28 March 2014 Syria is now the main country of origin of asylum seekers in the 44 industrialised countries addressed in UNHCR’s Asylum Trends 2013 report. Around 56,400 Syrians sought protection in these 44 states in 2013, which is more than double the number of...
28 March 2014 The European Commission (EC) has adopted today a Communication on the EU Return Policy, highlighting the need for better practical implementation of the EU Return Directive and return policies in general. The Commission argues that the Return Directive...
28 March 2014 Despite finding that single women who are members of an ethnic or religious minority are at risk of ill-treatment in Southern and Central Iraq, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Sweden’s return to Iraq of a divorced Mandaean woman...
28 March 2014 The Odysseus Network – an academic network for legal studies on immigration and asylum in Europe – is hosting a congress ‘Towards a Common European Asylum System: the Added Value of the Legislative Package of Second Generation’ in Brussels...
28 March 2014 435,000 asylum applicants were registered in the EU28 last year, nearly 100,000 more asylum seekers than in 2012, according to a Eurostat report published this week. Germany, France, Sweden, Italy and the UK registered 70% of all applicants registered in...
28 March 2014 The first group of Syrian refugees, believed to be some 10 – 20 people, arrived in the UK this week under the government’s Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme. The people are deemed to be most vulnerable and cannot be adequately protected in the region....
28 March 2014 On March 14, the Irish Department of Justice established a humanitarian admission programme to allow people affected by the Syrian conflict to join close relatives who are lawfully residing in Ireland. The Syrian Humanitarian Admission Programme (SHAP)...
21 March 2014 A public seminar organised by ECRE, in collaboration with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and the Maastricht University (UNU/MERIT), examined this week the role of refugee diasporas in development cooperation and their impact both in countries of origin...
21 March 2014 Monitoring places of detention, the annual national report by the UK’s National Preventive Mechanism published last week, raises concerns about the treatment of migrants in the UK during the removal phase, stating that the use of force and restraint is...
21 March 2014 In a position paper on gender-based violence against women and girls who are refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons and others in need of international protection, UNHCR calls on the EU to adopt a broad policy framework for tackling such violence...
