21st February 2014 | News
14 February 2014 Political and ethnic conflict in the world’s youngest nation has led UNHCR to call for a suspension of forcible returns to South Sudan until the security situation has improved. In a position note dated 11 February 2014, UNHCR also advises that many...
21st February 2014 | News
21 February 2014 A new study by the Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers has revealed that asylum seekers arriving in Norway today are more likely than ever before to end up in detention instead of receiving proper support and care, following policy changes...
21st February 2014 | News
21 February 2014 Somali refugees in Kenya are denied basic rights, discriminated against by the police and see their freedom of movement restricted by being confined to certain areas, according to the report “No place like home” published by Amnesty International...
21st February 2014 | News
21 February 2014 The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on 20 February 2014 voted overwhelmingly in support of the compromise text on a Regulation for Frontex-coordinated surveillance of external sea borders. Operations not co-ordinated by...
18th February 2014 | News
14 February 2014 Jorge Fernández Díaz, Spanish Minister of Interior addressed yesterday the Parliament regarding the death of at least 12 people and the alleged summary return of 23 people from Ceuta last week. These people were part of a larger group of reportedly...
18th February 2014 | News
14 February Registration is now open for a public seminar, taking place in Brussels on 18 March, which focusses on the role of refugee diasporas in development in their countries of origin and the resulting impacts on their host country. The seminar is organised by...
14th February 2014 | News
14 February A new Implementing Regulation has entered into force providing detailed rules for the application of the Dublin III Regulation, which determines the Member State responsible for examining any asylum application lodged in the EU from 1 January 2014 onwards....
14th February 2014 | News
14 February 2014 On 12 February 2014, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) heard the complaint of the Tarakhel family against the Swiss government’s order that they be removed to Italy under the Dublin II Regulation. The family submitted...
14th February 2014 | News
14 February 2014 A new comparative report by the European Migration Network reveals that the organisation of reception facilities for asylum seekers differs greatly between Member States and also within some Member States at sub-state level. In some cases, asylum...
14th February 2014 | News
14 February When the conservative Liberal-National Coalition was elected to government in Australia on 7 September 2013, one of its main pledges was to “stop the boats”. Since 2001, the response to asylum seekers who enter Australia by boat without prior visas has...
