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Task Force Mediterranean – Commission gives update on reinforced border surveillance, cooperation with third countries and legal ways to access Europe

30th May 2014 | News

30 May 2014 The European Commission has published an update regarding initiatives linked to the recommendations of the Task Force Mediterranean, established to identify measures to prevent migrant deaths at sea in response to the Lampedusa tragedy in October 2013,...

French riot police dismantle the camps of over 600 migrants and refugees in Calais

30th May 2014 | News

30 May 2014 Hundreds of migrants and refugees living in three improvised camp sites in Calais lost their homes on Wednesday morning. Chief of police Denis Robin had announced the operation last week, saying: “It is out of the question that we encourage the setting up...

European Council urged to prioritise children’s rights in future migration and asylum policies

30th May 2014 | News

30 May 2014 PICUM, ECRE, the children’s ombudspersons of Europe, the United Nations on the Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and UNICEF have signed, together with several other organisations promoting and safeguarding children’s rights, a joint open letter...

Asylum applicants in Hungary are frequently detained with no effective judicial review, says Hungarian Helsinki Committee

30th May 2014 | News

30 May 2014 In Hungary, asylum seekers lodging an application for international protection for the first time are frequently detained, an information note published today by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) shows. HHC found that in the beginning of April 2014,...

Irish Refugee Council is recruiting a Legal Officer to join its Law Centre team

30th May 2014 | Vacancies

30 May 2014 The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) is recruiting a Legal Officer to assist solicitors in the provision of its Law Centre’s Early Legal Representation service, as well as contribute to legal research and policy work. The post is a one-year contract commencing...

Serbia must improve treatment of asylum seekers, refugees and IDPs before it can join the EU, says NGO coalition

30th May 2014 | News

30 May 2014 Serbia’s asylum system and living conditions for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) must be improved before it can join the EU, according to a report by a coalition of Serbian NGOs called ‘prEUgovor’, which includes ECRE Member Grupa 484. The...

Pro Asyl: Asylum seekers should not be sent back to Bulgaria in light of new evidence of severe ill-treatment of Syrians

30th May 2014 | News

30 May 2014 New statements of Syrian asylum seekers obtained by ECRE member Pro Asyl document their severe degrading and inhuman treatment while in Bulgaria. This new evidence has prompted the German NGO to call on Germany not to send any asylum seekers to Bulgaria...

20 June 2014, Brussels: Caritas conference on the situation of Syria’s refugees

30th May 2014 | News

20 May 2014 A conference on the situation of refugees fleeing Syria organised by Caritas International, in collaboration with ECRE and in the framework of the #HelpSyriasRefugees campaign, will take place in Brussels on 20 June, World Refugee Day. Speakers from...

The EU must take determined action to prevent migrants losing their lives in an attempt to reach Europe, says European Commission

23rd May 2014 | News

23 May 2014 The European Commission has published its fifth Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum providing an overview of migration in the EU in 2013. Recalling the tragic events that took place off the Italian island of Lampedusa on 3 October 2013, in which more...

Refugees from Syria face agonizing choices in a bid to access healthcare in Lebanon, Amnesty International states

23rd May 2014 | News

23 May 2014 A report by Amnesty International, published this week, shows that many refugees from Syria in Lebanon are unable to access crucial medical care. Amnesty stresses that many people, including those requiring emergency treatment, are either left untreated,...

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