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EASO strengthens efforts to harmonize country of origin reports

15th December 2017 | News

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has extended its portfolio of Country of Origin Information (COI) with the release of two reports on Afghanistan and one on the Gambia as part of the announced intention to develop reports on “important countries of origin”...

ECtHR ruling reflects harsh detention conditions for asylum seekers in Bulgaria

15th December 2017 | News

On 7 December 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the detention of an Iraqi couple and their three children at the border police’s detention facility in Vidin, Bulgaria qualified as inhumane and degrading treatment violating Article 3 ECHR. In...

In cold print: Europe guilty of complicity in human rights violation in Libya

15th December 2017 | News

Adding to the body of evidence about human rights violations of migrants and refugees in Libya, the recently released report by Amnesty International describes in detail the system of ‘migration management’ in Libya and the complicity of the European Union and Member...

Transfer of asylum seekers from hotspots to mainland continues in Greece amid tensions between local and national authorities culminating this week

15th December 2017 | News

Transfers of asylum seekers from the Eastern Aegean island hotspots to the Greek mainland have continued amid public protest from citizens and local authorities over overcrowded facilities culminating this week, when a ship carrying container homes for refugees and...

Weekly Editorial: Not all roads lead to Libya

1st December 2017 | News

There has been continued exposure and outcry about the treatment of migrants in Libya, and rightly so. Slavery, torture, ongoing sexual violence, including systematic use of male rape. And there are attempts to alleviate the suffering and sort out the situation. But...