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Germany follows UNHCR call for suspension of Dublin transfers to Hungary

14th April 2017 | News

UNHCR urged states to suspend Dublin transfers to Hungary. The next day the German Ministry of Interior ordered that Dublin transfers can only be carried out if asylum seekers are guaranteed EU reception and asylum procedure standards. The German request for...

The Dublin system and its dysfunctions: the human faces

24th March 2017 | News

Last week, AIDA published statistics on the application of the Dublin Regulation in 2016 revealing persisting dysfunctions in the Dublin system. But as illustrated in the newly released Migrant Voice report Roads to Nowhere the system not only proves dysfunctional by...

No change in deeply dysfunctional Dublin system, AIDA figures reveal

17th March 2017 | News

A statistical update published by ECRE’s Asylum Information Database (AIDA) releasing figures for 12 European countries from 2016 reveals persisting fundamental dysfunctions in the Dublin system. The inefficiency is illustrated by disproportionately low transfers...

New Court of Justice of EU ruling increases human rights protection for asylum seekers in Dublin system

24th February 2017 | News

A new ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) increases human rights protection for asylum seekers in the Dublin system. It establishes that a Dublin transfer should be halted if the asylum seeker to be transferred faces an individual risk of...

Weekly Editorial: Europe’s not so-merry-go-round: Premature reinstatement of Dublin transfers to Greece

10th February 2017 | News

In just over a month, Dublin transfers to Greece will be resumed. In December, the European Commission recommended a gradual resumption starting 15 March and a number of Member States, including Germany, Austria and Belgium are taking steps to begin the process of...