A public seminar organised by ECRE, the Italian Refugee Council (CIR) and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) examined this week the impact and potential of ‘Regional Protection Programmes’ (RPPs). RPPs are designed to enhance the capacity of third countries in regions...
The European Commission (EC) has published part of its plans for the next long-term EU budget (officially called the ‘Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034’). It has proposed to increase the overall MFF to almost €2 trillion and to significantly change the...
Austria has deported a Syrian national to Syria for the first time since the start of the civil war in 2011. Germany has announced that it will also begin deporting Syrians with criminal records. A court in Berlin has ruled that the German government must issue visas...
The lower house of parliament has approved two draft laws that will significantly tighten asylum rules in the Netherlands. An investigative platform has revealed that border police officers used force against children ten times during forced deportations in 2024. The...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Switzerland provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in 2024. It is accompanied...
