The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an alliance of 124 NGOs protecting and advancing the rights of refugees, people seeking asylum and other forcibly displaced people in Europe.
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The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum is due to enter into application on Friday.
ECRE has published a short statement in which it sets out its initial observations about its implementation.
🔗 Read more about it here: shorturl.at/zGMk0
🚀 The ECRE Annual General Conference (AGC) 2026 kicks off today
It brings representatives of ECRE member organisations, NGOs, think tanks, academics, EU institutions, refugee-led organisations, activists, and other key stakeholders to work on advancing refugee and asylum rights across Europe.
This week's #ECREPressReview:
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This week's #ECREPressReview:
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EU-Egypt migration deals show how outsourcing control can come at a cost to rights.
In fact, Egypt’s new asylum law shifts cases from UNHCR to a state committee with broad “security” powers, tight appeal deadlines and movement restrictions, raising serious concerns for civil society.
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.
Read ECRE's full statement here: shorturl.at/D5eUA
The new Return Regulation has already been considered the strictest-ever migration law, especially when considering the possibility of introducing "return hubs".
The proposal still needs to pass in the Parliament, but some Member States are already looking for potential partner countries.
Just a couple of weeks ago, El Hishri, a former Libyan militia leader in charge of Mitiga Prison, was brought before the ICC.
Now, Italy is being sued before the ECHR.
A clear message that Libya is not a safe country and that the EU should stop funding the externalisation of its borders.
The EU was told the Asylum Pact would "sideline the far right." Instead, far-right actors are already demanding even tougher measures before implementation has begun.
Natacha Kazatchkine, secretary-general of the European Civic Forum, shares her vision of how civic space has evolved in recent years.
A reminder that Article 11 of the CFR is a pillar of the work of CSOs: freedom of opinion, expression, the right to information and media freedom.
Next week's implementation of the EU migration and asylum pact is a losing battle - and one where the EU's appeasement with the hard-right risks backfiring when the reforms fail to deliver as promised...
The European Union has reached a deal to set up "return hubs" in third countries for people whose asylum claims have been denied. The new stricter migration rules could have significant consequences f...
As EU lawmakers turn their fire on “foreign-funded” NGOs, Natacha Kazatchkine warns that a coordinated witch-hunt is starving civil society of money, legitimacy and space to defend basic rights.
