Balkans: New Protests Along the EU Borders

Balkans: New Protests Along the EU Borders

A new round of marches and protests have taken place in the Balkans along EU’s external borders. In Bosnia and Herzegovina 700 people were prevented by police from breaking out of the Miral camp, protesting their conditions as well as abuse by authorities across the...
Med: Death Toll Mounting, NGOs Rescue, Returns to Libya Continue

Med: Death Toll Mounting, NGOs Rescue, Returns to Libya Continue

At least fourteen people have died trying to cross the Western Mediterranean when their boat capsized on Monday. They were reportedly part of a group of five boats setting off from the Western Sahara with a total of 143 people. After fishermen alerted authorities the...
Weekly Editorial: Border Prisons Are Go. Or Not.

Weekly Editorial: Border Prisons Are Go. Or Not.

Along with other NGOs, ECRE has today published a statement on the proposed Asylum and Migration Pact, under development at EU level. As civil society is often accused of being too critical and only seeing the negative side of policies on asylum and migration, ECRE...
Med: People Returned, Rescued and Gone Missing

Med: People Returned, Rescued and Gone Missing

On Thursday, the rescue vessel Aita Mari, run by the Basque NGO Salvamento Maritimo Humanitario, disembarked 158 people in the port of Messina, Italy. The former fishing boat rescued the group including 51 minors in two operations at the Central Mediterranean on...