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Op-ed: Asylum seekers in Croatia in a human rights vacuum

24th November 2017 | News

By Tajana Tadić and Marijana Međugorac from the civil initiative ‘Are You Syrious’. From the arbitrary and unlawful practices of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Security and Intelligence agency (SIA), to the violent pushbacks occurring from its...

Op-ed: Are Europeans turning against asylum seekers and refugees?

17th November 2017 | News

By James Dennison and Andrew Geddes, Observatory of Public Attitudes to Migration, European University Institute, Florence A common assumption amongst political commentators is that Europeans are becoming increasingly opposed to the admission of migrants, asylum...

MSF report discloses violence by EU border authorities along ‘Balkan Route”

13th October 2017 | News

In the recently published report ‘Games Of Violence – Unaccompanied Children And Young People Repeatedly Abused By EU Member State Border Authorities’ Doctors without borders (MSF) documents cases of abuse and unlawful conduct from EU border authorities along the...

The dismantling of the Hungarian asylum system in the past two years

29th September 2017 | News

On 22 September 2017, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee published a new information note summarising the changes that took place in the field of asylum in Hungary since September 2015 and how it affected the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. The note presents a...

Commission praises progress under EU Partnership Framework– human rights organisations raise concern

23rd June 2017 | News

The Commission report published last Tuesday congratulates the progress achieved within the first year of the EU Partnership Framework on Migration. Meanwhile, a number of human rights organizations have raised strong concern. The Commission states that cooperation in...