The Cypriot children’s rights commissioner is appalled by unhygienic and miserable conditions in the Pournara reception camp. 30 unaccompanied children recently staged a protest outside the centre. President Nicos Anastasiades promised “more humane”...
Between August 2021 and January 2022, more than 41,000 people arrived via the Central Mediterranean making it the busiest maritime route to Europe. Already by 28 February, close to 200 people had lost their lives attempting to cross and the death toll continues to...
The updated AIDA Country Report on the United Kingdom 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. The government...
More than three million Ukrainians have left the country, while some 2 million are internally displaced, according to the latest figures from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Concerns are growing over risks that Ukrainian women and children travelling across Europe...
Almost two million people have entered Poland since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Krakow and Warsaw are warning that their ability to absorb refugees is stretched to the limit, despite the herculean solidarity efforts of locals. While volunteers assisting...
Germany has received at least 175,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine, and has announced solidarity measures to support Moldova. Around 15,000 people are arriving daily in Berlin, where the mayor is calling for support from other German states. Meanwhile, reports of...
ECRE is regularly publishing a non-exhaustive information sheet on EU countries’ responses to arrivals of Ukrainian nationals following the 24 February invasion. The information sheet was first published on 3 March 2022, and was updated on 11 March 2022. In this time...
An unprecedented total of 4,700 people tried to enter the city of Melilla in recent weeks, with one incident deemed the “biggest entry attempt on record”. Videos of young men who reached the Spanish side of the fence being brutally assaulted by police have provoked...
In a joint letter, 27 civil society organisations call for EU action over Greece’s systematic non-compliance with the Asylum Procedures Directive (APD) as regards the safe third country concept. A joint operation by the Hellenic Coast Guard and the European Border and...
NGOs are calling for independent and effective investigations into systematic pushbacks by Croatian officers. The European Ombudsman has found that the European Commission failed to ensure respect for rights in EU-funded border operations by Croatian authorities....
