The rescue boat belonging to Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms was ordered to be released this week, having been held in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo since 18 March. The ship was impounded after an altercation in international waters off the Libyan coast, during which...
The Hungarian elections produced the depressing return of Viktor Orbán and with him the increased threat to civil society, individual activists, the rule of law in Hungary, and to the EU itself. The European Parliament report this week provides an overview of the...
An AIDA Comparative Report published this week offers an overview of key developments in the asylum systems of the 23 countries covered by AIDA. Several countries have announced restrictions in their asylum procedures, such as Austria, where the onward appeal has been...
The 2017 Dublin Update, published by the Asylum Information Database, releases figures for 18 European countries revealing an increase in transfers in the aftermath of European Union and domestic political commitments for a stricter enforcement of the Dublin system....
On April 2 UNHCR confirmed an agreement to find solutions for 39,000 Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers facing the choice of either jail or deportation from Israel to an undefined third country. On April 3 UNHCR expressed regret that Israel had cancelled the...
