European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

In keeping with the current fixation on returns as the ultimate factor in migration management in Europe, the EU institutions have chosen to move forward with one of the most punitive and dangerous migration instruments in recent EU history. Despite overwhelming evidence, repeated legal warnings and sustained opposition from civil society, human rights experts and […]

The Pact on Migration and Asylum will enter into application on 12 June. On 8 May, the European Commission (EC) published its third report on the state of play of its implementation in each EU member state (MS). According to a press release that accompanied the publication of the latest report, “Member States have significantly […]

The updated AIDA Country Report on Hungary provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in 2025. It is accompanied by an annex which provides an overview of temporary protection and responses from Hungarian authorities. A number of k...

A group of NGOs and legal academics have filed a complaint with the European Commission against Austria over its unilateral suspension of family reunification for refugees. A court in Bavaria has ruled that repeated extensions of border controls at the Germany-Austria border are unlawful. The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has written to […]

The European Commission has confirmed that it is preparing to meet Taliban officials to discuss possible deportation of people from Europe to Afghanistan. The EU has restored the full application of the EU-Syria Cooperation Agreement. The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern about the future of displaced Ukrainians in Europe after […]