21st November 2014 | News
21/11/2014 The Odysseus Network has published a training module on the legal obligations and the practical implementation of alternatives to detention in the EU. The training module, conceived as an interactive tool, provides trainers with background material, a...
21st November 2014 | News
21/11/2014 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that expelling an Iranian national from Switzerland to Iran would give rise to inhumane and degrading treatment prohibited by Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) due to a...
21st November 2014 | News
21/11/2014 In a new report, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) found that refugees are facing increasing obstacles in fleeing Syria. More than 3 million Syrian refugees are hosted in neighbouring countries, whose social...
21st November 2014 | News
21/11/2014 UNHCR has published its position paper on returns to Libya, urging all countries to allow civilians fleeing Libya access to their territories and to refrain from forcibly returning people to Libya until the security and human rights situation has improved...
20th November 2014 | News
UNHCR Resettlement Conference: EU must be part of the solution to #HelpSyriasRefugees! http://t.co/pGRkagQw1F pic.twitter.com/bze9lJ8SlX — ECRE (@ecre) November 20, 2014 20/11/2014 The European Union and its Member States have been invited to gather on 9 December 2014...
20th November 2014 | News
Open Letter To: Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament Members of the European Parliament on the AFET Committee Members of the European Parliament on the LIBE Committee Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President-elect...
20th November 2014 | News
20/11/2014 The European Union and its Member States have been invited to gather on 9 December 2014 with their international counterparts for a ministerial-level conference to discuss how many refugees currently struggling in Syria’s neighbouring countries European...
14th November 2014 | News
Recognizing the many significant developments both within and outside of Europe in relation to refugee resettlement and to the work of the European Resettlement Network (ERN), including the Syrian refugee crisis and European reactions thereof and the adoption of the...
14th November 2014 | News
A real risk of persecution exists where a military personnel refuses to perform service on the basis of a conscientious belief that there is a direct link between his acts and the reasonable likelihood that war crimes will occur, concludes Advocate General Sharpston...
14th November 2014 | News
Two new reports by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reveal grave and widespread deficiencies in identifying persons in need of international protection and preventing violations of the absolute prohibition of non-refoulement at airport and land borders...
