ECRE-PICUM Policy Note: Displacement from Ukraine – the EU’s Financial Response

7th October 2022 | News

ECRE and PICUM have published a joint policy note and factsheet that analyses the European Union financial response to support displaced people from Ukraine inside the EU. Since the invasion of Ukraine, more than 7.5 people have fled to the EU, including over 1.5...

ECRE Policy Paper: Quo Vadis EU Asylum Reform? Stuck Between Gradual Approach, (Mini)-Package Deals and Instrumentalisation 

30th September 2022 | News

ECRE published today a policy paper that describes the most likely of the possible partial reforms and “mini-deals” covering asylum, return and Schengen policy. It describes three possible deals, analyzing the position of co-legislators, and provides recommendations...

Editorial: Asylum reforms: Ukraine Stimulates a Rethink at the Restart

9th September 2022 | News

The usual busy September restart of political work in Brussels is compounded this year by awareness that time is running out for legislation to be passed before the end of the mandates of the Commission and the Parliament in 2024. Even more so, given that,...

Joint statement: One year after the country’s takeover by the Taliban – How did Europe welcome Afghans in need of protection?

9th September 2022 | News

As civil society and Afghan diaspora organisations, we are deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and the treatment of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in Europe. One year after the Taliban takeover, the country is in a state of...

Joint Statement: NGOs call on Member States: Agreeing on the Instrumentalisation Regulation will be the Final Blow to a COMMON European Asylum System (CEAS) in Europe

8th September 2022 | News

8 September 2022 In December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum. The proposal introduces a mechanism which allows Member States to derogate from their...