Call for applications: Training Seminar on EU Advocacy 27 and 28 October 2022 in Brussels, Belgium Are you actively engaged in advocating for refugee rights? Are you a refugee advocate or working in a refugee-led organisation? Are you interested in deepening and...
The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) is a database managed by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) containing detailed information on asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention, and the content of international protection in 23 European...
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 and content of international protection in 2021, as well as over the...
In a unanimous judgment of the Safi and Others v. Greece case the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) condemns Greece for multiple violations. A month-long joint investigation by European media outlets confirms the use of third-country nationals – people on the...
The European Commission adopted the Flexible Assistance to Territories Package (FAST – CARE) on 29 June, a new set of legislative and non-legislative proposals that aims to strengthen support to EU Member States in response to Ukraine displacement, by making Cohesion...
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) found Lithuanian legislation allowing mass detention and preventing asylum requests for irregular arrivals in violation of EU law. Amnesty International reports on abusive practices by Lithuanian authorities. Polish court declare...
The loss of life on the central Mediterranean route continues despite tireless efforts by civilian search and rescue operators as do delays in disembarkation. New reports of severe abuse in Libya and numerous deaths in the desert. In a dramatic rescue operation on...
Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) latest regional update confirms that systematic pushbacks continue across the Balkans. The findings of the Croatian ‘independent’ human rights monitoring body challenged. Hungary apply double standards praising efforts for...
At least 37 lives were lost and hundreds injured as around 2,000 people attempted to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco. The tragedy has sparked protests across Spain and in Morocco and local and international calls for an investigation. Meanwhile,...
The dying days of the French Presidency have seen some hyperactive diplomacy in an effort to get the 10 June provisional agreements on asylum and migration reform over the line. Following further decisions of the Member States meeting at ambassadorial level in COREPER...
