AIDA 2019 Update: Bulgaria*

6th March 2020 | News

The updated Country Report on Bulgaria documents developments in the area of asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2019. The Bulgarian governments draft proposal to amend the Law on Asylum and...

ECRE Statement on the Situation at the Greek Turkish Border

3rd March 2020 | News

Stay Calm, Stay Human ECRE is highly concerned about the political developments emanating from last week’s events in Idlib, Syria and urges calm and measured response, focused on accepting refugees and sharing responsibility across Europe. ECRE condemns acts of...

Weekly Editorial: Border Prisons Are Go. Or Not.

14th February 2020 | News

Along with other NGOs, ECRE has today published a statement on the proposed Asylum and Migration Pact, under development at EU level. As civil society is often accused of being too critical and only seeing the negative side of policies on asylum and migration, ECRE...

Joint statement: The new Pact on Asylum and Migration: An Opportunity Seized or Squandered?

14th February 2020 | News

After years of treating asylum and migration in crisis mode, we believe the proposed Pact on Asylum and Migration is an opportunity for the EU and its Member States to change direction. It is an opportunity to develop a rational and rights-based asylum and migration...

Belgium Unlawfully Limits Access to Reception for Certain Asylum Seekers

31st January 2020 | News

Since 7 January 2020, the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in Belgium (Fedasil) no longer provides reception for two categories of asylum seekers. The measure, announced by Belgium’s minister for migration Maggie De Block, concerns asylum seekers for...