Amnesty International urges Egypt to halt plans to forcibly return Syrians and end their unlawful detentions

30th April 2014 | News

30 April 2014 140 refugees and asylum seekers, including 68 children – most of whom are Syrian or Palestinians from Syria – are being unlawfully detained in Egypt. Three of the men are facing deportation to Syria by the Egyptian authorities if they don’t pay for their...

Human Rights Watch urges Kenya to stop arbitrary detentions and summary returns of Somalis

30th April 2014 | News

30 April 2014 Human Rights Watch has called on Kenyan authorities to stop arbitrary detentions, summary returns and other abuses against Somalis during security operations.  On 9 April, the Kenyan authorities summarily deported 82 undocumented Somali nationals from...

Job Vacancy at ECRE: Web Editor & Graphic Designer

30th April 2014 | Vacancies

30 April 2014 ECRE is recruiting a Web Editor & Graphic Designer. The post holder will take responsibility for the appearance, functionality and effectiveness of ECRE’s websites, digital channels and other communication tools that help ECRE to achieve its goals....

#HelpSyriasRefugees campaign is now available in French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and English

14th April 2014 | News

11 April 2014 Over 100 NGOs have joined forces to call on European leaders to act now to help Syria’s refugees by giving them a safe way into Europe, reuniting families torn apart by the crisis and protecting refugees arriving at Europe’s borders. Now, supporters of...

UK government’s decision to freeze financial support for asylum seekers was unlawful, says High Court

14th April 2014 | News

11 April 2014 In Refugee Action, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 1033 (Admin) (09 April 2014), the High Court of England and Wales declared unlawful the UK government’s decision to freeze the level of cash...

Open Society Foundations: Somalis in Amsterdam

14th April 2014 | News

11 April 2014 A report by the Open Society Foundations documents the experiences of the Somali community living in Amsterdam, focusing on the themes of civic integration, identity, interaction and belonging, education, employment and income, housing, health and social...

The Italian Refugee Council: access to protection in Italy

11th April 2014 | News

11 April 2014 The Italian Council for Refugees (CIR) has published a report on the Italian legislation and practices regarding border controls, access to the territory and access to the asylum procedure. In March 2011, Italy officially declared the end of its...

Human Rights Watch calls on France to stop detaining unaccompanied children in transit zones at the borders

11th April 2014 | News

11 April 2014 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged France to stop detaining children in transit zones at the borders and to grant them adequate protection. The new HRW research reveals that as many as 500 unaccompanied children are detained each year in transit zones at...

ECRE and Amnesty International call on European countries not to send asylum seekers back to Bulgaria

11th April 2014 | News

11 April 2014 In a statement published this week, ECRE reiterated its call on States not to send asylum seekers back to Bulgaria under the Dublin procedure until the conditions for asylum seekers in the country improve substantially and the Bulgarian authorities are...

Iliana Savova, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee: “The Bulgarian Government chose not to react to the possible arrival of Syrian refugees”

11th April 2014 | News

11 April 2014 Bulgaria is currently hosting 7,600 asylum seekers and refugees.  Over half of the people who applied for asylum in 2013 were fleeing the war in Syria. The ECRE Weekly Bulletin has spoken with Iliana Savova, director of the Refugee and Migrant Programme...