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The scene is set for yet another predicable winter tragedy and continued blame game in Greece

13th October 2017 | News

UNHCR in September called for support for Greek camps in Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Leros. Last year substantial funding did little to address the fundamental structural problem of containing asylum seekers and refugees in limbo in overcrowded camps, and so will a...

Thousands of migrants caught up in intense fighting in Sabratha

13th October 2017 | News

After three weeks of fights between rival groups in Sabratha, that left at least 43 dead and 340 wounded, Libyan authorities took control of various informal detention centres and camps previously run by criminal networks where 4.000 to 6.000 refugees and migrants...

Council of Europe report maps age assessment practice and issues across Europe

29th September 2017 | News

The Council of Europe has published a report mapping procedures, practices and methods for assessing the age of unaccompanied children in Europe. The report raises concern over inaccuracies in age assessment of migrants related to widely different and often inadequate...

France: Court decisions on Dublin detention contrast with government reform plans

29th September 2017 | News

The two highest courts in France narrow the scope for the use administrative detention under Article 28 of the Dublin III Regulation. In contrast the government plans a reform to widen it. On September 27 the Court of Cassation quashed an order of the Court of Appeal...

Belgian cooperation with Al – Bashir regime to effect return sets new dubious standard in “migration management”

22nd September 2017 | News

The Belgian government faces widespread criticism by human rights groups and opposition parties over its invitation of a group of Sudanese officials to identify migrants from the country. According to media reports three Sudanese officials arrived in Brussels last...