The ongoing crack-down on NGOs and criminalisation of solidarity continues at full speed. While denying pushbacks amid new reports of incidents the Greek government announces “blocking” 40,000 people from arriving in the Evros region in the first four months of 2022....
The office of Poland’s commissioner for human rights (RPO) has declared pushbacks at the Belarus border “incompatible with Polish law and international standards” and the provincial administrative court in Warsaw has ruled border guards violated international law...
ECRE today published a working paper (in French) authored by Badara Ndiaye, President of Migrafrique. The working paper includes reflections on conditionality, readmission and the impact of the presence of Frontex in the region. It also includes analysis of the impact...
The EU funded Emergency Support to Integration and Accommodation programme (ESTIA) continues to unravel. Trial on Syros, arrests in Thessaloniki and pushbacks in Evros illustrates how Greece ‘welcomes’ people in need of protection. After the Greek Government took over...
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) demands “urgent action” over deaths at sea – according to a report released by the agency on 29 April more than 3,000 people died or went missing attempting to reach Europe by Sea in 2021. Meanwhile, the latest period is marked by a...