18th September 2014 | News
In two separate cases this summer, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the living conditions in several detention centres across Greece amounted to degrading treatment, thus triggering a breach of Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights....
18th September 2014 | News
In 2013, almost 22 million people were displaced in at least 119 countries by natural disasters, almost three times as many as were displaced by conflict and violence, according to the report Global Estimates 2014: People displaced by disasters by the Norwegian...
12th September 2014 | News
On 9 September, ECRE launched the Second Asylum Information Database (AIDA) Annual Report: Mind the Gap: An NGO Perspective on Challenges to Accessing Protection in the Common European Asylum System. The research illustrates the persistent gaps between the theory of a...
12th September 2014 | News
In a new report, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), UNHCR and the Hungarian National Police Headquarters summarized the experiences gathered in 2013 in the course of the border monitoring programme at the Hungarian-Serbian border. According to the report, in...
12th September 2014 | News
The first AIDA Report on Cyprus, compiled by ECRE member organisation Future Worlds Centre, shows that asylum seekers who are currently receiving social welfare support will be obliged to move to the remote reception centre of Kofinou or otherwise lose their social...
12th September 2014 | News
12 September 2014 A new study commissioned by the European Parliament identifies inconsistencies and shortcomings in the existing Visa Code that undermines one of the aims of the instrument, i.e. ensuring that Member States meet their humanitarian and fundamental...
12th September 2014 | News
On 14 October 2014, the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), in conjunction with MEP Jean Lambert, will hold an event as part of ENS’ campaign to protect stateless persons in Europe. The campaign is calling on all European states to accede to the 1954...
