Kyriakos Mitsotakis reelected as extreme far-right takes 13 per cent of vote. The Fundamental Rights Officer recommends a suspension of the Agency’s activities in Greece. The case against nine survivors of the Pylos shipwreck defined by fragile evidence and flawed...
More than 80 people are confirmed dead and hundreds are missing after an overcrowded fishing boat capsized off the Greek coast. The tragedy has sparked outrage across Europe and the EU has been accused of complicity. Media investigations, NGO reports and testimonies...
Ongoing arrivals, deaths and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean amid negotiations on the widely-criticised EU’s financial support to Tunisia for tighter border control and better surveillance equipment. Maltese Prime Minister, Robert Abela, renewed calls for joint...
What was agreed? What are the consequences? Where are we now? ECRE will analyse the detailed texts of the General Approach, when they are available. In the meantime, 48 points can already be made on the agreement reached yesterday among the EU Member States on the...
The leaking of the “draft roadmap” towards a framework on operational cooperation on Search and Rescue (SAR) in the Mediterranean has caused some consternation among NGOs and associations involved in SAR, as well as among experts on International Law of the Sea...