A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) report demonstrates that the poor living conditions and the insecure situation in which migrants and asylum seekers find themselves in Belgium and Europe damages their mental health. All 47 migrants and asylum seekers interviewed for...
The German Minister of Interior, Horst Seehofer sparked a crisis between Christian Democrats (CDU) and sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) with his 63 point “migration master plan” that was postponed shortly before it was set to be released. Reportedly the...
On June 8 the General Assembly of the Belgian Council of Alien Law Litigation rejected the suspension of Dublin transfer of a Palestinian asylum seeker from Belgium to Greece meaning that the person will be transferred. While the judgment notes that there are...
After two years of tortuous and time-consuming negotiations, there is no sign that discussions on the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) are going to reach a satisfactory conclusion. The sticking point remains the reform of the Dublin Regulation with...
An AIDA Comparative Report published this week offers an overview of key developments in the asylum systems of the 23 countries covered by AIDA. Several countries have announced restrictions in their asylum procedures, such as Austria, where the onward appeal has been...
