ELENA publishes Information Note on Dublin Transfers post-Tarakhel

29th October 2015 | News

29 October 2015 ECRE/ELENA have published an information note which provides background to the Tarakhel judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which ECRE intervened in. In this judgment, the Court prevented the transfer of an asylum-seeking family...

Angela Merkel and François Hollande address the European Parliament

8th October 2015 | News

8 October 2015 German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and French President, François Hollande appeared together before the European Parliament in Strasbourg this week to deliver a call for European Union countries to act together in dealing with the challenges currently...

EU Council agrees on relocation of thousands of asylum-seekers

25th September 2015 | News

25 September 2015 On 22 September, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) reached a decision to relocate thousands of people in clear need of international protection from Italy and Greece. The provisional measures foresee the relocation of 15,600 people from...

European citizens show solidarity with refugees

25th September 2015 | News

25 September 2015 On 12 September 2015, tens of thousands of people took part in solidarity marches all over Europe to show their solidarity with refugees coming to Europe and their disagreement with the refugees-related policies of their respective governments....