Search results for "Serbia" | European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

Frontex: an increased number of asylum seekers crossed EU borders in 2014

15th May 2015 | News

15 May 2015 The annual report issued by the EU Border Agency Frontex highlights that in 2014 more than 280,000 migrants crossed the EU external borders irregularly; most of them being asylum seekers. That is twice as many as the previous peak following the Arab Spring...

NGOs raise alarms over new plans against migrants and refugees in Hungary

6th March 2015 | News

6 March 2015 Hungary’s government is planning to introduce measures to reduce the number of asylum seekers in the country, which experts fear, will go against EU law. According to the ECRE member organisation the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), the plans publicly...

AIDA: Freedom of movement and access to employment improved for asylum seekers in Germany

27th February 2015 | News

27 February 2015 A new AIDA update by Informationsverbund Asyl und Migration details legislative changes improving the situation of asylum seekers in the country. Since November 2014, asylum seekers now only have to wait for three months (down from nine) to be able to...

Over 19,000 migrants and refugees intercepted during joint police operation Mos Maiorum

30th January 2015 | News

30 January 2015 More than 19,000 immigrants, including over 5,000 Syrian nationals, were apprehended during the Joint Operation ‘Mos Maiorum’, according to a leaked copy of the final report. The main nationalities intercepted during the operation were...

France withdraws Kosovo from list of Safe Countries of Origin

24th October 2014 | News

As of 10 October 2014 the French Council of State has withdrawn Kosovo from the national list of safe countries of origin. Asylum seekers from ‘safe countries’ have their applications examined in an accelerated procedure on the assumption that persecution is unlikely...

« Older Entries

Next Entries »