30 September 2025

Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

The Mediterranean: Both a graveyard and a bottomless money pit due to EU border policies (The Conversation, Sept. 2025) [text]

Seven facts to help understand migration (European Commission, Sept. 2025) [text]

Suspensions to Asylum Applications and Extending Detention: Greece’s Increasingly Hardline Approach to Migration (Immigration Detention Monitor, Aug. 2025) [text]

With elections looming, how does the Czech public feel about immigration? (ODI Insights, Sept. 2025) [text]

**For much more news and info on the latest developments, check out the ECRE Weekly Bulletin.**

Reports: 

Advocacy Briefs (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) 
- Independent National Monitoring Mechanisms under the European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum [text]
- Legal counselling, legal assistance, and representation under the European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum [text]
- Restrictions of movement, detention and alternatives to detention under the European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum [text]
- Screening and identification of persons with vulnerabilities under the European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum [text]

The European Convention on Human Rights and Immigration Control in the UK: Informing the Public Debate (Univ. of Oxford, Sept. 2025) [access]

Secure Status for Ukrainian Displaced Persons in the UK and EU, Policy Report, no. 108 (Univ. of Bristol, Sept. 2025) [access]

UNHCR’s Recommendations to the Cypriot and Irish 2026 Presidencies of the Council of the European Union: January–December 2026 (UNHCR, Sept. 2025) [text]

Resource:

REFUGE: Codifying Refugee Participation (Univ. of Sussex) [access]
- "[T]his project offers practical guidance for galleries, museums and other cultural and academic institutions on working with refugees, asylum seekers, and forcibly displaced individuals. Drawing on critical research from the University of Sussex, it explores how civic and cultural institutions can foster meaningful participation, voice, and recognition in a context where official support is shrinking. The work includes best practice guidelines, case studies, and resources developed through two national workshops in Manchester and London with cultural professionals, academics, and individuals with lived experience of displacement, project managers, curators, and community engagement teams." This Museums Journal article provides additional information.

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