23rd September 2013 | News
A new report by the Children’s Society and ECRE member British Refugee Council has unveiled gaps in the support given to trafficked children in the UK, leaving them vulnerable to further exploitation. Over half of the children interviewed for the purpose of the report...
23rd September 2013 | News
ICMC, ECRE Member organisation, has released the third edition of ‘Welcome to Europe’, a comprehensive guide to resettlement which provides information on global resettlement needs and the evolution of Member States’ resettlement activities, from legislation to...
23rd September 2013 | News
In its latest report on refugee protection in Greece, UNHCR highlights serious shortcomings in the country’s asylum and reception systems and the lack of a comprehensive plan for the integration of beneficiaries of international protection. Furthermore, UNHCR urges...
23rd September 2013 | News
“The risk of abuse is inherent to detention” Last week, a woman detained in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre in the UK alleged that women who were being held there were victims of abuse by security guards and other officers. “A lot of officers were taking...
23rd September 2013 | News
Italy and Bulgaria start taking measures to address their needs. Although Bulgaria has received only about 3,000 asylum applications this year, this is three times the yearly average of the past decade and the existing accommodation centres are overcrowded. According...
16th September 2013 | News
The Moroccan National Human Rights Council (CNDH), a public institution for the protection and defence of human rights and freedoms in Morocco, has released a thematic report on the situation of migrants and refugees. Without contesting the right of Moroccan...
16th September 2013 | News
A number of gaps persist regarding refugee protection in Italy, in particular with regards to the integration of refugees and the reception of asylum seekers, UNHCR argues in a new advocacy paper. One of the most problematic areas of the Italian asylum system...
16th September 2013 | News
The EASO Annual Report on the situation of asylum in Europe 2012 marks a significant improvement on the EASO Annual Report 2011, in that the current report provides a more complete overview of the situation of asylum in the EU, as the main trends, as defined by EASO,...
16th September 2013 | News
Based on the conclusion that it would not be in the best interests of the children to be returned to Ireland’s reception system for asylum seekers, the High Court of Northern Ireland decided in ALJ and A, B and C, Re Judicial Review that the UK should take...
16th September 2013 | News
The European Parliament adopted a resolution this week calling on the EU Commission to propose strategic guidelines in the form of common minimum standards for the protection of unaccompanied children arriving on EU territory until durable solutions have been found...
