16th December 2013 | News
The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) launched a report on alternatives to Ireland’s reception system for asylum seekers, known as ‘Direct Provision’. The report shows that there is an urgent need for an alternative reception system for asylum seekers that is both humane...
16th December 2013 | News
The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) has launched this week a guide on good practices in statelessness determination procedures. The guide is intended as a tool for countries considering the establishment or the improvement of such a procedure, and for civil...
13th December 2013 | News
In a briefing published today, An international failure: The Syrian refugee crisis, Amnesty International has condemned the lack of willingness of EU Member States to resettle refugees from Syria. EU countries have only offered to receive through resettlement or...
13th December 2013 | News
Around 25,000 people have been victims of trafficking in the Sinai over the past four years, according to a new report by Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Reisen, Meron Estefanos and Dr. Conny Rijken presented last week to EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström. The...
13th December 2013 | News
Last week UNHCR published new Guidelines on claims for refugee status by deserters and persons avoiding service in State armed forces, as well as forced recruitment by non-State armed groups. UNHCR states that new guidelines are necessary because of considerable...
13th December 2013 | News
The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) issued a judgment on 10 December 2013 in Case C 394/12 Abdullahi limiting the opportunities for an asylum seeker to challenge a decision to transfer him/her under the Dublin II Regulation once a Member State...
13th December 2013 | News
The European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA) now publishes a Weekly Legal Update on the ECRE website every Friday. It is also possible to read it through ECRE’s Twitter and Facebook pages or subscribe to the Weekly Legal Update and receive it via email. The purpose of...
13th December 2013 | News
Azzam’s younger brother transited Greece when fleeing Syria. The Belgian authorities examined his application and granted him asylum. Azzam’s older brother arrived in Belgium after traveling through Italy. They still don’t know if they will be allowed to stay together...
12th December 2013 | News
UNHCR has shared with Bulgaria’s Parliament its provisional comments on a draft bill amending the Law on Asylum and Refugees. According to the UN Refugee Agency, under the guise of transposing the 2013 recast of the EU Reception Conditions Directive, the draft bill...
