Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Debate: Fortress Europe 2.0? The New EU Migration Pact, London, 24 March 2026 [info]

Short pieces:

EU Council gives final greenlight to new EU asylum measures (InfoMigrants, Feb. 2026) [text]

- "The Council of the European Union has now formally adopted the first EU-wide list of safe countries of origin, to be used in asylum application cases, as well as a revision of the safe third countries concept."

Major overhaul of asylum system introduces 30-month refugee leave under ‘core protection’ model (EIN, March 2026) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Neither innovative nor smart: externalisation as a migration policy path of human rights risk (COE Commissioner for Human Rights, Feb. 2026) [text]

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

Reports:

Country Guidance: Explained (EU Agency for Asylum, Feb. 2026) [access]

Forced displacement from Ukraine: The potential role of migration in Ukraine's future reconstruction (Danish Institute for International Studies, Feb. 2026) [text]

Guidance Note on Albania (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Latest Asylum Trends 2025: Annual Analysis (EU Agency for Asylum, March 2026) [text]

Observations on the new EU returns framework (COE Commissioner for Human Rights, March 2026) [text]

Practical Guide on Access to the Asylum Procedure (EU Agency for Asylum & Frontex, Feb. 2026) [text]

- See also related leaflet, poster and pocketbook.

Racial Logics of Irregular Migration in Europe: Policy, Perception, and Precarity (I-CLAIM, Feb. 2026) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Europe (18 Feb. 2026)