Mediterranean: Crossing Attempts Continue Despite Ongoing Crackdown on NGO Rescue Ships, Malta Makes the “Worst Decision Possible” By Sending El Hiblu 3 to Trial

8th December 2023 | News

Rescue efforts as well as crossings continue despite crackdown on civil rescue ships. Rescue organisation, Mediterranea, is facing a smear campaign as Humanity 1 rescue ship is detained and fined. El Hiblu 3 to face terrorism charges as Attorney General issues bill of...

Mediterranean: Cycle of Deaths, Crack-down, Interception and Return Continue

24th November 2023 | News

As the death toll on the central Mediterranean reaches its highest level since 2017, Germany is set to follow Italy in cracking down on NGO rescue operators. The European Commission seeks new partnerships in North Africa as interceptions and returns to severe abuse in...

EU External Partners: As 1.6 million Have Been Internally Displaced and the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip is Spiralling Out of Control, EU Remains Divided and Irrelevant

17th November 2023 | News

As 1,6 million people have been displaced, more than 11,000 have been killed and a severe humanitarian crisis unfolds in Gaza, EU lacks consensus and relevance with member states providing individual and incoherent messaging. According to a situation report published...

Eternal Dublination: the Implementation of the Dublin System in 2022

7th November 2023 | News

ECRE has published in its annual assessment of the Dublin Regulation, which shows that the Dublin system is dysfunctional like never before. It may seem like a technical or parochial discussion to be having at a time when violence, persecution, indeed all manner of...

EU External Partners: EU Divided Over Gaza as Humanitarian Crisis, Displacement and Death Toll Increases, Leaked Document Reveals Israeli Plan for Permanent Displacement of the Strip Population in the Egyptian Sinai Desert

7th November 2023 | News

The lack of consensus among EU member states over the tragedy in Gaza continues as deaths, displacement increases and humanitarian crisis worsens. Leaked plan confirms Egyptian fears of Israeli attempts to permanently displace the population of Gaza in the Sinai...