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ECRE Policy Note: the JDMC: Deporting People to the World’s Least Peaceful Country

ECRE Policy Note: the JDMC: Deporting People to the World’s Least Peaceful Country

12th March 2021 | News

This Policy Note offers ECRE’s analysis of the Joint Declaration on Migration Cooperation (JDMC) between the EU and Afghanistan. The Joint Declaration on Migration Cooperation (JDMC) between the European Union (EU) and Afghanistan has been finalised. The title is...
Legal Note 8: ECRE/ELENA Legal Note on Asylum and the UN Treaty System

Legal Note 8: ECRE/ELENA Legal Note on Asylum and the UN Treaty System

12th March 2021 | News

On 12 March 2021, ECRE published a legal note on ‘Asylum and the UN Treaty System’. The note aims to analyse how access to asylum can be advanced via international legal avenues, especially by focusing on the prohibition of refoulement as an imperative element of an...
ECRE Working Paper: EU External Expenditure on Asylum, Forced Displacement and Migration 2014-2019

ECRE Working Paper: EU External Expenditure on Asylum, Forced Displacement and Migration 2014-2019

12th March 2021 | News

The Working Paper written by Dr Laura Davis examines EU external funding for asylum and migration by analysing asylum and migration-related spending in the previous MFF (2014-2019). It is an attempt to understand how much money the EU spent on migration and...
Greece: Desperation in Moria 2.0, End of Housing Programmes, Continued Pushbacks, and Criminalisation of Solidarity

Greece: Desperation in Moria 2.0, End of Housing Programmes, Continued Pushbacks, and Criminalisation of Solidarity

5th March 2021 | News

A suicide attempt by a pregnant woman and children with thoughts of suicide illustrates the desperation in the Moria 2.0 camp in Kara Tepe. The closure of the ‘Filoxenia’ program providing temporary accommodation to asylum seekers means the eviction of up to almost...
Frontex: One Investigation Closes as Another Begins and the Agency’s Role in Return and Ability to Purchase Firearms Under Scrutiny

Frontex: One Investigation Closes as Another Begins and the Agency’s Role in Return and Ability to Purchase Firearms Under Scrutiny

5th March 2021 | News

European Parliament Scrutiny Working Group on Frontex starts work in the same week as the internal investigation of the Management Board delivers its report. Information of attempts to circumvent legal problems related to the purchase of firearms by relabelling them...
Med: Italy Steps up Criminalisation of the Civil Fleet as Dozens Die at Sea

Med: Italy Steps up Criminalisation of the Civil Fleet as Dozens Die at Sea

5th March 2021 | News

The crack down on the civil fleet by Italian authorities has intensified on several fronts over the course of the past two weeks. Criminal investigations were opened against parties involved in the rescue of 27 survivors in August 2020 that was followed by the longest...
Atlantic Route: Conditions in the Canary Islands Remain Poor as Protests and Calls for Transfers Grow Louder

Atlantic Route: Conditions in the Canary Islands Remain Poor as Protests and Calls for Transfers Grow Louder

5th March 2021 | News

An Ombudsman report denounces the conditions in the Canary Islands and calls to end the approach of containing people in Europe’s periphery. The situation of migrants in the Canary Islands was also debated by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs...
Denmark: Authorities Widen the Areas of Syria Considered Safe for Return to Include Greater Damascus

Denmark: Authorities Widen the Areas of Syria Considered Safe for Return to Include Greater Damascus

5th March 2021 | News

In three decisions, the Danish Refugee Appeals Board (Flygtningenaevnet) has declared the situation in the Rif Damascus governorate (greater Damascus) safe enough for return, widening the geographical area considered safe by Danish authorities. Accordingly, the...
UK: Less Applications more Waiting – COVID Exposure, Sexual Harassment, Squalid Conditions, Unlawful Fees, Lack of Legal Aid for Detainees, and Deportation Raids

UK: Less Applications more Waiting – COVID Exposure, Sexual Harassment, Squalid Conditions, Unlawful Fees, Lack of Legal Aid for Detainees, and Deportation Raids

5th March 2021 | News

Asylum applications dropped in 2020 by 18 per cent, whilst the number of people awaiting a decision reached a new high. More than 50 per cent of the asylum seekers at the Napier Barracks were COVID positive, asylum seekers housed in hotels have been threatened and...
Legal Note 7: Cessation of International Protection and Review of Protection Statuses in Europe, February 2021

Legal Note 7: Cessation of International Protection and Review of Protection Statuses in Europe, February 2021

5th March 2021 | News

On 24 February 2021, ECRE published a legal note on the ‘Cessation of International Protection and Review of Protection Statuses in Europe’ authored by Dr Maria O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer at Monash University, Faculty of Law. The note sets out the legal obligations...
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