ECRE’s report on the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation in 2019 and the first half of 2020 demonstrates that the European Union’s rules on allocation of responsibility are not functioning in practice, resulting in unnecessary, lengthy, and costly procedures...
Evidence from the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) shows that compliance with existing EU asylum law should be a priority The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) is a database managed by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), containing up-to-date and...
The 2020 Advanced ELENA course on ‘Asylum in Europe: ensuring protection and fundamental rights compliance’ will take place on Friday 30 October and Saturday 31 October 2020. Given the growing concerns around COVID-19 and the uncertainty of the restrictions in...
On 24 June 2020, ECRE published a Legal Note entitled ‘Derogating from EU Asylum Law in the Name of “Emergencies”: The Legal Limits Under EU Law’. The Note examines whether, and in what circumstances, Member States may lawfully bend legislative processes as a result...
ECRE published the Policy Note ‘No reason for return to Afghanistan’ in Dari. It is an updated and translated version of a Policy Note published in 2019.The Policy Note looks at the treatment of applications for international protection from Afghan nationals,...