ECRE provides its preliminary comments on the deal announced between Italy and Albania. It should be noted that the text of the agreement contains very little detail about the purpose of the proposed centres and the procedures that will be applied there. There is also...
An agreement between Italy and non-EU state Albania for the transfer of thousands of survivors from the Mediterranean for reception, evaluation and asylum processing sparks controversy. The myth of search and rescue as a pull factor has yet again been debunked in a...
International Rescue Committee (IRC) report reveals gaps in reception for newly arrived in Italy. Appeal court reduces sentence of former mayor of Riace, ‘Mimmo’ Domenico Lucano and acquitted him of the most severe crimes. Cyprus ‘ranked’ first on returns in the EU...
Activists and NGOs say that the decision of Court of Justice (CJEU) on conditions of internal border checks in a member state confirms the illegality of the French policy that has led to systematic pushbacks of migrants and denial of right to asylum. Meanwhile, people...
Prior to the Council agreement on a regulation on crisis situations, including instrumentalisation of migration, and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum, nine southern member states urged support to “front-line” countries and increased surveillance...
