18th September 2015 | News
18 September 2015 During the second quarter of 2015 (from April to June 2015), 213,200 people applied for protection for the first time in the European Union, up by 15% compared with the first quarter of 2015 and by 85% compared with the second quarter of 2014,...
17th September 2015 | News
17 September 2015 On 14 September, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) adopted a decision for the relocation of 40,000 people seeking international protection from Italy and Greece, but failed to agree on the wider proposed target of 120,000 people. The...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 In his first State of the European Union to the European Parliament, European Commission’s President Jean-Claude Juncker highlighted the necessity of managing the unfolding refugee crisis that Europe is currently witnessing. Acknowledging the...
11th September 2015 | News
Mapping citizen’s initiatives across Europe Belgium – France – Germany – Greece – Hungary – Iceland – Ireland – Italy – Malta – Portugal – UK – Denmark – GLOBAL Belgium Associations/initiatives:...
11th September 2015 | News
11 September 2015 On the 10 September 2015, ECRE’s Asylum Information Database (AIDA) launched their annual report on the state of asylum in Europe. With the largest global displacement crisis since World War II continuing apace, an unprecedented number of people are...