ECRE
@theecre.bsky.social
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an alliance of 128 NGOs protecting and advancing the rights of refugees, people seeking asylum and other forcibly displaced people in Europe.
https://ecre.org/
https://ecre.org/
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
ONLINE EVENT: From Proposal to Law? Briefing for refugee-led and migrant-led organisations and advocates on the EU Return Regulation Proposal
🗓️Monday 24 November
🕕12.00-13.15 CET
More info here: shorturl.at/D5pPi
🗓️Monday 24 November
🕕12.00-13.15 CET
More info here: shorturl.at/D5pPi
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
ONLINE EVENT: From Proposal to Law? Briefing for refugee-led and migrant-led organisations and advocates on the EU Return Regulation Proposal
🗓️Monday 24 November
🕕12.00-13.15 CET
More info here: shorturl.at/D5pPi
🗓️Monday 24 November
🕕12.00-13.15 CET
More info here: shorturl.at/D5pPi
The UK’s so-called Labour Party is no longer confronting anti-human rights policies; it’s adopting them. In repeating the very measures and narratives it once opposed, Labour risks becoming a mirror of the far right.
👉This path is neither humane, practical, nor sustainable.
👉This path is neither humane, practical, nor sustainable.
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The UK’s so-called Labour Party is no longer confronting anti-human rights policies; it’s adopting them. In repeating the very measures and narratives it once opposed, Labour risks becoming a mirror of the far right.
👉This path is neither humane, practical, nor sustainable.
👉This path is neither humane, practical, nor sustainable.
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️First Annual Migration Management Cycle
▪️Mediterranean
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrW8GE
▪️First Annual Migration Management Cycle
▪️Mediterranean
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrW8GE
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️First Annual Migration Management Cycle
▪️Mediterranean
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrW8GE
▪️First Annual Migration Management Cycle
▪️Mediterranean
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrW8GE
#ECREWeekly updates on the MEDITERRANEAN
▪️More deaths of people on the move
▪️New ‘Justice Fleet’ severs ties with Libyan Coast Guard
▪️ Greek Coast Guard chief faces charges over Pylos disaster
▪️New detention order for NGO rescue vessel
bit.ly/4hUiePU
▪️More deaths of people on the move
▪️New ‘Justice Fleet’ severs ties with Libyan Coast Guard
▪️ Greek Coast Guard chief faces charges over Pylos disaster
▪️New detention order for NGO rescue vessel
bit.ly/4hUiePU
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#ECREWeekly updates on the MEDITERRANEAN
▪️More deaths of people on the move
▪️New ‘Justice Fleet’ severs ties with Libyan Coast Guard
▪️ Greek Coast Guard chief faces charges over Pylos disaster
▪️New detention order for NGO rescue vessel
bit.ly/4hUiePU
▪️More deaths of people on the move
▪️New ‘Justice Fleet’ severs ties with Libyan Coast Guard
▪️ Greek Coast Guard chief faces charges over Pylos disaster
▪️New detention order for NGO rescue vessel
bit.ly/4hUiePU
🔔 Reminder: People who die or suffer crossing the Mediterranean are not "victims of the sea", but of Europe’s inhumane migration and asylum policies.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🔔 Reminder: People who die or suffer crossing the Mediterranean are not "victims of the sea", but of Europe’s inhumane migration and asylum policies.
First Annual Migration Management Cycle
The launch, which took place on 11 November, followed several weeks of delay after the original deadline of 15 October was missed.
🔗Full read: shorturl.at/O1Sru
The launch, which took place on 11 November, followed several weeks of delay after the original deadline of 15 October was missed.
🔗Full read: shorturl.at/O1Sru
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
First Annual Migration Management Cycle
The launch, which took place on 11 November, followed several weeks of delay after the original deadline of 15 October was missed.
🔗Full read: shorturl.at/O1Sru
The launch, which took place on 11 November, followed several weeks of delay after the original deadline of 15 October was missed.
🔗Full read: shorturl.at/O1Sru
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
‘Illegal migration’ used to be rejected in EU circles. @europarl.europa.eu even urged using ‘irregular’ or ‘undocumented’ instead. Now, politicians say “illegal” without hesitation.
The language shift = more rights denied & legitmisation of inhumane policies and practices at Europe’s borders.
The language shift = more rights denied & legitmisation of inhumane policies and practices at Europe’s borders.
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
‘Illegal migration’ used to be rejected in EU circles. @europarl.europa.eu even urged using ‘irregular’ or ‘undocumented’ instead. Now, politicians say “illegal” without hesitation.
The language shift = more rights denied & legitmisation of inhumane policies and practices at Europe’s borders.
The language shift = more rights denied & legitmisation of inhumane policies and practices at Europe’s borders.
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️EU External Partners (Egypt, Libya and Tunisia)
▪️Ireland
Plus
▪️ECRE Policy Note: Towards a point of no return for fundamental rights? The EC’s proposal for a Return Regulation
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrl7UA
▪️EU External Partners (Egypt, Libya and Tunisia)
▪️Ireland
Plus
▪️ECRE Policy Note: Towards a point of no return for fundamental rights? The EC’s proposal for a Return Regulation
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrl7UA
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️EU External Partners (Egypt, Libya and Tunisia)
▪️Ireland
Plus
▪️ECRE Policy Note: Towards a point of no return for fundamental rights? The EC’s proposal for a Return Regulation
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrl7UA
▪️EU External Partners (Egypt, Libya and Tunisia)
▪️Ireland
Plus
▪️ECRE Policy Note: Towards a point of no return for fundamental rights? The EC’s proposal for a Return Regulation
Read it here: eepurl.com/jrl7UA
#ECREWeekly Updates on IRELAND
▪️Asylum applicants targeted in violent incidents
▪️Politicians accused of ‘escalating tensions’
▪️Government plans to charge asylum applicants for accommodation & limit provision for Ukrainians
▪️Report raises concerns about care of unaccompanied children
bit.ly/43WD23v
▪️Asylum applicants targeted in violent incidents
▪️Politicians accused of ‘escalating tensions’
▪️Government plans to charge asylum applicants for accommodation & limit provision for Ukrainians
▪️Report raises concerns about care of unaccompanied children
bit.ly/43WD23v
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#ECREWeekly Updates on IRELAND
▪️Asylum applicants targeted in violent incidents
▪️Politicians accused of ‘escalating tensions’
▪️Government plans to charge asylum applicants for accommodation & limit provision for Ukrainians
▪️Report raises concerns about care of unaccompanied children
bit.ly/43WD23v
▪️Asylum applicants targeted in violent incidents
▪️Politicians accused of ‘escalating tensions’
▪️Government plans to charge asylum applicants for accommodation & limit provision for Ukrainians
▪️Report raises concerns about care of unaccompanied children
bit.ly/43WD23v
#ECREWeekly Updates on EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS:
▪️Outcomes of EU-Egypt summit
▪️MSF ordered to leave Libya
▪️IOM calls Libya ‘dangerous place’ for people on the move
▪️NGO denounces IOM for hosting meeting with Libyan authorities
▪️Tunisia increases harrasment of rights advocates
🔗 bit.ly/43hbR3n
▪️Outcomes of EU-Egypt summit
▪️MSF ordered to leave Libya
▪️IOM calls Libya ‘dangerous place’ for people on the move
▪️NGO denounces IOM for hosting meeting with Libyan authorities
▪️Tunisia increases harrasment of rights advocates
🔗 bit.ly/43hbR3n
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#ECREWeekly Updates on EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS:
▪️Outcomes of EU-Egypt summit
▪️MSF ordered to leave Libya
▪️IOM calls Libya ‘dangerous place’ for people on the move
▪️NGO denounces IOM for hosting meeting with Libyan authorities
▪️Tunisia increases harrasment of rights advocates
🔗 bit.ly/43hbR3n
▪️Outcomes of EU-Egypt summit
▪️MSF ordered to leave Libya
▪️IOM calls Libya ‘dangerous place’ for people on the move
▪️NGO denounces IOM for hosting meeting with Libyan authorities
▪️Tunisia increases harrasment of rights advocates
🔗 bit.ly/43hbR3n
ECRE Policy Note: Towards a point of no return for fundamental rights? The EC’s proposal for a Return Regulation
🔗 shorturl.at/P5a98
🔗 shorturl.at/P5a98
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
ECRE Policy Note: Towards a point of no return for fundamental rights? The EC’s proposal for a Return Regulation
🔗 shorturl.at/P5a98
🔗 shorturl.at/P5a98
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🧵75 years after the European Convention on Human Rights
Europe is increasingly turning its back on the promise that human rights belong to everyone.
Europe is increasingly turning its back on the promise that human rights belong to everyone.
November 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🧵75 years after the European Convention on Human Rights
Europe is increasingly turning its back on the promise that human rights belong to everyone.
Europe is increasingly turning its back on the promise that human rights belong to everyone.
🧵 Around twenty European countries have jointly called on the European Commission to enable the deportations of Afghan nationals to Afghanistan
shorturl.at/yhngI
shorturl.at/yhngI
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🧵 Around twenty European countries have jointly called on the European Commission to enable the deportations of Afghan nationals to Afghanistan
shorturl.at/yhngI
shorturl.at/yhngI
Latest issue of ELENA Legal Update out now: eepurl.com/jqOFSQ
▪️ECtHR: Türkiye's removal of Tajik national to Tajikistan unlawful
▪️ECtHR: Switzerland's removal of Chechen national to Russia upheld
▪️CJEU: End of residence permit ≠ “rejection” under Dublin III
▪️Germany: Reception conditions in Greece
▪️ECtHR: Türkiye's removal of Tajik national to Tajikistan unlawful
▪️ECtHR: Switzerland's removal of Chechen national to Russia upheld
▪️CJEU: End of residence permit ≠ “rejection” under Dublin III
▪️Germany: Reception conditions in Greece
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Latest issue of ELENA Legal Update out now: eepurl.com/jqOFSQ
▪️ECtHR: Türkiye's removal of Tajik national to Tajikistan unlawful
▪️ECtHR: Switzerland's removal of Chechen national to Russia upheld
▪️CJEU: End of residence permit ≠ “rejection” under Dublin III
▪️Germany: Reception conditions in Greece
▪️ECtHR: Türkiye's removal of Tajik national to Tajikistan unlawful
▪️ECtHR: Switzerland's removal of Chechen national to Russia upheld
▪️CJEU: End of residence permit ≠ “rejection” under Dublin III
▪️Germany: Reception conditions in Greece
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️Central Europe (Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland)
▪️Italy
Plus
▪️Op-ed: Europe must resist temptation to deport Afghans into a rights vacuum
Read it here: eepurl.com/jqKDLs
▪️Central Europe (Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland)
▪️Italy
Plus
▪️Op-ed: Europe must resist temptation to deport Afghans into a rights vacuum
Read it here: eepurl.com/jqKDLs
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:
▪️Central Europe (Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland)
▪️Italy
Plus
▪️Op-ed: Europe must resist temptation to deport Afghans into a rights vacuum
Read it here: eepurl.com/jqKDLs
▪️Central Europe (Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland)
▪️Italy
Plus
▪️Op-ed: Europe must resist temptation to deport Afghans into a rights vacuum
Read it here: eepurl.com/jqKDLs
#ECERWeekly OP-ED: Europe must resist temptation to deport Afghans into a rights vacuum
🖋️By Hameed Hakimi
Here: shorturl.at/8oAFh
🖋️By Hameed Hakimi
Here: shorturl.at/8oAFh
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#ECERWeekly OP-ED: Europe must resist temptation to deport Afghans into a rights vacuum
🖋️By Hameed Hakimi
Here: shorturl.at/8oAFh
🖋️By Hameed Hakimi
Here: shorturl.at/8oAFh
#ECERWeekly Updates on CENTRAL EUROPE:
▪️Austria to close last arrival centre for Ukrainians
▪️Protests against German Merz' migration comments
▪️Polish PM comments on ECHR
▪️Polish court rejects complaint on pushbacks
▪️Draconian travel ban for people in asylum system in Switzerland
shorturl.at/y1TeU
▪️Austria to close last arrival centre for Ukrainians
▪️Protests against German Merz' migration comments
▪️Polish PM comments on ECHR
▪️Polish court rejects complaint on pushbacks
▪️Draconian travel ban for people in asylum system in Switzerland
shorturl.at/y1TeU
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#ECERWeekly Updates on CENTRAL EUROPE:
▪️Austria to close last arrival centre for Ukrainians
▪️Protests against German Merz' migration comments
▪️Polish PM comments on ECHR
▪️Polish court rejects complaint on pushbacks
▪️Draconian travel ban for people in asylum system in Switzerland
shorturl.at/y1TeU
▪️Austria to close last arrival centre for Ukrainians
▪️Protests against German Merz' migration comments
▪️Polish PM comments on ECHR
▪️Polish court rejects complaint on pushbacks
▪️Draconian travel ban for people in asylum system in Switzerland
shorturl.at/y1TeU
#ECERWeekly Updates on Italy:
▪️Prime Minister joins other EU leaders for informal migration summit
▪️Media investigation into Italy-Albania migration deal
▪️Humanitarians on trial in Sicily
▪️ ICC rules on Italy’s handling of Almasri case
▪️Italy-Libya MoU renewed
🔗 shorturl.at/YL41s
▪️Prime Minister joins other EU leaders for informal migration summit
▪️Media investigation into Italy-Albania migration deal
▪️Humanitarians on trial in Sicily
▪️ ICC rules on Italy’s handling of Almasri case
▪️Italy-Libya MoU renewed
🔗 shorturl.at/YL41s
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#ECERWeekly Updates on Italy:
▪️Prime Minister joins other EU leaders for informal migration summit
▪️Media investigation into Italy-Albania migration deal
▪️Humanitarians on trial in Sicily
▪️ ICC rules on Italy’s handling of Almasri case
▪️Italy-Libya MoU renewed
🔗 shorturl.at/YL41s
▪️Prime Minister joins other EU leaders for informal migration summit
▪️Media investigation into Italy-Albania migration deal
▪️Humanitarians on trial in Sicily
▪️ ICC rules on Italy’s handling of Almasri case
▪️Italy-Libya MoU renewed
🔗 shorturl.at/YL41s
🔔 Reminder: The 1951 Refugee Convention was built from never again. It still applies everywhere and to everyone.
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🔔 Reminder: The 1951 Refugee Convention was built from never again. It still applies everywhere and to everyone.
Important reminder from our member @hfhrpl.bsky.social in response to Tusk's remarks on intention to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights
🔗 shorturl.at/WBsd9
🔗 shorturl.at/WBsd9
October 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Important reminder from our member @hfhrpl.bsky.social in response to Tusk's remarks on intention to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights
🔗 shorturl.at/WBsd9
🔗 shorturl.at/WBsd9
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A tragic shipwreck off the coast of Sabratha, western Libya, this morning has caused the deaths of 18 people who were fleeing the horrors in Libya toward Europe, @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social reported.
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A tragic shipwreck off the coast of Sabratha, western Libya, this morning has caused the deaths of 18 people who were fleeing the horrors in Libya toward Europe, @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social reported.