UK: Landmark Ruling on Non-Binary Identity, Home Office Fails to Compensate Windrush Victims and Refuses to Investigate Impact of Deportations on Children and Families

8th January 2021 | News

In a landmark ruling, refugee status has been granted relating to a person’s non-binary identity for the first time in a UK Court. This comes amidst critique of the Home Office for failing to compensate Windrush victims despite plans to fast-track payments. The Home...

UK: Support of Community Sponsorship, Calls to End Accommodation in Army Barracks and Release of Immigration Detainees, Rush to Deport Continues

11th December 2020 | News

£1m has been pledged to support community sponsorship schemes. More than 60 organisations call for an end to the housing of asylum seekers in old army barracks. Further, 40 organisations and lawyers call for the release of immigration detainees from prisons. The Home...

UK: A New Deal to Curb Channel Crossings and a Deportation to Jamaica Despite Protests

4th December 2020 | News

The UK and France have reached a new agreement aimed at curbing migration across the Channel, including an increase in police patrols at French shores and investments in surveillance technologies. A deportation flight to Jamaica took off on 2 December despite links to...

UK: Home Office Cover-up at Barracks Housing Asylum Seekers, Incorrect Age Assessment Causes Harm, Inquiry into Windrush Compensation Scheme

27th November 2020 | News

As more details about disturbing conditions at military barracks housing asylum seekers come to light, charities reiterate their calls for closing the sites. It is reported that volunteers at the barracks had to sign confidentiality agreements underpinned by the...

UK: Asylum Seekers Jailed for ‘Steering’ Dinghies, Home Office Fails to Identify Victims of Trafficking, Migrant Children’s Welfare Side-lined, Surge in Self-harm

20th November 2020 | News

The Home Office is prosecuting asylum seekers for steering dinghies despite ‘not being part of criminal gangs.’ This comes as a judge rules that the Home Office is failing to follow its own policy on procedure to identify victims of trafficking in asylum interviews....