24th September 2021 | News
Rescues and arrivals to the Canary Islands continue, with 2,500 people landing over the first 19 days of September alone, an average of more than 140 people daily. Local authorities on Tenerife announce a new initiative to assist people on the move and combat...
17th September 2021 | News
The Lithuanian government has announced its intent to enable the indefinite detention of asylum seekers, following legal changes made in August that ran contrary EU and international law. Employees of asylum authorities say they have been pressed to conduct sham...
17th September 2021 | News
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), as of 11 September 23,601 people on the move have been returned to Libya in 2021, where murder, torture and rape continues to be the order of the day. Arrivals to Italy continue, with UN Refugee Agency...
10th September 2021 | News
The decision of the French National Court of Asylum (CNDA) to consider Afghan applications through the lens of the UN Refugee Convention marks a change from the previous practice of granting most Afghans subsidiary protection under EU law. Afghans enjoying protection...
10th September 2021 | News
On 1 July a judgment of the Regional Administrative Court of Styria concluded that “pushbacks are to some extent methodically applied in Austria”. Following the documentation of another pushback case involving an underage Somalian national, ECRE member...