ECRE and UNHCR organised a policy roundtable in Brussels

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...

Advanced ELENA Course 2022: ‘Legal Challenges and emerging opportunities’ – Registration open now!

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...

UK: Cost of Asylum System Reaches £2bn as Case Backlog and Arrivals Across the Channel Peaks – Rwanda Deal Remains Flawed and Under Heat

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...

Greece: Government Takes Another Crack at Preventing Free Press – Reports of Pushbacks and Non-Response Continue

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...

Reception Crises: Dutch State Sued Over Inhumane Conditions and Critisised over Proposed Crisis Measure to Limit Family Reunification, Fedasil staff Protests as Reception Crisis in Belgium Reaches Boiling Point

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...

Central Med: New Deaths Adds to the Ever Mounting Total, Civil Fleet Busy Saving Lives, Malta Non-responsive and People Returned to Libya Facing Abuse and Deadly Conflict

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...

Report: BVMN Balkan Regional Report – July 2022

2nd September 2022 | News

The July 2022 report by Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) reveals 18 testimonies of pushbacks affecting 273 people-on-the-move (POM). The report raises alarm about both old and new trends on the Balkan route and in Greece, covering pushbacks, forcible...

ECRE & UNHCR Roundtable: Taking stock of the EU’s response to the Ukrainian Displacement

16th August 2022 | News

ECRE & UNHCR Roundtable: Taking stock of the EU’s response to the Ukrainian Displacement 7 September 2022, 13h30 to 17h30 Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95, Brussels   European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and United Nations High...

Training Seminar on EU Advocacy

19th July 2022 | News

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...

AIDA Overview: Asylum in Europe: the Situation of Applicants for International Protection in 2021

15th July 2022 | News

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...