ECRE | European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

Working Paper: Assessing legal grounds for protecting Afghan asylum seekers in Europe

17th March 2023 | News

This week, ECRE published a Working Paper entitled ‘Assessing legal grounds for protecting Afghan asylum seekers in Europe’ written by Ciaran King, Independent Legal Consultant. The working paper analyses the practice of Belgium, Germany, and Sweden in response to the...

Updated Information Sheet: Measures in Response to the Arrival of Displaced People Fleeing the War in Ukraine

10th February 2023 | News

ECRE has regularly published its non-exhaustive information sheet on the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) and national equivalents, as invoked in response to the displacement of people from Ukraine. Following the extension of the TPD regime...

AIDA Comparative Report: Not there yet: Family Reunification for Beneficiaries of International Protection

10th February 2023 | News

Ahead of the Family Reunification Directive’s 20th anniversary, this new comparative report provides a comprehensive overview of the current implementation of the Directive and other forms of realisation of family unity for individuals in need of protection across 23...

Editorial: Calm Down, Mate: Asylum in 2022

3rd February 2023 | News

The publication of year-end statistics on asylum and migration in 2022 is creating something of a panic – and like most migration panics it’s largely manufactured for political ends. Some key figures are higher than in 2020 and 2021. The headline is that there were...

ECRE Policy Paper: Solidarity: The Eternal Problem – Recent Developments on Solidarity in EU Asylum Policies

26th January 2023 | News

ECRE has published a policy paper analysing developments over the last two years in the solidarity debate at the EU level. It presents the existing rules on solidarity and responsibility sharing on asylum and migration at the EU level, recent legislative proposal...