9th September 2022 | News
At least eight new deaths confirmed and more than 1,000 lives have been lost on the central Mediterranean route and many bodies are still unrecovered. More than 700 survivors disembark in Italy as Malta’s non-response tactics claim the life of a child. Brutal video...
9th September 2022 | News
The usual busy September restart of political work in Brussels is compounded this year by awareness that time is running out for legislation to be passed before the end of the mandates of the Commission and the Parliament in 2024. Even more so, given that,...
9th September 2022 | News
As civil society and Afghan diaspora organisations, we are deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and the treatment of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in Europe. One year after the Taliban takeover, the country is in a state of...
8th September 2022 | News
8 September 2022 In December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum. The proposal introduces a mechanism which allows Member States to derogate from their...
8th September 2022 | News
Entitled: Taking stock of the EU’s response to the Ukrainian Displacement Following the military invasion into Ukraine in February 2022, millions of people were forced to flee seeking safety and protection. According to UNHCR, more than seven million refugees from...
5th September 2022 | News
The 2022 Advanced ELENA Course on ‘International protection in Europe: Legal challenges and emerging opportunities’ will take place on Friday 28 October and Saturday 29 October 2022. The Course will be held at the Radisson Blu Latvija Conference & Spa Hotel in...
2nd September 2022 | News
While the Home Office annual spending has reached a record £2bn, the backlogs of cases continue to grow as does arrivals across the channel. Meanwhile, the unworkable Rwanda deal designed to deter arrivals continues to be under severe critique. UK’s asylum system is...
2nd September 2022 | News
In its latest crackdown on free press the Greek government has threatened Der Spiegel with legal action over its reporting of the tragic death of a child stuck on an islet in the Evros region with authorities unresponsive for an extended period despite interim...
2nd September 2022 | News
Amid the ongoing reception crisis in the Netherlands, ECRE member Dutch Council for Refugees (DCR) has filed a case against the state at the District Court of The Hague demanding that minimum legal requirements are met by 1 October. Further, the government’s proposed...
2nd September 2022 | News
At least 20 lives lost in yet another tragedy as the total of confirmed dead or missing in the central Mediterranean closes in on 1,000 in 2022. Maltese authorities continue tactics of being non-responsive to alerts of distress and requests for disembarkation. Reports...
