There have been calls for reform of the UK deportation system following the conclusion of an inquest into the death of Jimmy Mubenga, a 46-year-old father of five, who, it was found, was unlawfully killed on a deportation flight from the UK to Angola in October 2010....
By Colin Yeo, Specialist immigration barrister at Renaissance Chambers and editor of the Free Movement blog. Is Edward Snowden an international fugitive from justice? Or is he a refugee? Can he perhaps be both? His plight highlights several difficult issues in refugee...
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) closed the refugee camp in Choucha, south of Tunisia near the Libyan border on 30 June. The camp, now reportedly without running water or electricity, remains home to approximately 300 persons. UNHCR has explained that the population of...
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...
The European Commission and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs have adopted a joint communication this week, mapping out the EU response to the Syrian conflict. In particular, the communication urges Member States to admit any Syrians arriving at...
On June 21, the UK Court of Appeal rendered a “milestone” judgement, in which it overturned the convictions against three children from Vietnam who were trafficked to the UK and forced to work for criminal gangs. The children were arrested after police raids on...
