EU Eastern Borders: Member States Approve Extension of Temporary Protection for Ukrainians, Crisis Package Agreed by Council Despite Poland and Hungary Veto, Lithuania to Install Physical Barriers in Marshy Border Areas with Belarus and Russia

EU Eastern Borders: Member States Approve Extension of Temporary Protection for Ukrainians, Crisis Package Agreed by Council Despite Poland and Hungary Veto, Lithuania to Install Physical Barriers in Marshy Border Areas with Belarus and Russia

6th October 2023 | News

The Council extends the implementation of Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) until March 2025. On 4 October member states agreed mandate on EU law dealing with crisis situations despite vetoes from Hungary and Poland. Lithuania plans to add physical barriers to its...
Mediterranean: In Advance of Council Agreement on Crisis Package Med 9 Urged Support to “Front-line” States as Greece Praised own Deterrence Policies and Italy Attempted to Broaden Instrumentalisation Scope Amid New National Decrees, Maltese Non-response Continues – NGOs Save Lives

Mediterranean: In Advance of Council Agreement on Crisis Package Med 9 Urged Support to “Front-line” States as Greece Praised own Deterrence Policies and Italy Attempted to Broaden Instrumentalisation Scope Amid New National Decrees, Maltese Non-response Continues – NGOs Save Lives

6th October 2023 | News

Prior to the Council agreement on a regulation on crisis situations, including instrumentalisation of migration, and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum, nine southern member states urged support to “front-line” countries and increased surveillance...
Vacancy: National AIDA Expert (Romania)

Vacancy: National AIDA Expert (Romania)

27th September 2023 | News

ECRE is looking for a National Expert to draft the 2023 update of the AIDA Country Report on Romania. The main responsibilities include: conducting one update of the country report on Romania; attending and participating in AIDA National Experts’ coordination...
Editorial: Be Careful What You Wish For: EU and SAR in the Med

Editorial: Be Careful What You Wish For: EU and SAR in the Med

22nd September 2023 | News

Since Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to Lampedusa last week, rumours have circulated that the EU is considering a new naval mission in the Mediterranean. Even before the recent arrivals, Italy had requested EU action, faced with a challenging situation and the perennial...
EU Eastern Borders: Member States Approve Extension of Temporary Protection for Ukrainians, Crisis Package Agreed by Council Despite Poland and Hungary Veto, Lithuania to Install Physical Barriers in Marshy Border Areas with Belarus and Russia

EU Eastern Borders: Poland’s Conservative Party Shaken by Visa-for-Cash Scandal, Polish Doctor Treating Refugees Say Patients Asked for Longer Hospitalisation Fearing Pushback, Commission Wants to Admit Bulgaria to Schengen Zone Amid Reports of “Endemic” in Corruption in Asylum & Migration and Rise of Violent Pushbacks Along its Border with Turkiye

22nd September 2023 | News

In Poland complicity of the far-right ruling party in visa-for-cash scandal damages its ambitions in governance ahead of planned national elections. An investigation by Info Migrants reveals that border officers or government officials in Bulgaria ask for money from...
UK: New Labour Migration Policies, “Toxic culture” and Breaches of Human Rights Found at Immigration Detention Centres, Home Offices Dismisses “Excessively Critical” Immigration Watchdog Amid Ongoing Plans to Detain and Remove Children to Rwanda, Alarming Circumstances in Migrant Hotels as Home Office Determines Age on Time of Shaving

UK: New Labour Migration Policies, “Toxic culture” and Breaches of Human Rights Found at Immigration Detention Centres, Home Offices Dismisses “Excessively Critical” Immigration Watchdog Amid Ongoing Plans to Detain and Remove Children to Rwanda, Alarming Circumstances in Migrant Hotels as Home Office Determines Age on Time of Shaving

22nd September 2023 | News

Labour’s new migration policies include a closer cooperation with EU, ending the use of hotels and treating smugglers as terrorists. An investigation reveals Home Office’s “complete failure” to identify and protect vulnerable migrant detainees while a public inquiry...