Editorial: EU-Turkey Deal 5 Years on: Fundamentals Remain Unchanged

Editorial: EU-Turkey Deal 5 Years on: Fundamentals Remain Unchanged

19th March 2021 | News

Five years after publication of the EU-Turkey statement, ECRE maintains its position that the Deal that lies behind it was unethical, illegal and unnecessary. There were alternatives at the time, such as rapid installation of a temporary protection regime, expanded...
AIDA 2020 Update: France

AIDA 2020 Update: France

19th March 2021 | News

The updated AIDA country report on France documents the most recent developments in the French asylum system, i.e. legislative and practice-related changes in the asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention and content of international protection. It...
Med: A Distress Call for Human Rights as More People Die at Sea

Med: A Distress Call for Human Rights as More People Die at Sea

19th March 2021 | News

A new Council of Europe report highlights Europe’s failure to respect human rights and to save lives in the Mediterranean. This year’s death toll in the Mediterranean increases to almost 300 people, including 39 deaths following two shipwrecks off Tunisia earlier this...
Editorial: Matter of Pact: Speculating on the Fate of the Pact

Editorial: Matter of Pact: Speculating on the Fate of the Pact

19th February 2021 | News

After a short initial flurry of media coverage and debate, the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum has disappeared from view, with public and political attention focused on COVID, recovery, Brexit, government changes and so on. Most independent commentators,...