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...
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...
“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...
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,...
24 January 2014 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has highlighted several concerns regarding the EU’s migration and asylum policies in its 2014 annual report, published this week which reviews key human rights issues in over 90 countries. HRW criticised the EU for its failure...
24 January 2014 On 17 January 2014, UNHCR released International Protection Considerations with Regard to people fleeing Southern and Central Somalia. The paper is an interim update, in light of recent developments in Somalia, to the 2010 Eligibility Guidelines on...
24 January 2014 On 21 January, ECRE submitted its recommendations on the future of EU asylum and migration policies in the context of a consultation on the EU’s Strategic Guidelines in the area of Home Affairs following the end of the Stockholm Programme in December...
24 January 2014 12 refugees, including several children, died this week when their vessel sank near a Greek island while being towed by the Greek Coast Guard. According to the survivors, the Greek coast guard vessel was towing the boat toward the Turkish coast at high...
17 January 2014 The Greek government responded on 10 January 2014 to a request from the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks to carry out effective investigations into all recorded incidents of collective expulsions from Greece to...
According to UNHCR, 78,000 South Sudanese nationals have now fled to neighbouring countries since mid-December. More than half have headed for Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 32,505 refugees have sought refuge in the Dzaipi transit centre in Uganda,...
