The Spanish government hopes to conclude the European Pact on Migration and Asylum during its upcoming Presidency of the Council despite launching elections just weeks into it. A year after the Melilla tragedy, victims and families are still waiting for a thorough...
What was agreed? What are the consequences? Where are we now? ECRE will analyse the detailed texts of the General Approach, when they are available. In the meantime, 48 points can already be made on the agreement reached yesterday among the EU Member States on the...
Germany’s Olaf Scholz and regional leaders agreed to modernise IT system to fasten expulsions, extend maximum detention period from 10 days to 28 days and reach new “migrant partnership” with countries of origins. The country’s interior minister calls for a “change”...
Lithuania passed a law legalising pushbacks despite critique. 43 people have died on the Polish side of the Belarus-Poland border since the beginning of the Humanitarian crisis. Human Rights Watch urged Pope Francis to call out Hungary’s abusive practices towards...
The Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania (Seimas) voted on 20 April to approve amendments to the Law on the State Border and its Protection. The amendments which are legalising pushbacks at the 5 km border zone between Lithuania and Belarus and establishing...
