30th September 2016 | News
It is widely acknowledged that the Mediterranean Sea is the world’s most dangerous flight route. Since the beginning of this year 3.501 people have died or are considered missing.[1] For those of us working to save people in distress at sea, last week’s sad news of...
9th September 2016 | News
A report launched this week by the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), managed by ECRE, documents the limited and fragmented application of admissibility and safe country concepts in 20 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, France,...
9th September 2016 | News
Last week marked the first anniversary of the tragic drowning of Alan Kurdi, whose lifeless body at a Turkish beach captured by a photo,caused an international outcry.One year after,many more continue to die at the external borders of the EU in their search for...
2nd September 2016 | News
2016 is well on course to be yet another ‘deadliest year’, as arrivals to Europe slow down and deaths increase disproportionately. So far this year, 3,167 people have lost their lives attempting to reach Europe, while in 2015 a total of 3,771 people died at sea. The...
2nd September 2016 | News
On 23 August 2016, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that returning an Iraqi family, who had sought asylum in Sweden, back to their country of origin could result in inhumane or degrading treatment, violating Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights...
