Op-ed: The fall of the Assad regime: A time for hope but tinged with uncertainty

13th December 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Tareq Alaows, Refugee Policy Spokesperson at ECRE member organisation PRO ASYL The fall of the Assad regime in Syria is undoubtedly a historic event – one that many people in Syria and around the world experienced with mixed emotions: full of hope yet tinged with...

EDITORIAL: Syria in the headlines; undermining the right to asylum in the background

13th December 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Catherine Woollard While Europe grappled with the momentous events in Syria, other developments this week may also have a lasting impact on refugees in Europe. As well as a heavy agenda at and in the margins of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council, on...

EDITORIAL: Do’s and really just Don’ts on Asylum and Migration

5th December 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Catherine Woollard As the new Commission takes office, and the politics suggests darker days for asylum in Europe, ECRE suggests some Do’s and Don’ts on asylum and migration. Do…  implement the law Should go without saying but in this area of law it doesn’t. The...

Op-ed: Does the Rome court’s refusal to validate the detention order of the first asylum seekers brought to Albania mark the end of the Italy-Albania deal?

24th October 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Andreina De Leo, member of ECRE member organisation the Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) On 18 October, the Civil Court of Rome blocked the detention of 12 asylum seekers from Bangladesh and Egypt, who had been transferred to Albania under a...

EDITORIAL: Irony Overload: Turning against the Pact

10th October 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Catherine Woollard In a strange reversal, the most ardent proponents of the Pact are now arguing against it, while those who opposed it – ECRE included – are focusing on implementation. Chief amongst the Pact repenters is the Netherlands, futilely proposing an...

EDITORIAL: The new Commission: Jobs for the boys and bigger jobs for the girls; an unwanted job for Austria

20th September 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Catherine Woollard The big news of the rentrée in Brussels is the new Commission. EU member states (MS) put forward their nominees during the summer and this week returning Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, presented her proposal for the allocation of...