14 March 2014 In ‘Age assessment practice in Europe’, published last week, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) recommends to Member States the necessary safeguards to ensure that the use of age assessments in asylum procedures is respectful of the rights of...
14 March 2014 In the lead up to the French Council of Ministers considering reform of the asylum system in April 2014, French NGO Forum réfugiés-Cosi has published 13 recommendations designed to make the asylum system fairer and more protection-oriented for applicants...
14 March 2014 The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe last week issued a decision which reiterated the Committee’s ‘serious concern’ over the continued failure of Russia to implement a ‘protective and preventive mechanism’ to bring an end to abductions and...
14 March 2014 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Bulgarian authorities failed to properly investigate the potentially racist nature of an attack on a Sudanese national in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in 2003. The victim alleged to police that, while he...
14 March 2014 The European Parliament yesterday approved the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for 2014-2020, which replaces the European Refugee Fund, the European Integration Fund and the European Return Fund. The fund will support actions addressing all...
14 March 2014 As part of the Europe Act Now campaign, a coalition of over 100 NGOs from over 30 countries have today sent an open letter to EU institutions and agencies laying out the NGOs’ recommendations in order to enhance safe and legal ways to access protection...
07 March 2014 To commemorate International Women’s Day, UNHCR has released short films and an updated statistical overview of female genital mutilation (FGM) and asylum in the EU. Through these films, refugee women who have survived FGM explain their experiences...
7 March 2014 Registration is open for the Summer School “European Union Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum”. The programme aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the immigration and asylum policy of the European Union from a legal perspective. The...
7 March 2014 The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) in cooperation with ECRE, Amnesty International, the European Network of Migrant Women, European Anti-Poverty Network, the European Network Against Racism and Médecins du Monde is...
07 March 2014 In light of recent unrest and violence in Ukraine in late 2013 and early 2014, UNHCR has this week called on States to remove Ukraine from their ‘safe country of origin’ lists. Applicants for international protection from a designated ‘safe country of...
