Joint statement: The new Pact on Asylum and Migration: An Opportunity Seized or Squandered?

14th February 2020 | News

After years of treating asylum and migration in crisis mode, we believe the proposed Pact on Asylum and Migration is an opportunity for the EU and its Member States to change direction. It is an opportunity to develop a rational and rights-based asylum and migration...

Save the Date: ECRE/UNHCR Thematic Report Launch: “Follow the Money III”

12th February 2020 | News

ECRE/UNHCR Thematic Report Launch: “Follow the Money III” Solidarity: The use of AMIF funds to incentivise resettlement and relocation in the EU UNHCR and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) are pleased to invite you to the launch of the “Follow the...

Latest AIDA Country Update on Turkey Translated into Arabic and Turkish

4th February 2020 | News

The latest AIDA Country Update on Turkey is now out in Arabic and Turkish. The AIDA Update offers the only comprehensive analysis of legislative, policy and practice developments relating to the asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers, and...

ECRE Policy Note: Migration Control Conditionality: A Flawed Model

9th January 2020 | News

ECRE has published a Policy Note which discusses proposal to make EU external funding, including development assistance, conditional on third country governments’ willingness to increase cooperation on readmission. The new leadership of the European Commission and the...

ECRE’s Pledges at the Global Refugee Forum

16th December 2019 | News

Civil society organisations are invited to contribute pledges at the Global Refugee Forum. ECRE will be making pledges in three areas: Solutions, Jobs and Livelihoods, Protection Capacity.   I. Solutions: Push for rights based European asylum policy ECRE’s...