Denmark: Authorities Widen the Areas of Syria Considered Safe for Return to Include Greater Damascus
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
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
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...
ECRE Policy Note: The Regulation on asylum and migration management: giving with one hand, taking back with the other
This Policy Note offers ECRE’s assessment and recommendations in relation to the Regulation on asylum and migration management (RAMM) In September 2020, the European Commission (the Commission) presented a New Pact on Migration and Asylum (the Pact). It aims to...
ECRE Policy Note: Alleviating or Exacerbating Crises? The Regulation on Crisis and Force Majeure
This Policy Note offers ECRE’s assessment of risks inherent in the Crisis Regulation and recommendations for a significant redrafting In September 2020, the European Commission (the Commission) presented a New Pact on Migration and Asylum (the Pact). It aims to...
ECRE Comments on the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Asylum and Migration Management COM (2020) 610 2020/0279 (COD)
This ECRE Comments paper covers issues in the RAMM related to international protection including the concept of “Common Framework” (Part II of the RAMM), the mechanisms for determining responsibility for asylum claims (Part III) and the solidarity mechanisms (Part...
ECRE Comments on the Commission Proposal for a Regulation Addressing Situations of Crisis and Force Majeure in the Field of Migration and Asylum COM (2020) 613
This ECRE Comments Paper covers key observations and recommendations on the Commission proposal for a regulation addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum. The main fundamental rights affected by the current proposal on...
Editorial: Matter of Pact: Speculating on the Fate of the Pact
After a short initial flurry of media coverage and debate, the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum has disappeared from view, with public and political attention focused on COVID, recovery, Brexit, government changes and so on. Most independent commentators,...