Refugee Law

A site "aimed at providing a mixed audience comprised of the media, policy-makers and politicians, migration stakeholders, and the academic community, with the facts needed to understand the course of events and make informed judgments."

A Directorate-General of the European Commission whose responsibilities include building a common EU migration and asylum policy.

Best source for currently-in-force EU directives and regulations on asylum, particularly the "recast asylum package." From the European Asylum Support Office.

Another great source for currently-in-force EU directives and regulations affecting refugees. The site includes information, legal and other documents, and statistics. From the EU's directorate on Migration and Home Affairs.

Proposals for reforming EU migration policies and procedures. Includes documents and fact sheets. From the EU's directorate on Migration and Home Affairs.

Background information, fact sheets, and basic statistics. Emphasizes the humanitarian element of the crisis. From the EU's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations.

Case law from 19 member states, the Court of Justice of the EU, and the European Court of Human Right. The EDAL also includes country overviews from AIDA, “national legislation, European instruments and international instruments,” news, and a "journal" featuring mid-length analyses of recent developments.

Each national report covers: asylum procedures; reception conditions; detention of asylum seekers. (From AIDA - Asylum Information Database.)

Free access to European Union law: directives, regulations, decisions, etc. Includes the Official Journal of the European Union. Also includes EU treaties and international agreements.

Includes fact sheets on "expulsion of aliens" covering "Dublin cases," collective expulsion, and interim measures.

The European Court of Human Rights has addressed claims by asylum-seekers that national or EU laws and policies violate the European Convention on Human Rights. Use this site's "HUDOC" search engine to find case law.

Search engine for all cases decided by the Court. Coverage begins in 1960. (An alphabetical list of judgments is also available.

"A pan-European alliance of 90 NGOs protecting and advancing the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons." Publications cover: access to Europe; the Common European Asylum System, resettlement; protection in Europe; returns; protection in third countries; integration

The MPC "conducts advanced policy-oriented research on global migration, asylum and mobility."

A project of the Migration Policy Centre providing data and studies on Syrian refugees in the Middle East and Europe