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ECRE and CIR press conference: "Reaching Europe in Safety: The possibility to seek asylum through an embassy saved my life"
On Wednesday 28 March ECRE and the Italian Council for Refugees (CIR) organised a Breakfast Press Briefing on the occasion of the launch of the report “Exploring avenues for protected entry procedures (PEPs) in Europe”. The report examines complementary forms of access to asylum in Europe from abroad and is based on the experience collected from various European countries, as well as interviews with stakeholders at national and EU level.
The conference was an opportunity to become better acquainted with the experience of those for whom seeking asylum through embassies abroad to leave the countries where their lives were in danger was the only possibility to find safety. ECRE’s Acting Secretary General Allan Leas gave an overview of the EU’s role in facilitating access to protection from abroad. CIR’s director Christopher Hein elaborated on the outcome of the report and its link with the recent Hirsi and Others vs. Italy case. Susanne Bolz, Head of the Protection Unit of the Swiss Refugee Council spoke about the Swiss protected entry procedure, which makes possible for asylum seekers to file a request for protection at a Swiss embassy or consulate in their country of origin or in a third country, and it is the only one of its kind among European countries.
ECRE, Asylkoordination, Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR), Greek Council for Refugees (GCR), Kisa, the People for Change Foundation, Associazione Culturale Acuarinto and Fondazione Iniziative e Studi Sulla Multietnicita (ISMU) are partners of the 'Entering the Territory' project, led by the Italian Council for Refugees (CIR).
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