AIDA Comparative Report: Digitalisation of Asylum

27th January 2022 | News

This new comparative report provides an overview of the use of digital tools and remote working methods in 23 European countries based on ECRE’s Asylum Information Database (AIDA). It questions the risks and benefits of the use of digital tools in asylum processes and...

ECRE Comments: EC Proposal on Situations of Instrumentalisation in the Field of Migration and Asylum

27th January 2022 | News

ECRE has published detailed comments on the proposed Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum (COM(2021) 890) (hereafter the “Instrumentalisation Regulation”). ECRE opposes the measures proposed in the Regulation,...

Policy Note: EU Support to Afghanistan: Scoring High on Humanitarian Assistance and Low on Protection in Europe?

22nd December 2021 | News

ECRE has published a Policy Note that analyses the European countries’ practices and policy reactions to the situation in Afghanistan, with focus on access to protection in Europe, evacuations, resettlement and safe pathways to Europe. After the fall of the Afghan...

Overview of Status Quo Regarding Evacuations, Pathways to Protection and Access to Asylum for Afghans in Europe – December 2021

17th December 2021 | News

ECRE has published a document on past and current evacuation schemes available for Afghans; other pathways to protection; and the treatment of Afghan international protection applicants. The document compiles information collected from ECRE member organisations, the...

ECRE Publishes Working Paper on National Recovery and Resilience Programmes

16th December 2021 | News

This working paper is a comparative analysis of the EU Member States’ allocations of the financial resources, mix of grants and loans, they receive from the European Commission to support the COVID-19 recovery (via the so-called Next Generation EU). While the European...