GERMANY: High Court Finds AfD Party ‘Potentially Extremist’ ― NGOs Denounce ‘Discriminatory’ Debit Card Scheme for Asylum Seekers ― Ukrainian Refugees Urged to Join Workforce Amid Voluntary Return Plans

GERMANY: High Court Finds AfD Party ‘Potentially Extremist’ ― NGOs Denounce ‘Discriminatory’ Debit Card Scheme for Asylum Seekers ― Ukrainian Refugees Urged to Join Workforce Amid Voluntary Return Plans

Higher Administrative Court judges in Münster have upheld a lower court’s 2022 ruling that the AfD can be categorised as a potentially extremist organisation. A new system through which asylum seekers receive financial benefits via debit cards has been criticised by...
UK: Rwanda Bill Finally Adopted Amid High-level Criticism ― Rwanda Scheme: Doubts About Civil Service Compliance And Concerns About Airline ‘Complicity’ in Human Rights Violations ― More Migrant Deaths in Channel ― NGO Predicts ‘Meltdown’ of Asylum System

UK: Rwanda Bill Finally Adopted Amid High-level Criticism ― Rwanda Scheme: Doubts About Civil Service Compliance And Concerns About Airline ‘Complicity’ in Human Rights Violations ― More Migrant Deaths in Channel ― NGO Predicts ‘Meltdown’ of Asylum System

The Rwanda Bill has finally been adopted but it has immediately drawn criticism from various high-level sources, including the Council of Europe and the United Nations. The civil service trade union has warned the government that it is considering a legal challenge if...
UK: Rwanda Bill Approaches Finishing Line as Implementation Obstacles Continue to Grow ― Government Looking to Negotiate Migration Deals with Other Countries ― NGOs Planning ‘People’s Inquiry’ to Campaign for Closure of Accommodation Barge ― Asylum Seekers Moved Off Largest Accommodation Site Due to Safety Risks ― Dozens of Home Office Staff Under Criminal Investigation

UK: Rwanda Bill Approaches Finishing Line as Implementation Obstacles Continue to Grow ― Government Looking to Negotiate Migration Deals with Other Countries ― NGOs Planning ‘People’s Inquiry’ to Campaign for Closure of Accommodation Barge ― Asylum Seekers Moved Off Largest Accommodation Site Due to Safety Risks ― Dozens of Home Office Staff Under Criminal Investigation

After another week of ‘parliamentary ping-pong’, the final vote on the Rwanda bill is expected to take place within days but issues relating to legal challenges, airlines and housing continue to jeopardise the eventual implementation of the scheme. Despite the ongoing...
Reception Crisis: Number of Asylum Applications Drops in Belgium as Reception Crisis Continues ― Number of Homeless Asylum Seekers in Ireland on the Rise ― UK High Court Asked to Oblige Government to Intervene in Accommodation Crisis for Unaccompanied Children ― Rights Organisations Accuse City of Paris of “Social Cleansing” Amid Forced Evictions

Reception Crisis: Number of Asylum Applications Drops in Belgium as Reception Crisis Continues ― Number of Homeless Asylum Seekers in Ireland on the Rise ― UK High Court Asked to Oblige Government to Intervene in Accommodation Crisis for Unaccompanied Children ― Rights Organisations Accuse City of Paris of “Social Cleansing” Amid Forced Evictions

The number of people claiming asylum for the first time in Belgium decreased in 2023 but the country’s reception crisis continues unabated. The Irish government has unveiled plans to provide 14,000 state-owned accommodation places as new data shows that there were...
Channel: Record Number of People Make Crossings in Small Boats in First Three Months of 2024 as Home Office Launches New Social Media Campaign in Effort to Deter Channel Crossings ― Footage Shows UK-Funded French Police Employing ‘Textbook Pushback’ Tactics Against Small Boats

Channel: Record Number of People Make Crossings in Small Boats in First Three Months of 2024 as Home Office Launches New Social Media Campaign in Effort to Deter Channel Crossings ― Footage Shows UK-Funded French Police Employing ‘Textbook Pushback’ Tactics Against Small Boats

Provisional data from the UK Home Office has shown that a record 4644 people crossed the Channel in small boats in the first three months of 2024. The UK government has launched a new social media campaign in Vietnam as part of its efforts to reduce the number of...