Regional Focus: Europe

Upcoming event:

Implementing the Common European Asylum System: Towards Better Protection and Fairer Procedures, Brussels, 19 February 2014 [info]
- "This timely International Symposium will examine the implications of current directives and rules for asylum at an EU level and assess the implementation challenges for Member States as they transpose them into their national legislation. ..."

Publications:

ECRE Joins UNHCR in a Call for the Suspension of Dublin Transfers to Bulgaria (ECRE, Jan. 2014) [text]

"Fortress Europe: Keeping Migrants Out at What Cost?," Article series in The Guardian (Jan. 2014) [access]
- Includes interactive "Refugee Challenge: Can You Break into Fortress Europe?"

Greece Must End Collective Expulsions: Letter to Greek Ministers (European Commissioner for Human Rights, Jan. 2014) [access]

Perceptions and Reality: Public Attitudes to Immigration (Ipsos MORI, Jan. 2014) [access]
- See also related IRIN news story.

Reduction or Withdrawal of Material Reception Conditions: The Contribution of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (EDAL, Jan. 2014) [text]

Response to Vulnerability in Asylum Project Report (UNHCR, Dec. 2013) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe, esp. Rescue at Sea (3 Jan. 2014)

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