18th December 2020 | News
ECRE is publishing key observations and recommendations on the Commission amended proposal for an Asylum Procedures Regulation. The main fundamental rights affected by the current proposal on the border procedure are the right to asylum (Article 18 EU Charter); the...
18th December 2020 | News
In this Policy Note ECRE offers a summary of its assessment of the Screening Regulation COM(2020) 612 and proposed amendments. In September 2020, the European Commission proposed a New Pact on Migration and Asylum (the Pact) which it heralded as a new start that would...
18th December 2020 | News
In this Policy Note ECRE offers a summary of its Comments on the new amendments to the APR IN COM(2020) 611 and recommendations for the co-legislators In September 2020, the European Commission (the Commission) presented a New Pact on Migration and Asylum (the Pact),...
18th December 2020 | News
ECRE is publishing key observations and recommendations on the Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a screening of third country nationals at the external borders. A new and welcome element laid down in the...
11th December 2020 | News
Following the update provided on 28 May 2020, ECRE has now published the Information Sheet: COVID-19 Measures and Updates Related to Asylum and Migration Across Europe, in light of the second round of lockdown procedures adopted throughout Europe. Earlier this week,...
11th December 2020 | News
By Giacomo Manca Policy Officer (ECRE & PICUM) – EU Funding for Inclusion On the 24 November 2020, Commissioner Ylva Johansson and vice president Margaritis Schinas released the new Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion, preceded by an open consultation...
11th December 2020 | News
By Ira Iliana Papadopoulou, sociologist and communications specialist currently serving as Communications & Events Manager at Greek Council for Refugees (GCR). A brief review of the last thirty years of Greek history will demonstrate that the country is no...
11th December 2020 | News
New regulations for the operation of temporary reception structures from Greek authorities include a confidentiality clause preventing NGO personnel from disclosing information. The so-called Moria 2.0 in Kara Tepe was established on a former military firing range,...
11th December 2020 | News
Heavy snowfalls and freezing temperatures in Bosnia and Herzegovina pose a serious threat to around 3,000 people who are forced to sleep rough in the northwest of the country and 1,600 people staying in a substandard tented camp. Further, people on the move continue...
11th December 2020 | News
On Wednesday 9 December, the European Parliament and the Council have reached a political agreement over the budgetary priorities of EU asylum, migration and integration policies over the next seven years. The renewed Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF),...
