Civil society organisations in the European Union play a crucial role in promoting fundamental rights, but it has become harder for them to do so - due to both legal and practical restrictions. While challenges exist in all EU Member States, their exact nature and extent vary. Data and research...

Seventeen years after adoption of EU laws that forbid discrimination, immigrants, descendants of immigrants, and minority ethnic groups continue to face widespread discrimination across the EU and in all areas of life - most often when seeking employment. For many, discrimination is a recurring...

FRA's Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II) surveys around 26,000 individuals from different ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds across all 28 EU Member States. This technical report presents a detailed overview of the research methods used by FRA when...

FRA's Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II) surveys around 26,000 individuals from different ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds across all 28 EU Member States. This technical report presents a detailed overview of the research methods used by FRA when...

Protecting the public from security threats and safeguarding fundamental rights involves a delicate balance. Brutal terror attacks and technological innovations making possible large-scale communications data monitoring have further complicated the matter, triggering concerns about violations of...

Protecting the public from security threats and safeguarding fundamental rights involves a delicate balance. Brutal terror attacks and technological innovations making possible large-scale communications data monitoring have further complicated the matter, triggering concerns about violations of...

The transition from institution- to community-based support for persons with disabilities is a complex process that requires multifaceted efforts. These include putting in place commitments and structures for achieving deinstitutionalisation and measuring outcomes for persons with disabilities....

This report assesses asylum seekers' and refugees' opportunities to access early childhood education and primary, secondary and tertiary education and training. It identifies measures available for their support, as well as possible areas for improvement. For some Member States, the information...

This report assesses to which extent selected EU Member States have put in place mechanisms to ensure appropriate oversight and control of quality standards in reception facilities. Such oversight and control is essential for providing dignified and fundamental rights-compatible living...

With terrorism, cyber-attacks and sophisticated cross-border criminal networks posing growing threats, the work of intelligence services has become more urgent, complex and international. Such work can strongly interfere with fundamental rights, especially privacy and data protection. While...