Welcome to the Refugee Law Initiative

Blog post by Mehreteab Ghebregergs. Mehreteab is the country manager for Ethiopia for the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS). Mehreteab’s resea…

Bog post by Dr Alan Desmond, University of Leicester Introduction Immigrants facing expulsion from Council of Europe member states sometimes seek to resist thei…

Blog post by Abdul Mannan * Seven years have passed since the Rohingya crisis escalated into one of the world’s most protracted refugee situations. In August 20…

Blog post by Isabel Kienzle, PhD candidate at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg * Introduction Pushbacks are difficult to evidence. In broad terms, pushbacks are measures …

Blog post by Bushra Ali Khan, a Guest Member at University of Sussex and an incoming PhD student at King’s College London As the impacts of climate change becom…

Blog post by Minilik Assefa Abisa* For the first time in its institutional history, the Ethiopian asylum agency, the Refugees and Returnee Service (RRS), has be…

Blog post by Prof Eva Brems and Prof Ellen Desmet, Ghent University Introduction The procedure before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) offers a direct…

Blog post by Dr Françoise Tulkens, Vice-President and Judge Emeritus at the ECtHR Introduction Reflecting on the role of academic work at the European Court of …