ECtHR rules against return of asylum-seeking family to Italy without reception guarantees

7th November 2014 | News

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held this week that returning the Tarakhel family from Switzerland to Italy without guarantees that they would benefit from appropriate conditions would violate their human rights as enshrined in the European Convention of...

European Court prevents Switzerland from returning asylum-seeking family to Italy without reception guarantees

5th November 2014 | News

  November 5, 2014. The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe), ECRE  (European Council on Refugees and Exiles) and Amnesty International welcome the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in the case of Tarakhel v Switzerland, in which the...

Stuck in poverty – Swiss Refugee Council finds destitute recognised refugees are unable to move residence within Italy

26th September 2014 | News

A report by the Swiss Refugee Council (OSAR) finds that beneficiaries of international protection in Italy are in practice unable to take up residence in a municipality other than that of their initial residence, even when the support provided in that particular...

Italy urged not to criminalise victims of trafficking by CoE GRETA group

26th September 2014 | News

The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) of the Council of Europe has issued its first report on Italy showing that victims of human trafficking are being convicted for criminal offences, often linked to irregular migration. The GRETA...

Italy’s EU Presidency to focus on implementing the CEAS, solidarity and mutual recognition of asylum decisions

4th July 2014 | News

4 July 2014 An 18 month programme for the work of the Council of the European Union has been prepared by the Italian, Latvian and Luxembourg governments. In the field of asylum, the current Italian Presidency of the Council, along with the future terms of Latvia and...