Asylum seekers must wait for at least five months before they can apply for asylum, says the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). During this period, they'll have to wait in a crisis or emergency...

The rights of migrant children and their families are not well protected in the Czech Republic, where volunteers make up for the state's shortcomings in caring for refugees.

A Madrid court has ruled that the Madrid Council of Health discriminated against a lesbian couple on the basis of their sexual orientation. One of the women was receiving artificial insemination treatment, which was...

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee expresses its grave concern over the manner in which the sitting of the Council for Electronic Media was held in September.

The European Commission on October 14 put on the table a Communication describing the state of the implementation of the priority actions under the European Agenda on Migration. This Communication to the European...

French legal professional associations have called to "cease offering the human and material resources required for legal aid services to function," that is, to paralyze the free legal aid service available to...

Do you want to learn more about the inception and the functioning of the torture prevention system? Don't miss this 15-minute video!

Dozens of refugees who were received at the tent camp shelter of Heumensoord near the Dutch city of Nijmegen are demonstrating for better living conditions within the shelter. According to NOS reporter Tanja Braun,...

Ministers in the Justice Council have sealed an overall agreement on the EU's Data Protection Directive for the police and criminal justice sector.

The city council of The Hague announced on October 13 that around 600 asylum seekers will be received in the old Department of Social Affairs until the end of the year. After that, they will have to make room for...