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The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an alliance of 128 NGOs protecting and advancing the rights of refugees, people seeking asylum and other forcibly displaced people in Europe.
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ECRE Policy Note: Towards a point of no return for fundamental rights? The EC’s proposal for a Return Regulation
🔗 shorturl.at/P5a98
🔗 shorturl.at/P5a98
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️Atlantic Route and Spain
▪️European Parliament Draft Reports on Amendments to the Asylum Procedure Regulation on Safe Country Concepts
Plus
▪️Job Vacancy in the ECRE office: Legal Assistant
Read it here: eepurl.com/js697s
▪️Atlantic Route and Spain
▪️European Parliament Draft Reports on Amendments to the Asylum Procedure Regulation on Safe Country Concepts
Plus
▪️Job Vacancy in the ECRE office: Legal Assistant
Read it here: eepurl.com/js697s
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️Atlantic Route and Spain
▪️European Parliament Draft Reports on Amendments to the Asylum Procedure Regulation on Safe Country Concepts
Plus
▪️Job Vacancy in the ECRE office: Legal Assistant
Read it here: eepurl.com/js697s
▪️Atlantic Route and Spain
▪️European Parliament Draft Reports on Amendments to the Asylum Procedure Regulation on Safe Country Concepts
Plus
▪️Job Vacancy in the ECRE office: Legal Assistant
Read it here: eepurl.com/js697s
#ECREWeekly updates on ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN
▪️100s rescued along Atlantic route
▪️EU accused of facilitating abuse of people on the move in Senegal
▪️Large transfer of minors from Canary Islands to mainland
▪️New IOM initiative on missing people on the move in West Africa
bit.ly/49EhyfF
▪️100s rescued along Atlantic route
▪️EU accused of facilitating abuse of people on the move in Senegal
▪️Large transfer of minors from Canary Islands to mainland
▪️New IOM initiative on missing people on the move in West Africa
bit.ly/49EhyfF
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#ECREWeekly updates on ATLANTIC ROUTE and SPAIN
▪️100s rescued along Atlantic route
▪️EU accused of facilitating abuse of people on the move in Senegal
▪️Large transfer of minors from Canary Islands to mainland
▪️New IOM initiative on missing people on the move in West Africa
bit.ly/49EhyfF
▪️100s rescued along Atlantic route
▪️EU accused of facilitating abuse of people on the move in Senegal
▪️Large transfer of minors from Canary Islands to mainland
▪️New IOM initiative on missing people on the move in West Africa
bit.ly/49EhyfF
Want to know what's in the European Parliament's draft report on the proposal for an EU Return Regulation but don't fancy reading the whole document?
We've prepared a brief summary so you don't have to!
Read ECRE's initial assessment here: ecre.org/european-par...
We've prepared a brief summary so you don't have to!
Read ECRE's initial assessment here: ecre.org/european-par...
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Want to know what's in the European Parliament's draft report on the proposal for an EU Return Regulation but don't fancy reading the whole document?
We've prepared a brief summary so you don't have to!
Read ECRE's initial assessment here: ecre.org/european-par...
We've prepared a brief summary so you don't have to!
Read ECRE's initial assessment here: ecre.org/european-par...
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️European Parliament Draft Report on Return Regulation
▪️UK
▪️AIDA Statistical Update: The Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation in 2024
Read it here: eepurl.com/jsvh52
▪️European Parliament Draft Report on Return Regulation
▪️UK
▪️AIDA Statistical Update: The Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation in 2024
Read it here: eepurl.com/jsvh52
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️European Parliament Draft Report on Return Regulation
▪️UK
▪️AIDA Statistical Update: The Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation in 2024
Read it here: eepurl.com/jsvh52
▪️European Parliament Draft Report on Return Regulation
▪️UK
▪️AIDA Statistical Update: The Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation in 2024
Read it here: eepurl.com/jsvh52
#ECREWeekly updates on the UK
▪️Government announces major changes to asylum policy
▪️Another damning assessment of Brook House detention centre
▪️New report makes economic case for ‘fair and humane’ asylum system
bit.ly/4a1JIRM
▪️Government announces major changes to asylum policy
▪️Another damning assessment of Brook House detention centre
▪️New report makes economic case for ‘fair and humane’ asylum system
bit.ly/4a1JIRM
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#ECREWeekly updates on the UK
▪️Government announces major changes to asylum policy
▪️Another damning assessment of Brook House detention centre
▪️New report makes economic case for ‘fair and humane’ asylum system
bit.ly/4a1JIRM
▪️Government announces major changes to asylum policy
▪️Another damning assessment of Brook House detention centre
▪️New report makes economic case for ‘fair and humane’ asylum system
bit.ly/4a1JIRM
Some good news from the Mediterranean!
Here's hoping that @sos-humanity.bsky.social and @msfsea.bsky.social will be able to carry out their (literally) life-saving work unhindered.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6818...
Here's hoping that @sos-humanity.bsky.social and @msfsea.bsky.social will be able to carry out their (literally) life-saving work unhindered.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6818...
New NGO ships to take up rescue missions in the Mediterranean
New search and rescue ships, operated by the NGOs SOS Humanity and Doctors Without Borders will soon be seaworthy. Humanity 2 arrived in the Sicilian port of Syracuse on Friday (November 14), while MS...
www.infomigrants.net
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Some good news from the Mediterranean!
Here's hoping that @sos-humanity.bsky.social and @msfsea.bsky.social will be able to carry out their (literally) life-saving work unhindered.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6818...
Here's hoping that @sos-humanity.bsky.social and @msfsea.bsky.social will be able to carry out their (literally) life-saving work unhindered.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6818...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Important lesson on journalism from #NewsBook:
Malta declares migration victory, but drop in arrivals linked to deadly pushbacks and non-assistance at sea
Malta declares migration victory, but drop in arrivals linked to deadly pushbacks and non-assistance at sea
Malta declares migration victory, but drop in arrivals linked to deadly pushbacks and non-assistance at sea
Behind the triumphant statistics lies a damning record of illegal pushbacks, deadly non-assistance at sea, and what human rights organisations describe as systematic violations of international law.
newsbook.com.mt
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Important lesson on journalism from #NewsBook:
Malta declares migration victory, but drop in arrivals linked to deadly pushbacks and non-assistance at sea
Malta declares migration victory, but drop in arrivals linked to deadly pushbacks and non-assistance at sea
ONLINE EVENT: From Proposal to Law? Briefing for refugee-led and migrant-led organisations and advocates on the EU Return Regulation Proposal
🗓️Monday 24 November
🕕12.00-13.15 CET
More info here: shorturl.at/D5pPi
🗓️Monday 24 November
🕕12.00-13.15 CET
More info here: shorturl.at/D5pPi
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
ONLINE EVENT: From Proposal to Law? Briefing for refugee-led and migrant-led organisations and advocates on the EU Return Regulation Proposal
🗓️Monday 24 November
🕕12.00-13.15 CET
More info here: shorturl.at/D5pPi
🗓️Monday 24 November
🕕12.00-13.15 CET
More info here: shorturl.at/D5pPi
The UK’s so-called Labour Party is no longer confronting anti-human rights policies; it’s adopting them. In repeating the very measures and narratives it once opposed, Labour risks becoming a mirror of the far right.
👉This path is neither humane, practical, nor sustainable.
👉This path is neither humane, practical, nor sustainable.
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The UK’s so-called Labour Party is no longer confronting anti-human rights policies; it’s adopting them. In repeating the very measures and narratives it once opposed, Labour risks becoming a mirror of the far right.
👉This path is neither humane, practical, nor sustainable.
👉This path is neither humane, practical, nor sustainable.
👉"People who have been persecuted, tortured or seen family members killed in brutal wars are not 'asylum shopping'"
People who have been persecuted, tortured or seen family members killed in brutal wars are not "asylum shopping."
As our CEO told @thetimes.com, refugees don’t compare asylum systems before running for their lives.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
As our CEO told @thetimes.com, refugees don’t compare asylum systems before running for their lives.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood’s radical reforms to halt ‘asylum shoppers’
Shabana Mahmood will announce Denmark-style plans to increase deportations and reduce pull factors to the UK
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
👉"People who have been persecuted, tortured or seen family members killed in brutal wars are not 'asylum shopping'"
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️First Annual Migration Management Cycle
▪️Mediterranean
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrW8GE
▪️First Annual Migration Management Cycle
▪️Mediterranean
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrW8GE
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️First Annual Migration Management Cycle
▪️Mediterranean
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrW8GE
▪️First Annual Migration Management Cycle
▪️Mediterranean
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrW8GE
#ECREWeekly updates on the MEDITERRANEAN
▪️More deaths of people on the move
▪️New ‘Justice Fleet’ severs ties with Libyan Coast Guard
▪️ Greek Coast Guard chief faces charges over Pylos disaster
▪️New detention order for NGO rescue vessel
bit.ly/4hUiePU
▪️More deaths of people on the move
▪️New ‘Justice Fleet’ severs ties with Libyan Coast Guard
▪️ Greek Coast Guard chief faces charges over Pylos disaster
▪️New detention order for NGO rescue vessel
bit.ly/4hUiePU
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#ECREWeekly updates on the MEDITERRANEAN
▪️More deaths of people on the move
▪️New ‘Justice Fleet’ severs ties with Libyan Coast Guard
▪️ Greek Coast Guard chief faces charges over Pylos disaster
▪️New detention order for NGO rescue vessel
bit.ly/4hUiePU
▪️More deaths of people on the move
▪️New ‘Justice Fleet’ severs ties with Libyan Coast Guard
▪️ Greek Coast Guard chief faces charges over Pylos disaster
▪️New detention order for NGO rescue vessel
bit.ly/4hUiePU
🔔 Reminder: People who die or suffer crossing the Mediterranean are not "victims of the sea", but of Europe’s inhumane migration and asylum policies.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🔔 Reminder: People who die or suffer crossing the Mediterranean are not "victims of the sea", but of Europe’s inhumane migration and asylum policies.
The European Commission (EC) has launched the first Annual Migration Management Cycle under the Pact on Migration and Asylum.
Here's what it mentions and what we think about it👇
Here's what it mentions and what we think about it👇
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The European Commission (EC) has launched the first Annual Migration Management Cycle under the Pact on Migration and Asylum.
Here's what it mentions and what we think about it👇
Here's what it mentions and what we think about it👇
First Annual Migration Management Cycle
The launch, which took place on 11 November, followed several weeks of delay after the original deadline of 15 October was missed.
🔗Full read: shorturl.at/O1Sru
The launch, which took place on 11 November, followed several weeks of delay after the original deadline of 15 October was missed.
🔗Full read: shorturl.at/O1Sru
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
First Annual Migration Management Cycle
The launch, which took place on 11 November, followed several weeks of delay after the original deadline of 15 October was missed.
🔗Full read: shorturl.at/O1Sru
The launch, which took place on 11 November, followed several weeks of delay after the original deadline of 15 October was missed.
🔗Full read: shorturl.at/O1Sru
Welcome back @msfsea.bsky.social 💙A position grounded in human rights and solidarity will always prevail over policies built on the denial of rights and the erosion of our shared humanity.
📢MSF is back in the Central Mediterranean with its new search and rescue vessel Oyvon, after almost one year of being forced to terminate operations with its last rescue vessel, the Geo Barents. 🧵
searchandrescue.msf.org/news/msf-rel...
searchandrescue.msf.org/news/msf-rel...
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Welcome back @msfsea.bsky.social 💙A position grounded in human rights and solidarity will always prevail over policies built on the denial of rights and the erosion of our shared humanity.
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❗ The long-awaited EU Civil Society Strategy is here. But can it deliver a #TrueCivicSpace?
Read more: bit.ly/4oENXr9
#EUCivilSocietyStrategy
Read more: bit.ly/4oENXr9
#EUCivilSocietyStrategy
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
❗ The long-awaited EU Civil Society Strategy is here. But can it deliver a #TrueCivicSpace?
Read more: bit.ly/4oENXr9
#EUCivilSocietyStrategy
Read more: bit.ly/4oENXr9
#EUCivilSocietyStrategy
Over 1,000 women, men and children have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
They dreamed of safety, carried hopes and fears but were left with no choice but to risk their lives on a deadly journey for protection and a better life.
#SafeRoutesNow
They dreamed of safety, carried hopes and fears but were left with no choice but to risk their lives on a deadly journey for protection and a better life.
#SafeRoutesNow
Over 1,000 lives lost on the Central Mediterranean this year.
IOM Spokesperson on Deadly Shipwreck off Libyan Coast as Death Toll Tops 1,000 in 2025
Geneva/Tripoli, 12 November 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) mourns the loss of life in yet another tragic incident off the coast of Libya.
www.iom.int
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Over 1,000 women, men and children have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
They dreamed of safety, carried hopes and fears but were left with no choice but to risk their lives on a deadly journey for protection and a better life.
#SafeRoutesNow
They dreamed of safety, carried hopes and fears but were left with no choice but to risk their lives on a deadly journey for protection and a better life.
#SafeRoutesNow
Another clear example of Italy blocking sea rescue operations.
And another reminder that these organisations and individuals won’t stop fighting for safe and legal migration routes.
#JusticeFleet #SafeRoutes
And another reminder that these organisations and individuals won’t stop fighting for safe and legal migration routes.
#JusticeFleet #SafeRoutes
🚨The first ship of the #JusticeFleet is detained!
Italy unlawfully blocked #Mediterranea vessel — a clear case of bureaucratic sabotage against search and rescue.
We won’t stop: we fight for the right to move and for safe, legal migration routes!
Italy unlawfully blocked #Mediterranea vessel — a clear case of bureaucratic sabotage against search and rescue.
We won’t stop: we fight for the right to move and for safe, legal migration routes!
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Another clear example of Italy blocking sea rescue operations.
And another reminder that these organisations and individuals won’t stop fighting for safe and legal migration routes.
#JusticeFleet #SafeRoutes
And another reminder that these organisations and individuals won’t stop fighting for safe and legal migration routes.
#JusticeFleet #SafeRoutes
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
‘Illegal migration’ used to be rejected in EU circles. @europarl.europa.eu even urged using ‘irregular’ or ‘undocumented’ instead. Now, politicians say “illegal” without hesitation.
The language shift = more rights denied & legitmisation of inhumane policies and practices at Europe’s borders.
The language shift = more rights denied & legitmisation of inhumane policies and practices at Europe’s borders.
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
‘Illegal migration’ used to be rejected in EU circles. @europarl.europa.eu even urged using ‘irregular’ or ‘undocumented’ instead. Now, politicians say “illegal” without hesitation.
The language shift = more rights denied & legitmisation of inhumane policies and practices at Europe’s borders.
The language shift = more rights denied & legitmisation of inhumane policies and practices at Europe’s borders.
Border violence is killing people on the move in different ways; through brutality, neglect, and policies that trap them between walls and death, denying them safe routes to seek asylum.
Six migrants have died in eastern Bulgaria as their car plunged into a lake during a police chase. Three surviving migrants received first aid at the scene and were taken to hospital to receive further medical attention.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6802...
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6802...
Six migrants die in Bulgaria following police chase
Six migrants have died in eastern Bulgaria as their car plunged into a lake during a police chase. Three surviving migrants received first aid at the scene and were taken to hospital to receive furthe...
www.infomigrants.net
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Border violence is killing people on the move in different ways; through brutality, neglect, and policies that trap them between walls and death, denying them safe routes to seek asylum.
21 dead, search continues after refugee boat sinks near Malaysia, Thailand
Refugee boat sinks near Malaysia, Thailand; 21 dead, search continues
The boat was carrying dozens of refugees from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority when it sank.
www.aljazeera.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
21 dead, search continues after refugee boat sinks near Malaysia, Thailand