![Editorial: the TPD Proved Highly Efficient in Ukraine Response – Time to Repeal it?](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Editorial-.png)
![Editorial: the TPD Proved Highly Efficient in Ukraine Response – Time to Repeal it?](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Editorial-.png)
![Mediterranean: New Deadly Tragedies as NGO SAR Operators Fight to Save Lives in the Face of Crackdown by Italy, Malta Reiterates Debunked Pull Factor Myth and Floats Ideas of Increased Cooperation with Libya](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mediterranean-.png)
Mediterranean: New Deadly Tragedies as NGO SAR Operators Fight to Save Lives in the Face of Crackdown by Italy, Malta Reiterates Debunked Pull Factor Myth and Floats Ideas of Increased Cooperation with Libya
Two separate deadly tragedies have claimed at least eight lives on the Mediterranean as NGO rescue ships fight to save lives amid new attempts by the Italian government to limit and criminalize their operations. Maltese Minister recycles debunked myth of NGO SAR...![Greece: Increase of Pushbacks with Impunity Amid Ongoing Crackdown on Solidarity, Türkiye Considered “Safe” by Greek Authorities Sets New Record of Deportations, Thousands of Vulnerable Refugees Left Without Adequate Accommodation After Closing of ESTIA Programme](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/GREECE.png)
Greece: Increase of Pushbacks with Impunity Amid Ongoing Crackdown on Solidarity, Türkiye Considered “Safe” by Greek Authorities Sets New Record of Deportations, Thousands of Vulnerable Refugees Left Without Adequate Accommodation After Closing of ESTIA Programme
Greek authorities continue conducting pushbacks with impunity amid a continued crackdown on solidarity. Türkiye, considered safe by Greece, is increasingly unsafe for refugees and Turkish nationals alike and has seen an alarming number of deportations. The closure of...![Belgium: Failure to Deal with Persistent Reception Crisis is “Attack on Rule of Law” Human Rights Institutions Say, Situation in the Building of Palais des Droits is “Worse than that in Libya’s Camps” Underline NGOs As Authorities Find No Solution](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BELGIUM-.png)
Belgium: Failure to Deal with Persistent Reception Crisis is “Attack on Rule of Law” Human Rights Institutions Say, Situation in the Building of Palais des Droits is “Worse than that in Libya’s Camps” Underline NGOs As Authorities Find No Solution
Five human rights institutions as well as Commissioner for Human Rights urged Belgium to ensure accommodation to asylum seekers and respect its international obligations. International protection applicants continue to endure deplorable conditions in the squat of...![Policy Note: Movement to and From Ukraine Under the Temporary Protection Directive](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PN-43-1-1080x675.jpg)
Policy Note: Movement to and From Ukraine Under the Temporary Protection Directive
ECRE published this week a Policy Note on its analysis of EU Member States’ policies and practices on “pendular” movement to and from Ukraine and its recommendations to ensure security of status and rights for people covered by the TPD regime. The EU’s...![Legal Note: Age Assessment in Europe: Applying European and international Legal Standards at all Stages of Age Assessment Procedures](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LN-13--1080x675.jpg)
Legal Note: Age Assessment in Europe: Applying European and international Legal Standards at all Stages of Age Assessment Procedures
ECRE has published a legal note on the applicable European and international legal standards in age assessment procedures. The note provides a brief overview of the main challenges in age assessment in Europe and sets out the relevant legal obligations under EU law,...![ECRE Recommendations: The EU’s Response to Displacement from Ukraine](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ukraine-.png)
ECRE Recommendations: The EU’s Response to Displacement from Ukraine
ECRE’s new recommendations published on 5 January collates and updates earlier recommendations to the EU and its Member States. It draws on the work of ECRE’s members across Europe which are directly involved in the response, as well as ECRE’s Information Sheet...![Editorial: Three Lessons and Some New Year’s Resolutions: Asylum at the End of an Unpredictable Year](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/My-project-copy-1.png)
Editorial: Three Lessons and Some New Year’s Resolutions: Asylum at the End of an Unpredictable Year
In the field of asylum policy, years tend to end much as they started – more people displaced, more hostile policies, more border violations, more bad proposals. Not so 2022. If you had predicted at the start of the year that Europe would respond effectively to a...![EP Study Co-authored by ECRE and Commissioned by the EP LIBE Committee on Use of EU Funding for Asylum and Migration Outside the EU](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/EP-Study.png)
EP Study Co-authored by ECRE and Commissioned by the EP LIBE Committee on Use of EU Funding for Asylum and Migration Outside the EU
This study provides an overview on how EU funding, both from home affairs funds and from the external action budget, have in the past and can currently support asylum and migration priorities outside the EU. It focuses on expenditure during the previous Multiannual...![UK: Renewed Critique of Failed Policies, Doubtful Efforts to Fix “Broken Asylum System” and Clear “Chaotic Backlog”, UK-France Deal “Doomed to Fail” Union Says Amid Deaths on the Channel, Poor Healthcare in Reception Facilities “Adds Trauma on Trauma”](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UK.png)