EU Eastern Borders: 4 Million People from Ukraine Granted Temporary Protection in Europe, Lithuania Beefs Up Deployment of Border Guards in Response to Risk of “Illegal Migration”, Hundreds of People Stuck at Belarus Border with Poland Where Even Opposition Adopts Anti-Migration Rhetoric
According to Eurostat, more than 4 million people fleeing Ukraine have received temporary protection in Europe, with Germany and Poland as the main hosts. Lithuania increased security at the border with Belarus ahead of NATO summit, partly in reference to an alleged...
Vacancy: National Expert AIDA
ECRE is looking for a National Expert to draft the 2023 update of the AIDA Country Report on the United Kingdom. The main responsibilities include: conducting one update of the country report on the United Kingdom; attending and participating in AIDA National Experts’...
2022 Update AIDA Country Report: Türkiye
The updated AIDA Country Report on Türkiye provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers, content of international protection in 2022. One of the significant...
Joint Statement: NGOs call on Member States and European Parliament: Go no Lower: Reject the Use of Legal Loopholes in EU Asylum Law Reforms
The Member States and European Parliament, the EU’s co-legislators, are moving forward with a reform of EU asylum law in the form of the Pact on Migration and Asylum which reduces protection standards and undermines human rights of asylum seekers in Europe. But not...
Vacancy: Head of Communications
ECRE is looking for a Head of Communications to lead the organisation’s communications work, starting from October 2023. The main responsibilities of the post holder are managing the news cluster including the intensive work on the Weekly Bulletin, responding to...
Germany: NGOs Oppose Government’s Position on Reforms of CEAS, Rise of Far-Right Attacks on Reception Facilities, Reform of Immigration Law for Third Country Nationals Passed
The federal government’s position is met with protests and critiques over an acceptance of further violation of refugee rights under the agreement reached on the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig announced a...
UK: More Defeats for British Government’s Unlawful Migration Policies, Reports of Inhumane Reception Mount
Asylum plans to deter “illegal migration” and deport asylum seekers to Rwanda have met legal and political headwind in two major defeats. Asylum seekers continue to report of being “abandoned” and accommodated in prison-like facilities. Asylum plans of the current...
Greece: Elections Mark Another Step to the Right, Suspension of Frontex Activities Recommended by FRO, Case Against Nine Pylos Survivors Weak
Kyriakos Mitsotakis reelected as extreme far-right takes 13 per cent of vote. The Fundamental Rights Officer recommends a suspension of the Agency’s activities in Greece. The case against nine survivors of the Pylos shipwreck defined by fragile evidence and flawed...