EU in Crisis Mode even though January Arrivals Decrease Compared to Last Year, Afghanistan and Syria Top Countries of Origin, Germany Latest Country to Repeat Unworkable Externalization Ideas

17th February 2023 | News

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) reports a 12 per cent decrease in arrivals in January compared to the same month in 2022, with Afghans and Syrians the two main nationalities of arrivals. Meanwhile, the conclusions of the Special Council Summit...

Editorial: Displaced Responsibilities: Finding a Wider Approach to Displacement in EU External Policies

12th March 2021 | News

When it comes to asylum in Europe, major implementation gaps remain, and violations remain unaddressed. At the same time, it is full steam ahead on the external dimension of asylum and migration policy, as ECRE’s analysis published this week shows. The publication of...

Op-ed: Danish Externalization Desires and the Drive Towards Zero Asylum Seekers

12th March 2021 | News

By Dr. Martin Lemberg-Pedersen Associate Professor at the Centre for Advanced Migration Studies (AMIS), University of Copenhagen. In early February 2021, the Danish Frederiksen government tabled a legislative proposal for public consultation. It is based on a...

ECRE Policy Note: Tightening the Screw: Use of EU External Policies and Funding for Asylum and Migration

12th March 2021 | News

ECRE published a Policy Note which analyses the substantive changes to EU external affairs proposed by the Pact and related EU policy developments. A significant part of the not so fresh start heralded in the Pact on Migration and Asylum published last year is the...

Editorial: An Offer You Can’t Refuse: The External Dimension

20th November 2020 | News

As the Member States’ reaction to the Pact – hundreds if not thousands of requests for clarification and a redrawing of battle-lines in the two old conflicts East v West and South v North – demonstrates, any agreement on the future of asylum in Europe will be a long...