nearly 12,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands in the first two months of 2024. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has reported an increase in “criminal groups dedicated to human trafficking in Mauritania”. Presidential candidates in Senegal...
Crossings via the Mediterranean continue amid ongoing tragedies and increased repression against civil rescue ships. A migrant who spent seven years in Italian prisons charged with human smuggling and causing deaths, fights to prove his innocence amid calls by human...
10 boats carrying 369 people arrived on the Greek islands during the week of 4-10 March but six pushbacks towards Türkiye involving 235 people were carried out in the same period. One of the “Moria6” group of Afghan asylum seekers who were convicted in June 2021 of...
A new scheme is planned to pay ‘failed’ asylum seekers and foreign criminals to move to Rwanda amid ongoing legal and content challenges. The Home Office has revealed that it does not inform the loved ones of deceased asylum seekers in its care in order to avoid...
