ECRE Michael Diedring’s opening speech at AIDA Annual Report launch

10 September 2015 Good morning everyone. I’m Michael Diedring, Secretary General of ECRE and I’d like to welcome you to the launch of the AIDA Annual Report 2014/2015. With things moving as quickly as they have recently, it’s almost difficult to look back to 2014 and...

Greek refugee crisis: ECRE calls for solidarity

04 September 2015 ECRE has released an urgent call to the EU and its Member States for greater solidarity in light of the deepening refugee crisis in Greece, accompanied by an op-ed by ECRE Secretary-General, Michael Diedring, reinforcing his call for responsibility...

A call for responsibility and solidarity

By Michael Diedring, ECRE Secretary General Without exception, the refugees I met in Lesvos were from Syria or Afghanistan. I wonder how many of them were teargassed or clubbed on the Greek-Macedonian border this past Friday and Saturday.   Two weeks ago, I stood in...

Registrations open for ELENA Network’s 30th Anniversary course

17 July 2015 ELENA’s 30th anniversary advanced course on legal avenues for strengthening international protection in Europe will take place on Friday 30 October and Saturday 31 October 2015 in the Royal Hotel Carlton in Bologna, Italy. Interested participants should...