In the ever-vibrant competition to be the European country with the worst refugee policy the UK is attempting to grab the crown from previous contenders Denmark (see the previous edition of “Are we the baddies” – “Something rotten in the State of Denmark”, jewellery...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Serbia provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers, the content of international protection, as well as procedure for and...
Cutro decree approved by the Italian parliament “marks latest attempt by the extreme right parties in Italy to remove protection statuses from national law”. Arrivals to Italy continue to increase with Tunisia’s crack-down on migrants as a push-factor. By early May...
Germany’s Olaf Scholz and regional leaders agreed to modernise IT system to fasten expulsions, extend maximum detention period from 10 days to 28 days and reach new “migrant partnership” with countries of origins. The country’s interior minister calls for a “change”...
Reports of pushbacks and abuse continue to mount across Greece including the Aegean Sea, the Evros region and the Western part of the country. Syrian and Afghan refugees in fear amid harsh election debate as the future of the already “collapsing” EU-Turkey deal is...
People continue to report sexual harassment, physical violence and theft of personal belongings during pushbacks from Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina where they are detained in “classic prison”. Pope Francis gave a speech to an assembly of disadvantaged groups...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Slovenia provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers, content of international protection, as well as procedure for and content...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Portugal provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers, the content of international protection, as well as the procedure for and...
By Phili Cool and Inês Avelãs, from ECRE member, Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid (Fenix) Fenix is a legal NGO based on Lesvos and in Athens, which provides Holistic Legal Aid with the aim of empowering asylum seekers through provision of information, medical and...
Around 440 people appear to have been left adrift on four different dates in early November 2021 as coastguard “effectively ignored” distress calls. Home Office announced the return of over 1000 Albanian nationals while the Albanian Prime Minister says that the...
