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...
14 March 2014 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Bulgarian authorities failed to properly investigate the potentially racist nature of an attack on a Sudanese national in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in 2003. The victim alleged to police that, while he...
14 March 2014 The European Parliament yesterday approved the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for 2014-2020, which replaces the European Refugee Fund, the European Integration Fund and the European Return Fund. The fund will support actions addressing all...
14 March 2014 As part of the Europe Act Now campaign, a coalition of over 100 NGOs from over 30 countries have today sent an open letter to EU institutions and agencies laying out the NGOs’ recommendations in order to enhance safe and legal ways to access protection...
