Online Event – Women and Girls’ Access to International Protection: Challenges and Legal Developments
ECRE is organising a webinar on women and girl’s access to international protection. Title: Women and Girls’ Access to International Protection: Challenges and Legal Developments Date: Tuesday 10 December Time: 11.00-12.45 CET (Brussels time) The webinar...
EDITORIAL: Do’s and really just Don’ts on Asylum and Migration
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...
IRELAND: More than 3,000 unaccommodated protection applicants on first anniversary of ‘No accommodation policy’ ― Report reveals violence and harassment experienced by volunteers helping protection applicants ― Significant reduction in protection applications in past six months
The number of protection applicants without accommodation has surpassed 3,000 and the situation has been exacerbated by the end of the government’s cold weather initiative. A new NGO report has revealed the “harrowing conditions” experienced by volunteers who help...
ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN: ‘All-time record’ number of migrant arrivals on the Canary Islands in 2024 ― Crossing attempts and rescues continue on Atlantic route ― Spanish authorities announce ‘most comprehensive and ambitious’ migration reform in more than a decade
There has been an “unprecedented increase” in the number of irregular arrivals on the Canary Islands in 2024. People are continuing to try to reach the Canary Islands from northwest Africa despite the huge risks involved in trying to make the crossing. The Spanish...