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Implementation of EU Return Directive in Spain, Italy and Cyprus raises human rights concerns

7th February 2014 | News

7 February 2014 A new study by Borderline Europe in cooperation with partner organisations KISA in Cyprus, Borderline Sicilia in Italy, and Mugak and Acoge in Spain reveals serious shortcomings concerning the implementation of the EU Return Directive in Spain, Italy...

Asylum Aid: there are reasons for (cautious) optimism regarding media coverage of asylum and refugee issues in the UK

3rd February 2014 | News

31 January 2014 Asylum Aid published earlier this month a report on media coverage of asylum and refugee issues in the UK, entitled “Diving lines – Asylum, media and some reasons for (cautious) optimism”. The report looks back at ten years of media coverage and...

New report captures voices of those who migrate due to climate change

3rd February 2014 | News

31 January 2014 The UK Climate Change and Migration Coalition has published a report focusing on the experiences of people who have to move because of environmental change. The report is based on testimonies from ten regions across the world that illustrate the...

Report recommends recognition and protection of stateless persons in Poland

3rd February 2014 | News

31 January 2014 ‘The Invisible: Stateless Persons in Poland’, a report published by the Halina Niec Legal Aid Center in December 2013, criticises the approach of Poland to persons who are not recognized as a citizen by any state. Poland is one of four EU countries...

CJEU rules that definition of ‘internal armed conflict’ must correspond to everyday language rather than international humanitarian law

3rd February 2014 | News

31 January 2014 According to the EU Qualification Directive, subsidiary protection shall be granted to persons who have substantial grounds for believing that, if returned to their country of origin, they will face ‘real risk of suffering serious harm’ by reason of...

Conference on “An Open and Safe Europe – What Next?” – The EU needs to step up its efforts to avoid tragedies like in Lampedusa in the future

31st January 2014 | News

31 January 2014 As the Stockholm Programme will be coming to an end in December 2014, the European Council will adopt in June strategic guidelines indicating the way forward in the area of Justice and Home Affairs in the EU. In the context of the debate on the future...

New wave of anti-homosexuality legislation threatens human rights in Nigeria and Uganda

31st January 2014 | News

31 January 2014 Earlier this month, the Nigerian President signed a law criminalising gay marriage, homosexual clubs, associations and organisations with penalties of up to 14 years in jail. In the same week that the law was passed in Nigeria, 40 people were arrested...

Portuguese Refugee Council: Portuguese draft asylum law threatens the rights of asylum seekers

27th January 2014 | News

24 January 2014 This month the Portuguese Parliament backed a new asylum law transposing the Qualifications Directive, Asylum Procedures Directive and Receptions Conditions Directive. The Portuguese Refugee Council (CPR) has expressed concern that the draft asylum law...

ECRE Interview with Irena Zdravkova, Project Manager, Macedonian Young Lawyers Association

27th January 2014 | News

“For asylum seekers not coming from former Yugoslavia, in Macedonia the recognition rate of refugee status is zero” Since 2001, only three people from outside of former Yugoslavia have been granted international protection in FYR Macedonia. ECRE has talked to the...

Inter-American Court of Human Rights sets minimum guarantees for asylum and expulsion proceedings in debut asylum judgment

27th January 2014 | News

24 January 2014 On 25 November 2013, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) (IACtHR) gave judgment for the first time on the issue of a state’s obligation to give proper consideration to asylum requests and the principle of non-refoulement. In the judgment,...
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