From here you can access a wealth of documents and resources, as well as gain an overview of the European Asylum policy including the latest developments concerning Europe.

Are asylum seekers in Europe receiving material support and access to employment in accordance with European legislation? This November 2005 report considers the extent to which Member States are fulfilling their legal obligations in regard to the Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 that set out minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers.

This paper discusses certain mechanisms of exclusion practiced by a number of European states and the costs associated with them. The mechanisms of exclusion addressed are deportation, detention and dispersal. Although deportation, detention and dispersal have formed an occasional part of the migration regimes of European countries throughout the twentieth century, they tended to be used in response to particular events or ‘crises’. However, they have now become ‘normalised’, ‘essential' instruments in the ongoing attempt to control or manage immigration in European states. Although published in 2004 this paper by Liza Schuster provides an interesting context to current perspectives on immigration

ECRE is an umbrella organisation of 80 refugee-assisting agencies in 30 countries working towards fair and humane policies for the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees. This website includes links to a number of reports.

The Human Rights Watch website includes a section on refugees from where you can access a range of reports and perspectives by country, including European member states and others. The website states 'In the past 50 years, states have largely regressed in their commitment to protect refugees, with the wealthy industrialized states of Europe, North America and Australia - which first established the international refugee protection system - adopting particularly hostile and restrictive policies. Governments have subjected refugees to arbitrary arrest, detention, denial of social and economic rights and closed borders. In the worst cases, the most fundamental principle of refugee protection, nonrefoulement, is violated, and refugees are forcibly returned to countries where they face persecution. Since September 11, many countries have pushed through emergency anti-terrorism legislation that curtails the rights of refugees.'

The Amnesty International Website states that the right to seek sanctuary from persecution is enshrined in international law. However on asylum provisions and the challenges of migration, governments continue to emphasize control and deterrence rather than protection. Their website looks at new legislation and the treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers in a number of European countries. Europe: Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers