The office of Poland’s commissioner for human rights (RPO) has declared pushbacks at the Belarus border “incompatible with Polish law and international standards” and the provincial administrative court in Warsaw has ruled border guards violated international law...
Critique and confusion continue to increase over the controversial UK deal with Rwanda on outsourcing asylum protection. With numbers, timeline and safety situation unclear the Home Office has moved to detain asylum seekers awaiting possible deportation. The...
Reportedly, the UK government plans to start informing asylum seekers of potential deportation to Rwanda expecting the first flights “in the coming months”. However, the storm of critique over the controversial plan continues with the Home Office facing legal...
Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), Fabrice Leggeri is stepping down, reportedly over initial findings from a long-running investigation by the EU anti-fraud watchdog OLAF. A months-long investigation reveals how the agency’s own...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Belgium provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2021. In 2021, a total of 25,971...