9th April 2026 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Stanzen Lèh Jelsma When boats capsized, when engines failed and when people drifted between life and death, Tommy Olsen’s number was often one of the last remaining points of contact. On 16 March, this line fell silent. On that day, Norwegian humanitarian worker...
26th March 2026 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Catherine Warin and Anna Smolinska On 26 March, MEPs will vote on the mandate to enter into interinstitutional negotiations regarding the future ‘Return Regulation’. There is a consensus on the need to modernise the EU’s legal framework for removing unauthorised...
13th March 2026 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Reshad Jalali The existing EU Return Directive (2008) – although far from perfect (see ECRE’s previous analysis) – does contain a number of safeguards intended to prevent arbitrary decision-making, guarantee access to justice and protect individuals from being...
13th March 2026 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Helene Asselman One may wonder why it still comes as a surprise that measures aimed at deterring people on the move not only cross every boundary of decency but increasingly also breach legal limits. However, many a lawyer both in and outside the migration sector...
12th February 2026 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Minos Mouzourakis Painful questions have gripped Greece since the night of 3 February, when 15 people lost their lives and another 24 suffered severe injuries after a Greek Coast Guard vessel collided with a boat carrying refugees off the coast of the island of...
29th January 2026 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Mehdi Kassou I was deeply surprised, while reading the press this weekend, to discover that Belgium had, through Freddy Roosemont, Director General of the Immigration Office, taken part – on behalf of a group of around twenty European Union member states – in...
