The new Greek Minister of Migration Policy, Dimitris Vitsas, said the authorities recorded a 33% increase in refugee flows from Turkey in the first quarter of 2018, compared to the same period last year. He also announced the government will submit a draft bill at the...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Sweden documents developments in the asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection throughout 2017. The Quality Assurance Unit of the Migration Agency has issued a...
The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently published the actions brought by the European Commission against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic for failing to fulfil their obligations under the Council Relocation Decisions (Council Decision (EU)...
After a tense altercation between the Libyan coastguard and the vessel of a Spanish NGO during a rescue operation involving 218 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, the ship concerned has been impounded in a Sicilian port, with the crew under investigation by...
Revealing its first visions of the Up-coming Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is announcing a focus on ‘securing external borders’ rather than ‘only dispute over redistribution.’ Euroactiv quotes Chancellor Sebastian...
