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Netherlands: Leading NGO Deeply Concerned over Election Result and Sees Broad Political Failure to Address Challenges

24th November 2023 | News

ECRE member, Dutch Council for Refugees (DCR) is very concerned over populist far-right gains in the parliamentary elections and sees broad political failure to address challenges and provide solutions in the area of migration and asylum. The Freedom Party (PVV) led...

Mediterranean: Italy-Albania MoU Leaves Trail of Questions, Legal Implications and Critique – Germany to Target NGO Rescuers as The Civil Fleet Continues to Save Lives Amid Italian Crack-down – Ongoing Returns to Torture and Abuse in Libya

17th November 2023 | News

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Italy and non-EU state Albania has left key questions unanswered, generated legal concerns and sparked severe critique. The German government is reportedly preparing legislation that would potentially criminalise civilian...

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...

ECRE: Preliminary Comments on the Italy-Albania Deal

9th November 2023 | News

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...

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...