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Everyone has the right to a nationality – European Network on Statelessness campaign for the protection of stateless persons

6th June 2014 | News

6 June 2014 The European Network on Statelessness (ENS), a group of NGOs, academics and experts committed to ending statelessness in Europe, launched a petition on 28 May 2014 calling for the ratification of the UN Statelessness Convention by European leaders. The...

UN Committee Against Torture levels severe criticism against Cyprus’ detention of asylum seekers

6th June 2014 | News

6 June 2014 The UN Committee Against Torture has raised serious concerns regarding the detention of asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Cyprus. Although according to Cypriot legislation, asylum seekers should only be detained in exceptional circumstances and...

AIDA Report on France: Shortage of reception places leaves many asylum seekers sleeping rough or relying on night shelters

6th June 2014 | News

6 June 2014 The updated AIDA Report, compiled by ECRE member organization Forum réfugiés-Cosi, shows that the number of available places in reception centres for asylum seekers in France is largely insufficient. As a consequence, many of these asylum seekers have no...

Belgium: Asylum seekers coming from ‘safe countries’ and subsequent applicants will have right to an effective remedy to challenge the inadmissibility of their application

6th June 2014 | News

06 June 2014 An amending law on appeal procedures in asylum cases entered into force in Belgium on 1 June, following a decision of the Constitutional Court of 16 January 2014 that annulled some provisions of the Belgian asylum law contained in the Aliens Act. The new...

Jesuit Refugee Service Europe is recruiting an Advocacy and Communications Coordinator

6th June 2014 | News

06 June 2014 Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe is seeking an Advocacy and Communications Coordinator. The post holder should have sound analytical skills and a creative mindset as well as significant work experience in both advocacy and communications that will...

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...

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