20 June 2014 UNHCR’s updated position on returns to Southern and Central Somalia recommends that Somali asylum seekers from areas currently or recently affected by military action and/or consequent displacement, or from areas under the control of non-State groups, are...
20 June 2014 A record-breaking 51.2 million individuals were forcibly displaced worldwide in 2013, UNHCR’s annual Global Trends, published today, shows. This represents an average of 32,200 persons per day – or one person every four seconds – forced to...
This Friday 20 June, is World Refugee Day. In over 100 countries around the globe, attention will be focused on the millions of people in the world who had to flee war, violence or persecution. With the World Cup in Brazil in full swing on this World Refugee Day, ECRE...
13 June 2014 Ministers of Interior of the German Länder (federated states) agreed this week to increase its resettlement commitment by 10,000 – bringing the number of refugees from Syria to be resettled in the country to 20,000. Welcoming this renewed pledge, ECRE has...
13 June 2014 ECRE has submitted a letter to the European Council in advance of their next meeting on 26-27 June, at which the EU Heads of State and Government will adopt strategic guidelines for further legislative and operational planning in the area of freedom,...
13 June 2014 UNHCR has published a new initiative, Global Strategy – Beyond Detention 2014-2019, aimed at supporting governments in stopping the detention of asylum seekers and refugees. The main objectives of the Global Strategy are: to eliminate the detention...
13 June 2014 The International Catholic Migration Committee (ICMC) and the North West Gateway Resettlement Partnership of the UK have published ‘A Place to Live, a Place to Stay: A Good Practice Guide for Housing in Refugee Resettlement’ in the framework...
13 June 2014 The updated AIDA Report on Ireland, written by ECRE member organisation Irish Refugee Council, highlights that a decision of the Court of Justice (CJEU) of May 2014 provides a ‘clear mandate for reform of the existing procedure’ for the examination of...
13 June 2014 100 NGOs and over 10,000 people across Europe are calling on Europe to Act Now to #HelpSyriasRefugees by giving refugees a safe way into Europe, reuniting families torn apart by the crisis and protecting the refugees arriving at Europe’s borders. People...
13 June 2014 The updated AIDA report on Belgium, compiled by ECRE member organisation Belgian Refugee Council, highlights the recent changes to the appeal procedures in asylum cases contained in the Aliens Act. The amending law, which entered into force on 1 June,...
