22nd November 2013 | News
On 13 November, the Bulgarian government adopted a draft bill, amending Bulgaria’s Asylum Law to introduce systematic detention of asylum seekers arriving irregularly on Bulgarian territory. The draft bill, that will become law if approved by the Parliament, renders...
15th November 2013 | News
When a Member State is prohibited from returning an asylum seeker under the Dublin II Regulation to a country where the applicant would be at risk of being ill-treated, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) held yesterday that the Member State is not obliged to assume...
15th November 2013 | News
A new report released this week by the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) revealed that many developed countries still do not have the proper policies in place to ensure that victims of torture are not re-traumatised by the asylum process...
15th November 2013 | News
UNHCR Greece has this week demanded clarification from Greek authorities regarding the whereabouts of 150 Syrian refugees, among them many families with children. The refugees were being held in police custody but were later taken by the authorities to an unknown...
15th November 2013 | News
The Governments of Kenya and Somalia and UNHCR have signed a tripartite agreement earlier this week which intends to provide for a legal framework for the voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya and their reintegration in Somalia. According to UNHCR,...
12th November 2013 | News
Speaking at the conference “Shifting EU borders and the access to international protection”, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Cecilia Wikström regretted that “[t]he EU asylum system is only accessible for those who manage to reach the European Union...
12th November 2013 | News
“The EU externalisation of border control policies has a deleterious effect on human rights, in particular the right to leave a country, which is a prerequisite to the enjoyment of other rights – most importantly, the right to seek asylum”, Commissioner for...
12th November 2013 | News
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declined in its ruling in X, Y and Z that the criminalisation of consensual same-sex activity, as such, constitutes ‘persecution’ for the purposes of EU asylum law. In its judgment, the CJEU ruled that asylum seekers...
12th November 2013 | News
A month ago, ORAM – Organisation for Refuge, Asylum & Migration – was proud to become a member of ECRE. As the only ECRE member dedicated exclusively to advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI) refugees, ORAM works with partners...
