Pushing EU Borders: First Joint Operation of Frontex in Third Country
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCG), launched its first joint operation on the territory of a non-EU country at the Greek Albanian border. The Status Agreement between the EU and Albania is the first of four agreements with countries in the Western...
Hungary Gives Afghan Families ‘an Offer You Can’t Refuse’
According to the ECRE member Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HCC) 11 Afghan nationals residing in the controversial Hungarian transit zone were faced with a choice of either returning to Kabul or cross the border to Serbia. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) calls the action...AIDA 2018 Update: Croatia*
The updated AIDA Country Report on Croatia details legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection. Asylum procedure: Reports of refoulement or push backs at...