Refugee Protection

Christian Organisations Concerned Over a Draft of Return Directive Recast

As Christian organisations, we are deeply committed to the inviolable dignity of the human person created in the image of God, as well as to the concepts of the common good, of global solidarity and of the promotion of a society that welcomes…..Read more

Recommendations for humane return policies in Europe

Policies for returning persons who have no right to reside in EU Member States are currently dominating public discourse. Certainly, return is one element of a comprehensive migration and asylum system; states have the right and obligation to set the rules for persons from other countries to enter and reside, and to return those who do not meet those conditions. States and the EU are, however….Read more

Asylum Seekers’ Transfers from Greece to Germany for Family Reunification under EU Regulation 604/2013

The undersigned organizations would like to express our serious concerns on a de facto violation of the right for family reunification and breach of relevant provisions stipulated in the EU Regulation 604/2013 (Dublin III Regulation), regarding asylum seekers’ transfers from Greece to Germany under family reunification procedure. We refer specifically to a practice recorded…read more

NGOs’ concern about the proposed EU cooperation with Libya

Over 70 NGOs have expressed their concern about proposed EU cooperation with Libya through a letter to EU heads of states and governments and EU policymakers.

The decision to transfer the responsibility for managing migratory movements along the central Mediterranean route to Libya will neither reduce human rights abuses, nor end smuggling. Instead, it will significantly increase…read more: DEUTSCH, ELLINIKÁ, ESPAÑOL , FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, NEDERLANDS, POLSKI

EU leaders can save lives this winter if they change migration policies

This week, European leaders meet in Brussels to discuss, amongst other things, progress on the EU-Turkey deal, the reform of the European asylum system, solidarity and responsibility sharing, and cooperation with countries of origin and transit. As humanitarian and human rights organisations working in Europe, we are gravely concerned that European policies are trying more and more to push people out of Europe, making it even harder to….Read more

Children cannot wait: 7 priority actions to protect all refugee and migrant children

78 organisations active in the field of children’s rights strongly welcome that this year’s European Forum on the Rights of the Child focuses on protecting children in migration. Children represent a significant proportion of migrants and refugees. At least 1 in 3 people arriving to Greece by sea in 2016 were children. In the same year, the number of unaccompanied children arriving to …Read more

"ASPIRE " (Assessing and Strengthening Participation In Refugee resettlement to Europe) is a European project, coordinated by the Churches´ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME). The project enhances knowledge and political will in EU member states to engage in resettlement - as an additional and integral element of refugee protection.