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Eritrea – A Country Under the Sway of a Dictatorship

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This booklet is based in large part on the contributions of the conference “Eritrea and the Ongoing Refugee Crisis”, which took place in Brussels on 19 October 2017.
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Legal Note: UNHCR has Failed to Stand Up for Refugee Rights During Crucial EU-Turkey Deal Judgement

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This legal note analyzes the role of UNHCR in a rule of the Council of State (Greece’s highest administrative court) against applications made by two Syrian asylum-seekers.
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Legal Note on the living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece

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This legal note, including a series of conducted interviews with affected refugees, presents the precarious existence of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece.
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Afghanistan: No safe country for refugees

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An investigation into the country’s political and economic situation, its internal security and the situation of refugees.
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Statement: No to this Dublin IV regulation!

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On 4 May 2016 the European Commission submitted a proposal to change the Dublin III Regulation, which sets out competences for asylum procedures within the European Union. The proposal is part of a complete revision of the Common European Asylum System.
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Statement on the planned reform of the Dublin Regulation

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August 2016: With this detailed statement, PRO ASYL analyses and criticizes the planned proposals of the European Commission as yet another set of restrictive measures that cut the rights of refugees in Europe.
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The planned reform of the Dublin system: Humanitarian flexibilities are to be removed

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June 2016: With this short position paper, PRO ASYL analyses and criticizes the planned proposals of the European Commission as yet another set of restrictive measures that cut the rights of refugees in Europe.
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Legal Opinion on the admissibility under Union law of the European Council’s plan to treat Turkey like a »safe third state«

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Whether or not to treat Turkey as a ‘safe third country’ has been a matter of much discussion in the EU. Turkey is playing a central role in the struggle to find a solution to the crisis of European refugee law. Political measures must respect applicable Union law. For this reason, the following paper commissioned by Pro Asyl will examine whether applicable Union law allows European Union Member States to treat Turkey as a ‘safe third country’. If this is not the case, asylum seekers cannot be returned from Greece to Turkey or taken back to Turkey after interception at sea.
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Humiliated, ill-treated and without protection. Refugees and asylum seekers in Bulgaria

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PRO ASYL Report »Humiliated, ill-treated and without protection. Refugees and asylum seekers in Bulgaria«, Published in April 2015 (German), December 2015 (English)
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Memorandum For a free choice of host country in the EU – Respecting refugees’ interests

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With this position paper, the signatory associations have responded to the current crisis of the European asylum system.
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Refugees in distress at sea: acting and assisting

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Guidance for skippers and crews.
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Hungary: Refugees between Detention and Homelessness – Update and supplement to the report of march 2012

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Over a year has passed since we published an initial report in March 2012 on the situation of refugees in Hungary. This update shows, that Homelessness and detention have remained decisive for the living conditions of refugees in Hungary.
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In the Shadow of the Citadel – the Impact of the European Migration Regime on „third Countries“

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European control of refugee- and migration movement does not start at Europe’s external borders, but reaches far beyond. By trying to control and influence the immigration and emigration policies of its bordering states, the European Union has virtually created an extraterritorial zone of isolation and containment of fleeing and migration beyond its borders.
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Pushed back – Systematic human rights violations against refugees in the aegean sea and the greek-turkish land border

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The report focuses on the barriers to accessing the territory of the European Union for people seeking international protection, and particularly on the prevailing situation at the EU land and sea borders in Greece.
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Human Cargo. Arbitrary readmissions from the Italian sea ports to Greece

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Every year, thousands of refugees and migrants hide in passenger ships, traveling in high-speed inflatable boats or in any other maritime transport, in an attempt, to cross the Adriatic Sea. These crossborder movements on this internal EU-border, in most of the cases, concern people in need of international protection.
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Memorandum: Allocation of refugees in the European Union: for an equitable, solidaritybased system of sharing responsibility

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With this memorandum, the signatory organisations would like to contribute to a wide debate on the question of sharing responsibility for refugees in Europe, and they offer a fundamentally new approach.
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Eritrea – A Country Under the Sway of a Dictatorship

Legal Note: UNHCR has Failed to Stand Up for Refugee Rights During Crucial EU-Turkey Deal Judgement

Legal Note on the living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in Greece

Afghanistan: No safe country for refugees

Statement: No to this Dublin IV regulation!

Statement on the planned reform of the Dublin Regulation

The planned reform of the Dublin system: Humanitarian flexibilities are to be removed

Legal Opinion on the admissibility under Union law of the European Council’s plan to treat Turkey like a »safe third state«

Humiliated, ill-treated and without protection. Refugees and asylum seekers in Bulgaria

Memorandum For a free choice of host country in the EU – Respecting refugees’ interests

Refugees in distress at sea: acting and assisting

Hungary: Refugees between Detention and Homelessness – Update and supplement to the report of march 2012

In the Shadow of the Citadel – the Impact of the European Migration Regime on „third Countries“

Pushed back – Systematic human rights violations against refugees in the aegean sea and the greek-turkish land border

Human Cargo. Arbitrary readmissions from the Italian sea ports to Greece

Memorandum: Allocation of refugees in the European Union: for an equitable, solidaritybased system of sharing responsibility