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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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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.
#AIDA Country Report on #France – Update on 2025
This report was prepared by @forumrefugies.bsky.social
📚You can read it here: shorturl.at/wRWX5
#AIDA Country Report on #Austria – Update on 2025
This report was prepared by the @lukasgg.bsky.social working at asylkoordination österreich.
🔗Link to the full report: shorturl.at/sdUkA
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.
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.
The Mediterranean is not the only route that people on the move choose for their long journey towards Europe.
Despite the attempts of the Spanish government to contain arrivals through agreements with Mauritania and Morocco, the Atlantic route remains a dangerous pathway.
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...
According to the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras, more than 1,300 migrants have died while trying to reach the Spanish coast in the first five months of 2026. The numbers highlight a downward trend in...
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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...
