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Refugee Rights Europe’s preliminary reaction to the European Commission’s Migration and Asylum Pact For years, women, men and children in displacement have suffered human rights violations across Europe: left to drown at sea, beaten, violently and illegally pushed back at EU borders, contained without dignity at the EU’s edges, returned to danger under cynical deals … Continue reading New Pact on Migration: An exacerbation of past failures in shiny new packaging
The past weeks have seen a sharp increase in media coverage of small boat crossings by desperate individuals trying to reach the UK from northern France. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently branded these Channel crossings “a very bad and stupid and dangerous and criminal thing to do”. Meanwhile, Home Secretary Priti Patel says she … Continue reading The UK Channel crossings – what’s happening?
By Stephanie Pope, Senior Advocacy and Policy Officer In the wake of the European Parliament elections, Refugee Rights Europe is launching its next phase of EU-level policy and advocacy work. In 2019 and 2020, we will be working with policy-makers and advocacy partners in Brussels to achieve positive reform. Informed by data gathered from over … Continue reading Towards a Rights-Based Reform of the Common European Asylum System
Within the context of continued and intensified violence, new tragedies are occurring in Calais. While authorities carry out repeated heavy-handed evictions…
As an entry point country into Europe, Italy has long been struggling with the volume of asylum applications, meaning that asylum application decisions can often take upwards of a year…
Although the number of women on the move in Europe has surpassed the number of men, young males remain a majority in most European refugee camps…
Amongst the rights violations experienced by refugees and displaced people across Europe, barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health information and services…
As RRE’s graphic designer, I was very excited to attend an art exhibition and series of speeches hosted by PArt Of Us and featuring our latest data. On 3rd October 2016, the community-led project held an art exhibition…