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Statement on EU Pact on Asylum and Migration: A wasted opportunity for a more balanced and humane approach.
The European Parliament and EU Member States have reached agreement this morning on the main files of the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration af…
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Danish press release: Reaction to the Danish bill to potentially externalize the asylum procedure
The Danish parliament has passed a bill, opening the possibility to transfer asylum seekers and refugees to a third country – and hence exte…
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Statement on the Danish proposal to potentially externalize the asylum procedure
The Danish parliament has passed a bill, opening the possibility to transfer asylum seekers and refugees to a third country – and hence exte…
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DRC's comment on proposed rulemaking for eligibility for asylum in the US
DRC's Comments on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “Circumvention…
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The Danish Refugee Appeals Board has decided to grant refugee status to Afghan women and girls, who have applied for asylum in Denmark
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Press release: Asylum and Migration Pact
According to the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), one of the world’s largest and leading displacement NGOs, the new EU Pact on Migration and As…
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Need for calm and proportional response at the EUs external borders
The EU must address and manage the situation at its external borders in a way that protects fundamental human rights. It is extremely worryi…
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Joint NGO Statement: The EU must not be complicit in the loss of lives at sea and in rights violations at Europe’s borders
Once again, dozens of lives have been lost at Europe’s borders due to the EU’s failure to allow
people seeking protection to reach Europe s…
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Joint Statement: Call on the EU: Restore Rights and Values at Europe’s Borders
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Open letter: Five years after the EU-Turkey Statement, European Civil Society Demands an End to Containment and Deterrence at the EU’s External Borders
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New report: “They started beating us, used a stun gun and pepper spray on us and then threw us into the forest. We couldn't walk for three days because of the pain, and we had vision problems.”
Migrants seeking to cross European borders are systematically being pushed back. The eighth report from Protecting Rights at Borders (PRAB)…
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Evading responsibility for refugee protection
Danish Refugee Council's analysis and recommendations related to the Danish government's plans to externalize asylum processing and refugee…
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DRC return policy
Positions and guiding principles for DRC’s engagement in return of refugees, IDPs and rejected asylum seekers