Editorial: RAMMing it Home: A New Low or the Climax of EU Law?

23rd October 2020 | News

As ECRE prepares its analysis of the legislative package, one of the proposals stands out due to its complexity and length. At 110 pages, including a long explanatory memorandum, the proposed Regulation on Asylum and Migration Management – the RAMM – is a package...

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...