New statistics released by the German Ministry for the Interior reveals that the number of family reunifications for people with subsidiary protection status remained below the quota of 1000 per month in 2019 and completely collapsed in the first months of 2020....
At least 70 persons in a refugee reception facility near Bonn have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. This comes after a German court ruled that in a different refugee shelter COVID-19 protection was ‘inadequate’ for a pregnant woman and her husband. According...
The updated AIDA Country Report on Portugal details legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection. Asylum procedure: The pressure on the Portuguese asylum...
Across Europe, people are anticipating the lifting of the lockdown with relief but also foreboding. The fear is a natural reaction to the economic predictions – not just a recession but a depression; mass unemployment; all compounded by the unpredictability of it all,...
The limitation of rights of asylum seekers in the context of measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic raises concern among international lawyers and civil society organisations. International lawyers have expressed their concern over a decree by the Austrian...
