AIDA Country Report on Poland – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Poland – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Poland provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
BALKAN ROUTE: Continued Concerns About Migrant Pushbacks from Bulgaria to Türkiye ― NGOs Blame Hungary’s Migration Policy for Boosting Smuggling Networks ― EU Set to Sign Frontex Co-operation Agreement with Serbia

BALKAN ROUTE: Continued Concerns About Migrant Pushbacks from Bulgaria to Türkiye ― NGOs Blame Hungary’s Migration Policy for Boosting Smuggling Networks ― EU Set to Sign Frontex Co-operation Agreement with Serbia

A Dutch MEP and a Bulgarian NGO have renewed their concerns about migrant pushbacks on the Bulgarian-Turkish border and questioned the use of the EU’s funding to Bulgaria. Two Serbian NGOs have claimed that the Hungarian government’s migration policy has...
AIDA Country Report on Spain – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Spain – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Spain provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes...
POLAND: Council Adopts EU Asylum Reforms Despite Polish Opposition ― Poland Joins Group of Member States Demanding New Migration ‘Solutions’ ― Prime Minister Vows to Strengthen Border with Belarus ― Humanitarians Indicted for Helping Migrants on Poland-Belarus Border

POLAND: Council Adopts EU Asylum Reforms Despite Polish Opposition ― Poland Joins Group of Member States Demanding New Migration ‘Solutions’ ― Prime Minister Vows to Strengthen Border with Belarus ― Humanitarians Indicted for Helping Migrants on Poland-Belarus Border

The Council of the EU has given its final approval to the Pact on Migration and Asylum despite strong opposition from a small number of member states, including Poland. Poland has joined a group of member states that has asked the European Commission to propose ‘new...
GERMANY: High Court Finds AfD Party ‘Potentially Extremist’ ― NGOs Denounce ‘Discriminatory’ Debit Card Scheme for Asylum Seekers ― Ukrainian Refugees Urged to Join Workforce Amid Voluntary Return Plans

GERMANY: High Court Finds AfD Party ‘Potentially Extremist’ ― NGOs Denounce ‘Discriminatory’ Debit Card Scheme for Asylum Seekers ― Ukrainian Refugees Urged to Join Workforce Amid Voluntary Return Plans

Higher Administrative Court judges in Münster have upheld a lower court’s 2022 ruling that the AfD can be categorised as a potentially extremist organisation. A new system through which asylum seekers receive financial benefits via debit cards has been criticised by...