Joint Statement: The Pact on Migration and Asylum: to provide a fresh start and avoid past mistakes, risky elements need to be addressed and positive aspects need to be expanded

6th October 2020 | News

The commitment to a more human approach to protection and the emphasis on the fact that migration is needed and positive for Europe with which the European Commission launched the Pact on Migration and Asylum is welcome. However, this rhetoric is reflected only...

Campaign: European Pact on Asylum and Migration

29th September 2020 | News

When the European Pact on Asylum and Migration was presented by the European Commission on 23 September, 2020 ECRE’s campaign under the tag-line: “Human Rights Compliance – #HardlyRocketScience” was already well underway. We were joined by...

Editorial: The Pact on Migration and Asylum: it’s never enough, never, never

25th September 2020 | News

One of ECRE’s predictions for the Pact was that no-one would be happy with it, and so it has come to pass. The next few weeks will witness a competition about who is most unhappy with it, but when the dust settles the detailed debates on the nearly 500 pages of...

Asylum statistics in Europe: Factsheet

23rd September 2020 | News

Statistics on asylum matters have become a central part of political debate in Europe in recent years. In particular, statistics on protection rates or recognition rates, the percentage of people who are recognised or declared to be entitled to international...

Joint Statement: Resettlement Can‘t Wait!

21st September 2020 | News

Ahead of the publication of the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum on 23 September and the Resettlement Forum on 9 October, we appeal to the EU institutions and member states to urgently revive and increase resettlement efforts. After necessary travel restrictions...