30th September 2013 | News
Monash University has issued a call for papers for an international conference on the challenges faced by asylum seekers in gaining access to international refugee protection. The conference will take place in Prato, Italy, on 29-30 May 2014. Abstracts should be...
30th September 2013 | News
The Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) has called on the Spanish government to recognise human trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation as a ground for international protection and to grant victims the right to seek asylum. According to CEAR, despite the...
30th September 2013 | News
Earlier this month, the Swiss Federal Office of Migration (FOM) suspended all deportations to Sri Lanka pending an investigation into reports by NGOs that returned Sri Lankan nationals are being arrested and tortured by Sri Lankan authorities. The Swiss Embassy in...
30th September 2013 | News
Following a visit to the newly-opened reception centre in the Sofia suburb of Vrazhdebna, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC), an ECRE member, has called for the immediate resignation of the management of Bulgaria’s State Agency for Refugees, arguing that the...
30th September 2013 | News
A new report by UNHCR examines refugee integration in Europe. France, Sweden, Ireland and Austria have participated in the study and an overview is also given of the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada, since they have been considered to have made significant progress...
30th September 2013 | News
Transatlantic Trends 2013, a survey of public opinion conducted in 11 European countries, United States and Turkey has found that almost all respondents of the study overestimated the size of the immigrant population. In the UK, people estimated that on average 31% of...
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...
