23 May 2014 A report by Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de Andalucía (APDHA) decries the continuing violations of human rights and international law obligations committed by the Spanish government in its approach to border security in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and...
23 May 2014 The Meijers Committee (Standing Committee of Experts on International Immigration, Refugee and Criminal Law) expressed concern over the absence of an EU system for the mutual recognition of asylum statuses and transfer of protection highlighted by M.G. v....
23 May 2014 Save the Children Italy and partners are organising a summer school on access to justice for children that will be held at Casale la Sterpaia (Tenuta di San Rossore) on the 11-13 September 2014. The school provides an opportunity for experts (lawyers and...
23 May 2014 On 22 May 2014, the International Commission of Jurists and the ECRE sent their third joint submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe concerning Greece’s implementation of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights...
23 May 2014 The updated AIDA Report on Italy, compiled by ECRE member organisation, Italian Council for Refugee (CIR), highlights a number of changes regarding the treatment of unaccompanied children and the alignment of the rights for refugees and beneficiaries of...
16 May 2014 ECRE is offering an 11-month legal internship, starting preferably in September 2014. The purpose of this position is to assist ECRE in undertaking effective advocacy work by supporting the Senior Legal Officer in gathering of information and the...
16 May 2014 Most people detected trying to cross irregularly an EU border in 2013 were Syrian nationals, according to the latest report by the EU border agency Frontex. 25,500 Syrians were detected trying to enter the EU irregularly, accounting for almost a quarter of...
16 May 2014 A new AIDA report by the Dutch Council for Refugees on the asylum procedure, detention and reception conditions in the Netherlands has been published this week. The update explains the new Dutch criteria for detaining asylum seekers pending their removal...
16 May 2014 There are 33.3 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in the world today, according to a report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). This figure signifies another record-breaking year and a...
16 May 2014 Amnesty International has called on the Chadian government to revise its decision to close the borders with Central African Republic (CAR) in order to guarantee a lifeline to refugees fleeing the worsening ethnically-motivated violence. On 11 May, the...
