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Too Much Pain: Female Genital Mutilation and Asylum in the European Union

10th March 2014 | News

07 March 2014 To commemorate International Women’s Day, UNHCR has released short films and an updated statistical overview of female genital mutilation (FGM) and asylum in the EU. Through these films, refugee women who have survived FGM explain their experiences...

30 June – 11 July 2014: 14th edition of the Odysseus Summer School “European Union Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum”

10th March 2014 | News

7 March 2014 Registration is open for the Summer School “European Union Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum”. The programme aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the immigration and asylum policy of the European Union from a legal perspective. The...

Register now for PICUM conference “EU Migration Policy: A push back for migrants’ rights in Greece?” on 20 March, Brussels

10th March 2014 | News

7 March 2014 The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) in cooperation with ECRE, Amnesty International, the European Network of Migrant Women, European Anti-Poverty Network, the European Network Against Racism and Médecins du Monde is...

UNHCR recommends that States remove Ukraine from ‘safe country of origin’ list

10th March 2014 | News

07 March 2014 In light of recent unrest and violence in Ukraine in late 2013 and early 2014, UNHCR has this week called on States to remove Ukraine from their ‘safe country of origin’ lists. Applicants for international protection from a designated ‘safe country of...

PACE concerned about integration tests being used to limit the number of migrants entering and remaining in European countries

10th March 2014 | News

07 March 2014 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in a Resolution entitled ‘Integration tests: helping or hindering integration?’, has recommended that States reappraise their approach to integration testing as part of  citizenship, residence...

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights: European countries failing to meet the challenges arising from Syria refugee crisis

10th March 2014 | News

07 March 2014 “In spite of the size and proximity of this human tragedy, Turkey is the only member state of the Council of Europe to have opened its arms fully to Syrians in need, having received alone an estimated 1 million. This amounts to well over ten times the...

ECRE and 100 partners launch campaign ‘Europe Act Now – Help Syria’s Refugees’

10th March 2014 | News

07March 2014 On 6 March 2014, ECRE, together with over 100 partners in 34 countries, launched ‘Europe Act Now’ (www.helpsyriasrefugees.eu), calling on European leaders to protect refugees fleeing the Syrian war. To date, just 81,000 Syrians have sought protection in...

EU-Turkey readmission agreement endorsed by European Parliament raises concerns amongst NGOs

28th February 2014 | News

28 February 2014 The European Parliament has this week endorsed the EU-Turkey readmission agreement which had been signed by both parties in December 2013. The agreement lays down the obligations and procedures for taking back migrants entering or living irregularly...

ECtHR condemns Belgium for failing to provide a Nigerian family with an effective remedy to challenge their deportation

28th February 2014 | News

28 February 2014 The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a Nigerian woman and her three children did not have an effective opportunity to challenge their removal from Belgium on the ground that they faced a risk of ill-treatment in Nigeria. The Court...

Register now for Conference “Stateless but not Rightless: Improving the Protection of Stateless Persons in Europe” on 8 April 2014 in Strasbourg

28th February 2014 | News

28 February 2014 On 8 April, the European Network on Statelessness and UNHCR Representative to the European Institutions in Strasbourg invite you to attend the Conference on “Stateless but not Rightless: Improving the Protection of Stateless Persons in Europe” in...
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