#asylum procedure

Switzerland has announced major changes to the movements of asylum seekers and recognized refugees in the country. Under new laws, people se

Since the European Parliament voted to allow the possibility of building ‘return hubs’ outside of EU borders, member states have been search

Italy's original plan to run facilities in Albania to process asylum requests is still incomplete one year after it was launched due to the

According to the Beyond the Border report by the Asylum and Immigration Table (TAI), an Italian coalition of NGOs, presented in Rome on Febr

In Turin, foreigners have been waiting in line for weeks, even overnight in freezing temperatures, to obtain their residence permits. A high

Greek lawyers who are paid by the government to provide free advisory services to asylum seekers will be given a cash bonus if they manage t

Asylum procedure in Europe has been examined in three recent decisions. In two, the European Court of Human Rights found actual or imminent violations of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the other, the Court of Justice of the European Union considered the proper interpretation of ‘political opinion’ as a reason for persecution. WA and others v Hungary The first case, WA and others v Hungary (application nos 64050/12, 64558/16, 66064/13), concerned three Syrian asylum seekers who had entered Hungary from Serbia. Their claims were quickly rejected as inadmissible, and they were returned to Serbia on the basis that it was a safe third country in...