Editorial: Shipwreck or Solidarity – What’s Next on the Mediterranean SAR Crisis?   

25th November 2022 | News

With the election of a far-right government in Italy a new Search and Rescue (SAR) crisis has rapidly escalated and reached EU level. An extraordinary meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) called by the Czech Presidency is taking place today. Italy...

ECRE & UNHCR Report: Follow the Money IV – The use of AMIF and ISF-BV funds outside the EU

11th November 2022 | News

ECRE and UNHCR have published a report that provides an overview of how funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund- Borders and Visa (ISF-BV) was used outside the European Union (EU) during 2014-2020, presents an analysis...

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,...