21 March 2014 Evidence gathered by Amnesty International researchers during a recent visit to Cyprus indicates that hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in the country are detained in prison-like conditions for extended periods of time that can go up to 18 months,...
21 March 2014 UNHCR and the Council of Europe have published a study on European states’ practice to address the challenges unaccompanied and separated asylum-seeking and refugee children face when they turn 18. The report focusses on examples of practice from...
21 March 2014 A group of organisations working with migrants, asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection in Greece led by the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) has published ‘Recommendations to the European Union...
14 March 2014 As the Stockholm programme, the policy framework in the area of justice and home Affairs from 2010 to 2014 comes to an end in December 2014, the European Council will in June 2014 set the strategic guidelines for freedom, security and justice policies....
14 March 2014 A new report published this week by Amnesty International provides evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Palestinian and Syrian civilians who live in Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, under siege by governmental forces...
14 March 2014 UNICEF, Save the Children and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have raised concerns about the future of children affected by Syria’s three-year-long conflict. According to UNICEF’s new report, since March 2013, the number of children...
14 March 2014 On Thursday 20 March, while EU government leaders meet in Brussels, Amnesty International will create a beach outside the Council, with four tonnes of sand and a backdrop of a sea (a construction of two metres by seven). As summer approaches and people...
14 March 2014 In ‘Age assessment practice in Europe’, published last week, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) recommends to Member States the necessary safeguards to ensure that the use of age assessments in asylum procedures is respectful of the rights of...
14 March 2014 In the lead up to the French Council of Ministers considering reform of the asylum system in April 2014, French NGO Forum réfugiés-Cosi has published 13 recommendations designed to make the asylum system fairer and more protection-oriented for applicants...
14 March 2014 The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe last week issued a decision which reiterated the Committee’s ‘serious concern’ over the continued failure of Russia to implement a ‘protective and preventive mechanism’ to bring an end to abductions and...
