The Greek Minister for civil protection, Michalis Chrysohoidis, announced on Monday, 26 March 2012, the planned construction of 30 “closed hospitality centres” to house 30,000 undocumented migrants. The centres are going to be built using unoccupied military sites...
Last Friday 23 of March the Belgian government adopted a list of seven safe countries of origin, which included Albania and Kosovo. Asylum seekers from those countries will now have their applications examined in an accelerated procedure in a bid to counter “abuse of...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found in the case of Mo.M. v France that the deportation of the applicant to Chad, where he had previously been a victim of torture, would be a violation of the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment...
Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and victims of torture and other serious forms of violence will not be exempt from accelerated and border asylum procedures, as established in the compromise text of the recast Asylum Procedures Directive agreed by the European...
From now on, asylum seekers awaiting a decision on their application in Greece might be detained for up to 18 months. The provisions governing the maximum length of time by-which asylum seekers’ detention can be extended has recently been changed. It used to be...
ProAsyl has published a report that compiles information on the human rights situation in Serbia showing that it does not meet the conditions to be considered a safe third country of origin. The research shows that the Roma, who make up for the highest number of...
A report published by the European Commission shows an 18% increase in the amount of victims of human trafficking in the EU between 2008 and 2010. Whilst the number of victims has increased, convictions of traffickers have decreased by 13% over the same period. Most...
In a new report on Greece, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Nils Muižnieks, has urged the Greek government to use the full force of the national and international legislation available to combat racism and hate crime, which continue to...
On Wednesday, UNHCR presented its protection considerations and recommendations regarding Syrians in Greece. UNHCR calls on the Greek authorities to facilitate access to the territory for Syrians as well as unhindered access to asylum procedures. Furthermore, UNHCR’s...
On April 12, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation establishing rules for border surveillance in the context of joint operations at sea coordinated by the EU Borders Agency, Frontex. This instrument aims at replacing Council Decision...
