Across Europe, people are anticipating the lifting of the lockdown with relief but also foreboding. The fear is a natural reaction to the economic predictions – not just a recession but a depression; mass unemployment; all compounded by the unpredictability of it all,...
Interview with Femke de Vries Policy officer Asylum Dutch Council for Refugees. You are currently campaigning to ensure that the Dutch government joins the efforts of 11 other European countries in relocating unaccompanied children from the Greek island camps. The...
The updated Country Report on Turkey documents the main developments in the area of asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international and temporary protection in 2019. Turkey currently hosts both a population of over 3,5...
Despite the lockdown across Europe, there is news on the asylum and migration front – and not all of it bad. Relocating children: Luxembourg first First, praise is due to Luxembourg for starting implementation of the plan to relocate unaccompanied children from...
On Tuesday 14 March, Slovenia announced a plan to establish 40 kilometers of fence to stop the entry of people moving though the Balkan route. According to a recent report published by the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN), the situation along the borders of...
