ECRE expresses profound disappointment and alarm at the position adopted today (26 March) by the European Parliament on the mandate for the Return Regulation. The outcome of the vote represents a clear regression from fundamental rights standards and risks undermining...
EU Member States have now adopted the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan (URP) – a welcome step towards anchoring refugee resettlement at the heart of the EU’s new approach to asylum and migration. Despite this positive development, the newly-adopted...
We, the undersigned civil society organisations across Europe, express deepest concern regarding the direction that discussions on the proposal for a Return Regulation are currently taking in the Council of the European Union. The compromise text prepared by the...
By Catherine Woollard Developments in Syria are welcome and the fall of al-Assad may open the door for return of refugees from Europe – eventually. However, there is a risk that European states prematurely revoke protection for Syrian refugees in Europe, in a rush to...
European Union/Libya: Act Now to Save Lives Release, Evacuate Detained Refugees and Migrants (Brussels, July 12, 2019) – European Union foreign ministers gathering in Brussels on July 15, 2019, should issue a clear call to Libyan authorities to close their migrant...
Statement from the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) Annual General Conference in Belgrade November 6-9, 2018. The 101 strong ECRE alliance met in Belgrade for the ECRE Annual General Conference 2018, taking place alongside the Europe NGO Consultation of...
