ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN: Major fall in irregular arrivals on Canary Islands ― NGO estimates at least 1,865 deaths on migratory routes to Spain so far in 2025 ― Dispute between Canary Islands and central government over ‘redistribution’ of unaccompanied minors continues ― New data puts Spain at bottom of EU asylum recognition table in 2024
There has been a significant decrease in the number of irregular arrivals on the Canary Islands. An NGO has estimated that at least 1,865 people died or went missing on the various migratory routes between Africa and Spain in the first five months of 2025. The...
AIDA Country Report on Belgium – Update on 2024
The updated AIDA Country Report on Belgium provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in 2024. It is accompanied by an...
AIDA Country Report on Germany – Update on 2024
The updated AIDA Country Report on Germany provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in 2024. It is accompanied by an...
CENTRAL EUROPE: Court rules Germany’s pushback policy unlawful ― Hungarian government postpones vote on controversial anti-NGO law ― UN report reveals positive contribution of Ukrainian refugees to Poland’s economy
A German court has ruled that the new government’s policy of turning away undocumented people at the border is unlawful. The vote on a controversial legislative proposal aimed at severely curtailing the activities of NGOs in Hungary has been postponed. A new United...
MEDITERRANEAN: EU court rules in favour of parents on the move ― Italian Senate approves controversial security law ― Italy terminates contract with spyware firm following surveillance scandal ― Greek coastguard personnel charged over 2023 Pylos shipwreck ― Concerns over ‘voluntary repatriation plan’ for Syrians in Cyprus ― New effort to cancel redesignation of Türkiye as ‘safe third country’ ― Greek NGOs urge authorities to stop camp evictions ― Maltese NGOs launch migration archive
The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that helping minors under one’s care to enter the EU is not a crime. The Italian Senate has passed the government’s controversial security law. Italy has ended its contracts with the Israeli cyber company Paragon following the...
AIDA Country Report on France – Update on 2024
The updated AIDA Country Report on France provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in 2024. It is accompanied by an...
AIDA Country Report on Ireland – 2024 Update
The updated AIDA Country Report on Ireland provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in 2024. It is accompanied by an...
ECRE Annual General Conference 2025
The ECRE Annual General Conference (AGC) 2025 will take place 09.00-18.00 on Thursday 5 June 2025 in Warsaw, Poland. Participation in the AGC is open to representatives of ECRE member organisations, other organisations (e.g. other NGOs, think tanks, academic...