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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

❗Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of "terrible" conditions as accommodation provider makes millions.

www.bbc.com

ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

Greece’s new Minister of Migration, Thanos Plevris, has given a blunt ultimatum to those he calls “illegal migrants” in the country: “return, or prison”.

“Return, or prison”: Inside IOM and Greece’s failing migrant return scheme

The UN agency started offering larger cash grants as an alternative to prison. When that didn’t work, it revised down the targets of the scheme.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

8️⃣‘They are treated with the most appalling hostility’: the children seeking safety on our shores

‘They are treated with the most appalling hostility’: the...

The number of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Britain has soared, and many are being put at risk having got here

observer.co.uk

ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

This week's #ECREPressReview

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

In 2024, 41,779 children arrived in Europe by sea and land, including 21,323 who were unaccompanied.

🔔This is not normal and must never be accepted as such. Restrictive policies & absence of safe routes force children to undertake dangerous journeys in search of asylum.

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Europe — Migrant and Refugee Children in Europe - Accompanied, Unaccompanied and Separated (January — December 2024) | Displacement Tracking Matrix

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

This should never be normal 👇

Safe Passage International @safepassageintl.bsky.social · 2d

This should never be normal. Children risk these journeys because there are no safe alternatives to reach safety and their loved ones.

That's the direct result of restrictive policies that leave children with no other choice.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

🤔Engaging With Taliban Is Not Recognition, Says German Envoy

www.afintl.com/en/202507248...

ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

Germany is engaging with Taliban to facilitate returns.

Taliban has agreed in principle to repatriate Afghans from Germany, Berlin says

BERLIN: Afghanistan’s Taliban government has agreed in principle to the repatriation of its nationals from Germany, a German interior ministry spokesperson said on Monday.“The Afghan de facto governme...

www.arabnews.com

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

As the weather gets colder, the Belgian government continues to deny people seeking asylum accommodation, forcing them to sleep rough.

Crise de l’accueil : « La Belgique est entrée dans une nouvelle phase alarmante »

Sept organisations humanitaires s’indignent d’une « politique belge illégale de non-accueil » des demandeurs d’asile. Elles dénoncent, dans leur cinquième rapport sur le sujet, de récentes mesures féd...

www.lesoir.be

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 1d

👉 Attacks against refugees and those who support them stem from rhetoric spread not only by the far right but also by parties across the political centre and left.
👉Organisations and individuals advocating for human rights will never be intimidated by such hostility.

Refugee Council @refugeecouncil.bsky.social · 15d

Hostility towards refugees is having very real consequences for not only the people who have fled places like Sudan and Afghanistan, but also for the organisations trying to help them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters

At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety

www.theguardian.com

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 2d

▪️A continuing lack of political will to end the preventable deaths of people seeking safety in Europe.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 2d

▪️Ongoing delayed or even ignored alerts of assistance from distressed people at sea.
▪️Widespread use of language that criminalises, dehumanises, and shifts blame onto people on the move for being forced into deadly journeys.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 2d

▪️A growing emphasis on combating “migrant smuggling,” ignoring that this industry thrives on people’s desperation and the absence of safe and legal routes to protection.
▪️The fortification of borders and the extension of control measures across several EU member states.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 2d

What we are witnessing instead is 👇
▪️ The expansion of partnerships with countries like Tunisia and Egypt aimed at intercepting and detaining people on the move, preventing them from reaching European shores to claim asylum.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 2d

The painful reality is that, despite countless promises, the EU has taken no meaningful action to stop such tragedies.

🆘People continue to die on their way to safety while EU policies increasingly focus on deterrence rather than protection.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 2d

Since then, more than 32,000 women, men, and children have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean in search of safety.

🔎This tragic anniversary is a reminder to reflect on what actions the EU has taken to prevent further loss of life at its borders.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 2d

🧵Twelve years ago, over 360 people lost their lives when their boat experienced engine failure and sank off the coast of Lampedusa.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 2d

One woman dies in another preventable Mediterranean shipwreck.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 5d

New issue of ELENA Legal Update out now:
eepurl.com/joILEU

▪️ECtHR: FR breaches ECHR in detention case
▪️CJEU: AG opinion on detention time-limits & judicial review
▪️NL: Council of State ruling on Palestinian asylum applicant & UNRWA assistance
▪️ECRE: Last chance to apply for Advanced ELENA Course

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 5d

This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:

▪️Netherlands
▪️UK

Plus

▪️New ECRE Director: Julie Lejeune
▪️Upcoming Event – Realising Solidarity under the Pact: From Theory to Practice
▪️Advanced ELENA Course 2025 (New deadline for registration: Monday 6 October!!!)

Read it here: eepurl.com/joG--2

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 6d

@refugeecouncil.bsky.social @jonfeatonby.bsky.social @refugeeaction.bsky.social @drbenwhitham.bsky.social

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 6d

#ECREWeekly Updates on UK:
▪️Launch of ‘One in, one out’ people transfer scheme
▪️Channel crossings and deaths
▪️Lawyers and NGOs call out threats from far-right
▪️NGOs urge the government to stop scapegoating people on the move
▪️Migration and asylum-related policy announcements

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 6d

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 6d

#ECREWeekly Updates on NETHERLANDS:
▪️Anti-migration protest descends into violence
▪️Progress in deal to set up deportation centre in Uganda ▪️Government plans stricter nationality law
▪️ Immigration service raises concerns over impact of new asylum laws

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 6d

We're organising a panel discussion with IRC on the planned mandatory solidarity mechanism under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.

🗓️27 October
📍Press Club Brussels
⌛14.00-17.30

Register here: shorturl.at/vthlJ

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