European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) Press Releases - EIN Presswire

Published on June 14, 2024 - 09:35 GMT

MEDITERRANEAN: New Calls for Safe and Legal Pathways after NGO Retrieves 12 Bodies from Sea ― Search and Rescue NGO Wins Court ...

The search and rescue (SAR) NGO Médecins Sans Frontières Sea (MSF Sea) has renewed its calls for safe and legal pathways after it recovered the bodies of 12 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. The Sea-Eye SAR NGO has won a court …

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Published on June 14, 2024 - 09:34 GMT

European Parliament Elections 2024

The European Parliament (EP) elections took place 6-9 June 2024. 357 million EU citizens in 27 member states (MS) were eligible to elect 720 members (MEPs) to represent them in the next mandate (2024-2029). Following the elections, the composition of the …

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Published on June 13, 2024 - 21:34 GMT

AIDA Country Report on Poland – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Poland provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also …

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Published on June 7, 2024 - 18:29 GMT

European Parliament Elections 2024

7th June 2024 | News The European Parliament (EP) elections are taking place 6-9 June 2024. EU citizens in all 27 EU member states (MS) will elect 720 MEPs to represent them in the next mandate (2024-2029). The breakdown of MEPs per EU MS in the next EP …

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Published on June 7, 2024 - 18:29 GMT

MEDITERRANEAN: Migrants Stuck in Limbo in Cyprus Buffer Zone ― Italy Extends State of Emergency Yet Again ― Possible Plan for ...

More than two dozen migrants, including a number of unaccompanied children are stranded in the buffer zone in Cyprus. The Italian government has extended the state of emergency over migrant arrivals for six months. The United States of America and Italy …

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Published on June 7, 2024 - 10:17 GMT

BALKAN ROUTE: Continued Concerns About Migrant Pushbacks from Bulgaria to Türkiye ― NGOs Blame Hungary’s Migration Policy for ...

7th June 2024 | News A Dutch MEP and a Bulgarian NGO have renewed their concerns about migrant pushbacks on the Bulgarian-Turkish border and questioned the use of the EU’s funding to Bulgaria. Two Serbian NGOs have claimed that the Hungarian government’s …

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Published on June 6, 2024 - 22:58 GMT

AIDA Country Report on Germany – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Germany provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also …

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Published on June 6, 2024 - 09:22 GMT

AIDA Country Report on Slovenia – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Slovenia provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also …

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Published on June 5, 2024 - 15:11 GMT

AIDA Country Report on Ireland – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Ireland provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also …

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Published on May 31, 2024 - 21:40 GMT

MEDITERRANEAN: Frontex Investigating New Migrant Pushback Accusations ― Eight EU countries Call for Situation in Syria to be ...

The EU Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) is investigating two new allegations of migrant pushbacks in the Aegean Sea. The governments of eight EU member states have issued a joint statement on migration in which they have called for the situation in …

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Published on May 31, 2024 - 21:40 GMT

AIDA Country Report on Spain – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Spain provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes …

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Published on May 31, 2024 - 21:40 GMT

EU EASTERN BORDERS: Pushbacks from Poland Continue ― Poland Shares Details of “Shield East” Plan to Reinforce Europe’s Eastern ...

31st May 2024 | News New evidence has revealed how Poland’s authorities have continued to push back migrants over its borders. Polish officials have shared details of the “Shield East” border fortification plan: a response to alleged Russian efforts to …

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Published on May 31, 2024 - 21:40 GMT

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Human Rights NGOs Warn Against Repression of Media and Free Speech in Tunisia ― EU Commissioner Says ...

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have flagged the escalated restriction of free speech in Tunisia. The European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights has claimed that there was no consultation on the EU’s migration deals with Egypt and …

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Published on May 31, 2024 - 09:44 GMT

Training Seminar on EU Advocacy

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are co-organising a two-day in-person training seminar on EU advocacy on 30-31 October 2024 in Brussels. Objectives Provide …

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Published on May 24, 2024 - 14:02 GMT

AIDA Country Report on France – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on France provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also …

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Published on May 24, 2024 - 13:00 GMT

MEDITERRANEAN: Council of Europe Reports ‘Prison-Like Conditions’ in Migrant Centres in Cyprus ― Large Increase in Unaccompanied ...

A monitoring report by the Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has revealed worsening conditions in migrant centres in Cyprus. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has …

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Published on May 24, 2024 - 11:48 GMT

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Investigative Journalists Accuse EU of Complicity in Migrant ‘Dumping’ in North African Countries ― EU ...

An investigation led by Lighthouse Reports has claimed that EU funding was used in operations to ‘dump’ migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in the desert and other remote areas in Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, and that the EU was aware of them. The …

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Published on May 24, 2024 - 11:35 GMT

FINLAND: Proposed Legislation Could Breach International Human Rights Commitments ― Frontex Extends Operation on Finland-Russia ...

24th May 2024 | News The Government has proposed new legislation that would allow border guards to push back migrants without processing their asylum applications at the Finland-Russia border despite acknowledging that by doing so it would breach its …

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Published on May 17, 2024 - 20:44 GMT

Comments Paper: Regulation on Addressing Situations of Crisis and Force Majeure in the Field of Migration and Asylum

ECRE has published a comments paper on the Regulation on addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum. The Crisis Regulation creates three special legal regimes for managing the asylum system in three exceptional …

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Published on May 17, 2024 - 15:07 GMT

GERMANY: High Court Finds AfD Party ‘Potentially Extremist’ ― NGOs Denounce ‘Discriminatory’ Debit Card Scheme for Asylum Seekers ―...

Higher Administrative Court judges in Münster have upheld a lower court’s 2022 ruling that the AfD can be categorised as a potentially extremist organisation. A new system through which asylum seekers receive financial benefits via debit cards has been …

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