30th September 2022 | News
As reports and evidence of pushbacks by sea and land continue to mount, a delegation of MEPs is demanding action from the European Commission following a visit to Greece. While arrivals have significantly decreased since the peak in 2015-16, the proportion of people...
30th September 2022 | News
Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) latest regional update confirms that systematic pushbacks continue across the Balkans with new tactics of violence used against people on the move. The European Court of Justice (CJEU) again finds that the Hungarian asylum...
30th September 2022 | News
Lack of alternatives and economic crisis are driving attempts to cross the Eastern Mediterranean where more than 100 lives were lost in the latest tragedy. Civilian rescue operators continue to save lives in the face of non-response tactics, delays of disembarkation...
30th September 2022 | News
“There was no massacre” in Melilla, says the Spanish Minister of Interior on the death of at least 70 people blaming the tragedy on the migrants he called an “extremely violent group”. Spain questions whether Melilla’s deadly events occurred in its...
16th September 2022 | News
ECRE has published a Commentary on the fiction of non-entry as included in the proposal for a Screening Regulation included in the Pact on Migration and Asylum. The Commentary which was commissioned by ECRE and written by Dr Kelly Soderstrom analyses the fiction of...
16th September 2022 | News
The latest statistical report by AIDA, managed by ECRE, provides an update on developments in legislation, policy and practice relating to the application of the Dublin III Regulation in 2021, as well as a short overview on the suspension of Dublin transfers following...
16th September 2022 | News
Brutal pushbacks continue off the Aegean islands and in the Evros region. The situation for Syrian refugees in Türkiye deemed safe by Greek authorities is rapidly deteriorating. Reports of non-response and pushbacks by Greek authorities by sea and land continue....
16th September 2022 | News
On 9 September, the government of Denmark released a joint statement with the Rwandan regime that includes the ambition of outsourcing asylum procedures and protection to the African country. While the statement offers little insight into the practical and legal...
16th September 2022 | News
201 asylum seekers without a shelter in Ireland and their accommodation remains unclear. Dutch authorities have declared Ter Apel a prohibited area for unregistered asylum seekers. NGOs proclaim the reception crisis as the result of lacking political will to ensure...
16th September 2022 | News
The government in Cyprus is pushing for a broadening of the Instrumentalization Regulation to include the Green Line separating the Island. The death toll on the Mediterranean continues to climb while civilian search and rescuers face non-response and delays of...
