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Amnesty International, Hungary: New laws that violate human rights, threaten civil society and undermine the rule of law should be shelved, 20 June 2018, https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur27/8633/2018/en

Amnesty International, Refugee women in Greece speak out, October 2018, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/10/refugee-women-in-greece

Amnesty International, Russia: Chechen refugee forcibly disappeared after being unlawfully deported from Poland, 3 September 2018, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/09/russi-chechen-refugee-forcibly-disappeared-after-being-unlawfully-deported-from-poland

Association for Legal Intervention | Stowarzyzenie Interwencji Prawnej (SIP), Proposed Amendments to the Asylum Law in Poland: SIP comments on the controversial proposal, 28 February 2019, https://interwencjaprawna.pl/en/proposed-amendments-to-the-asylum-law-in-poland-sip-comments-on-the-controversial-proposal

Asylex, Switzerland, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 28 February 2019, /sites/default/files/drc-el-2018-web.pdf

Asylum Protection Center, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 28 February 2019, /sites/default/files/asylum-protection-center-cz-2018-web.pdf

Asylum Research Center, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 13 Ferbuary 2019, /sites/default/files/asylum-research-center-2018-web.pdf

Austrian Red Cross, Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), ecoi.net: Joint Communication by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Austrian Red Cross, 15 January 2019, https://www.ecoi.net/en/blog/joint-communication-by-unhcr-and-the-austrian-red-cross

Centre for Public Innovation, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 28 February 2019, /sites/default/files/center-for-the-public-innovation-ro-2018-web.pdf

Child Protection Hub for South East Europe, What Is Barnahus and how it works, 20 December 2016, https://childhub.org/en/promising-child-protection-practices/what-barnahus-and-how-it-works

DRC in Greece, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 28 February 2019, /sites/default/files/drc-el-2018-web.pdf

Dutch Council for Refugees, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, contribution not disclosed

European Network of Guardianship Institutions (ENGI), ALFACA II, 2018, https://engi.eu/projects/alfaca-ii

European Network on Statelessness, European Court of Human Rights again finds extended detention of stateless individuals illegal: two successful cases by ADC Memorial, 7 February 2018, https://www.statelessness.eu/blog/european-court-human-rights-again-finds-extended-detention-stateless-individuals-illegal-two

European Network on Statelessness, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 5 March 2019, /sites/default/files/european-network-for-statelessness-2018-web.pdf

European Network on Statelessness, Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention, 2017, https://www.statelessness.eu/protecting-stateless-persons-from-detention

Forum Réfugiés – Cosi, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, contribution not disclosed

Fundación Cepaim, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 8 February 2019, /sites/default/files/fundacion-cepaim-es-2018-web.pdf

Global Detention Project (GDP), Immigration Detention in Denmark: Where Officials Celebrate the Deprivation of Liberty of “Rejected Asylum Seekers”, 24 May 2018, https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/immigration-detention-in-denmark-where-officials-celebrate-the-deprivation-of-liberty-of-rejected-asylum-seekers

Greek Council for Refugees, The European Court of Human Rights grants interim measures in favour of two detained unaccompanied girls, 28 March 2019, https://www.gcr.gr/en/news/press-releases-announcements/item/1069-the-european-court-of-human-rights-grants-interim-measures-in-favour-of-two-detained-unaccompanied-girls

Greek Council for Refugees and Social Change Initiative, Borderlines of Despair: First line reception of asylum seekers at the Greek borders, 25 May 2018, https://www.gcr.gr/media/k2/attachments/SCIZReportZfinalZPDF.pdf

Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR), Legal Aid (Individual Legal Representation in Asylum/Refugee Context) for Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Greece: Challenges and Barriers, January 2018, https://www.hlhr.gr/en/joint-announcement-legal-aid-migrants-asylum-seekers-refugees-greece

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 28 February 2019, /sites/default/files/helsinki-foundation-for-human-rights-po-2018-web.pdf

HumanRights360, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 5 February 2019, /sites/default/files/human-rights-360-el-2018-web.pdf

Human Rights Watch (HRW), Debating Europe’s Future, Remember the Children, 12 September 2018, https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/12/debating-europes-future-remember-children

Human Rights Watch (HRW), Croatia: Migrants Pushed Back to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 December 2018, https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/11/croatia-migrants-pushed-back-bosnia-and-herzegovina

Human Rights Watch (HRW), Open NGO Letter to EU member states’ Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs requesting timely disembarkation arrangements for rescued survivors in the Mediterranean, 1 February 2019, https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/01/open-ngo-letter-eu-member-states-ministers-justice-and-home-affairs-requesting

Hungarian Helsinki Committee, European Court of Human Rights orders Hungarian government to give food to detained migrants in eighth emergency case, 19 March 2019, https://www.helsinki.hu/en/echr_eighth_interim_measure_denial_of_food

Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 28 Ferbuary 2019, /sites/default/files/hungarian-helsinki-committee-hu-2018-web.pdf

Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Safety-Net Torn Apart, June 2018, https://www.helsinki.hu/en/safety-net-torn-apart

Informationsverbund Asyl und Migration, asyl.net: Note regarding tightened policies and practice for church asylum | Hinweise zu verschärften Verfahrensregeln beim Kirchenasyl, 13 August 2018, https://www.asyl.net/view/detail/News/hinweise-zu-verschaerften-verfahrensregeln-beim-kirchenasyl

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 28 Ferbuary 2019, /sites/default/files/ludwig-boltzmann-institute-human-rights-at-2018-web.pdf

METAdrasi – Action for Migration and Development, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, contribution not disclosed

Migrant Integration Center – Brasov, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, /sites/default/files/migrant-integration-center-brasov-ro-2018-web.pdf

NANSEN, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 27 Ferbuary 2019, /sites/default/files/nansen-be-2018-web.pdf

Network for Children’s Rights, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 27 Ferbuary 2019, /sites/default/files/network-for-children-rights-gr-2018-web.pdf

Open Society Justice Initiative, Legal Analysis of Hungary’s Anti-NGO Bill, July 2018, https://www.justiceinitiative.org/publications/legal-analysis-hungary-s-anti-ngo-bill

Oranjehuis, https://www.oranjehuis.be

Red Line project, Crossing a Red Line: How EU Countries Undermine the Right to Liberty by Expanding the Use of Detention of Asylum Seekers upon Entry: Case Studies on Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, and Italy, 2019, https://www.helsinki.hu/wp-content/uploads/crossing_a_red_line.pdf

Refugee Rights, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 12 February 2019, /sites/default/files/refugee-rights-uk-2018-web.pdf

Safe Passage International, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 7 March 2019, /sites/default/files/safe-passage-international-fr-2018-web.pdf

Save the Children, From Europe to Afghanistan: Experiences of Child Returnees, 16 October 2018, https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/library/europe-afghanistan-experiences-child-returnees

Save the Children, Hundreds of Children Report Police Violence at EU Borders, 24 December 2018, https://www.savethechildren.net/article/hundreds-children-report-police-violence-eu-borders

Save the Children Spain, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 25 February 2019, /sites/default/files/save-the-children-es-2018-web.pdf

Save the Children Sweden, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 26 February 2019, /sites/default/files/save-the-children-se-2018-web.pdf

Solidarity Now, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, contribution not disclosed

Spanish Commission on Refugee Aid, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 28 February 2019, /sites/default/files/spanish-commission-on-refugee-aid-es-2018-web.pdf

Stichting Nidos, https://www.nidos.nl/en

VIS Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo, Input to the EASO Annual Report 2018, 27 February 2019, /sites/default/files/volontariato-internazionale-per-lo-sviluppo-it-2018-web.pdf


European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), Asylum Information Database (AIDA)

AIDA, Country Report Austria, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_at_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Belgium, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_be_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Bulgaria, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_bg_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Croatia, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_at_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Cyprus, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_cy_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report France, 2018 Update, March 2019, https://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_fr_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Germany, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_de_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Greece, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_gr_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Hungary, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_hu_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Ireland, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_ie_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Italy, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_it_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Malta, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Netherlands, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_nl_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Poland, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_pl_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Portugal, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_pt_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Romania, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_ro_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Serbia, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_sr_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Slovenia, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_si_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Spain, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_es_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Sweden, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_se_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Switzerland, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_ch_2018update.pdf

AIDA, Country Report Turkey, 2018 Update, March 2019, https://www.asylumineurope.org/news/29-03-2019/aida-2018-update-turkey

AIDA, Country Report United Kingdom, 2018 Update, March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_uk_2018update.pdf

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA), ECRE/ELENA Legal Note on ageing out and family reunification, 21 June 2018, https://www.ecre.org/ecre-elena-legal-note-on-ageing-out-and-family-reunification

ECRE, To Dublin or Not to Dublin? ECRE’s Assessment of the Policy Choices Undermining the Functioning of the Dublin Regulation, with Recommendations for Rights-Based Compliance, ECRE Policy Note 16, 2018, https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Policy-Note-16.pdf

ECRE, Bilateral Agreements: Implementing or Bypassing the Dublin Regulation? ECRE’s Assessment of Recent Administrative Arrangements on Transfer of Asylum-Seekers and their Impact on the CEAS, ECRE Policy Paper 05, December 2018, https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Policy-Papers-05.pdf

ECRE, Switzerland: 3200 Eritrean nationals facing possible deportation, 13 April 2018, https://www.ecre.org/switzerland-3200-eritrean-nationals-facing-possible-deportation

ECRE, Germany: Measures restricting “Church Asylum” contradict case law, 31 August 2018. https://www.ecre.org/germany-measures-restricting-church-asylum-contradict-case-law

ECRE, Voluntary Departure and Return: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. ECRE’s Analysis of European Practices in the Area of Return Including ‘Voluntary Departures’ and Assisted Return, with its Recommendations to the EU. ECRE Policy Note 13, 2018, https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Policy-Note-13.pdf

ECRE, Making Asylum Numbers Count. ECRE’s Analysis of Gaps and Needs for Reform in Data Collection on the Common European Asylum System, ECRE Policy Note 10, 2018, https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Policy-Note-10.pdf

ECRE, Comments on the Commission Proposal Amending the Migration Statistics Regulation COM(2018) 307 (2018). http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/ecre_comments_migrationstatistics.pdf

ECRE, Asylum at the European Council 2018 : Outsourcing or Reform? - ECRE’S Analysis of the Proposals launched at the June 2018 European Council and Its Updated Assessment the CEAS Legislative Reforms, with Recommendations on the Compromise Text, ECRE Policy Papers 4, August 2018. https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Policy-Papers-04.pdf

ECRE, Access to Protection in Europe: Borders and Entry into the Territory, July 2018. http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/shadow-reports/aida_accessi_territory.pdf

ECRE, Taking Liberties: Detention and Asylum Law Reform ; ECRE’s Concerns About the Restrictions on Asylum Seekers’ Liberty in the Reform of the Common European Asylym System and in Practice, ECRE Policy Note 14 (2018). https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Policy-Note-14.pdf