ICERAS

In 2015, more than 1.3 million people applied for asylum in the European Union, twice as many as during the height of the 1992 Balkan crisis (672,000 applications). According to FRONTEX, also known as the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, most applicants reached Europe by illegally crossing EU borders. In order to stop this […]

SZEGED, Hungary (AP) — Interior ministers from six European Union countries on Monday said their nations had agreed to step up efforts to protect the bloc from illegal immigration and target groups of human smugglers that operate on its borders. The ministers from the V4 group of Central European nations — including the Czech Republic, […]

Armed police officers wave cars off the motorway going from Poland to Germany. They’re searching for people-smugglers and their desperate cargo. This is the German government’s latest bid to show it is getting a grip on rising levels of irregular migration. But, as we found in a rural border district, there’s little sense of control. […]

CNN —  As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central Mediterranean last week, Italian authorities led a major rescue operation following the reported refusal of Maltese authorities to retrieve those on board. Passengers’ desperate pleas for aid went unheeded for nearly a week before they finally […]

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 17, 2023 In 2021 there were over 200,000 illegal border crossing detecting on the borders of the European Union, the most crossings recorded since 2017 when there were over 204,000. Illegal border crossings peaked in 2015 at the height of the European migrant crisis, when over 1.8 million illegal border crossing were […]

Alice Donald and Joelle Grogan explain the UK-Rwanda Treaty and the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill which aim to put into effect the government’s policy to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda. They explain what both intend to achieve, their potential impact and why they are controversial. For an explanation of the UK Supreme […]

What is the Rwanda asylum plan? In April 2022, the government said that any asylum seeker entering the UK “illegally” after 1 January 2022, from a safe country such as France, could be sent to Rwanda. They would have their asylum claims processed there, rather than in the UK. If successful, they could be granted refugee […]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is fully aligned with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s position that the UK’s “Illegal Migration Bill” raises serious human rights and legal concerns. In its current form, the bill seeks to deny those arriving in the UK irregularly the right to access asylum procedures. While States have a […]

The Illegal Migration Bill was first proposed in March 2023 with the stated aim to stop people crossing the channel in small boats. It then became law in July 2023, making it the Illegal Migration Act. However, it has raised concerns within Parliament as well as from NGOs and the public about what it means for refugees […]

Table of Contents New Immigration Rules for Illegal Immigrants UK 2024 Why did the UK Implement More Harsh Immigration Rules for Illegal Immigrants? What are the New Immigration Rules for Illegal Immigrants in 2024? Consequences for Those Who Enter Illegally The UK Government’s Rwanda Policy Are those Fleeing Innocent Citizens Around the World Affected by […]