20th December 2013 | News
ECRE has today published a statement in reaction to EU leaders’ endorsement at the European Council meeting of the outcome of the Task Force on the Mediterranean, created after the shipwreck off the Lampedusa coast a few months ago. The Task Force had been created to...
20th December 2013 | News
Tomorrow, 21 December, is the deadline for the transposition into national legislation of the recast Qualification Directive, which aims at introducing a uniform status and protection for refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection. Member States bound by...
16th December 2013 | News
The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) launched a report on alternatives to Ireland’s reception system for asylum seekers, known as ‘Direct Provision’. The report shows that there is an urgent need for an alternative reception system for asylum seekers that is both humane...
16th December 2013 | News
The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) has launched this week a guide on good practices in statelessness determination procedures. The guide is intended as a tool for countries considering the establishment or the improvement of such a procedure, and for civil...
13th December 2013 | News
In a briefing published today, An international failure: The Syrian refugee crisis, Amnesty International has condemned the lack of willingness of EU Member States to resettle refugees from Syria. EU countries have only offered to receive through resettlement or...
13th December 2013 | News
Around 25,000 people have been victims of trafficking in the Sinai over the past four years, according to a new report by Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Reisen, Meron Estefanos and Dr. Conny Rijken presented last week to EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström. The...
13th December 2013 | News
Last week UNHCR published new Guidelines on claims for refugee status by deserters and persons avoiding service in State armed forces, as well as forced recruitment by non-State armed groups. UNHCR states that new guidelines are necessary because of considerable...
13th December 2013 | News
The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) issued a judgment on 10 December 2013 in Case C 394/12 Abdullahi limiting the opportunities for an asylum seeker to challenge a decision to transfer him/her under the Dublin II Regulation once a Member State...
13th December 2013 | News
The European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA) now publishes a Weekly Legal Update on the ECRE website every Friday. It is also possible to read it through ECRE’s Twitter and Facebook pages or subscribe to the Weekly Legal Update and receive it via email. The purpose of...
