The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has commented on the adoption of amendments to Hungarian asylum legislation, which entered into force on 1 July 2013, in an Information Note. According to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the amendments introduce a separate...
Amnesty International has published a report this week, documenting the collusion of the security services of Russia, Ukraine and the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in abductions, disappearances, and unlawful...
In a report published yesterday on its September 2011 visit to Malta, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) criticised the appalling conditions under which foreign nationals were held at the two Warehouses at Safi Barracks in...
The UK government has announced this week a proposal for a new immigration bill aimed at making it more difficult for undocumented migrants to live in the country, and at addressing the perceived problem of ‘health tourism’ by charging migrants for the use of primary...
Human rights NGOs in Russia have continued their work despite the difficulties faced by many targeted under the law that requires NGOs to register on a database of “foreign agents” if they engage in unspecified “political activity” and receive foreign funding. Many...
