UK: Plans to Outsource Asylum Interviews, Offshore Asylum Processing Centres, and Requirements to Sign on Amid the Second Wave

2nd October 2020 | News

Earlier this week, the UK Home Office announced that it is considering outsourcing asylum interviews to commercial contractors. It was also reported that the Home Office had considered the possibility of the construction of offshore asylum processing centres on...

UK: Plans to Evict Asylum Seekers Amid Second Wave, Weekly Deportation Flights, Home Office Under Scrutiny

25th September 2020 | News

Thousands of asylums seekers currently in hotel accommodation are facing eviction amid the UK’s second wave of coronavirus. A letter from the Home Office to charities stated evictions of refused asylum seekers will take place “with immediate effect.” It was also...

UK: Set to Opt-out of Europe’s Human Rights Guarantees to Speed Up Deportations, Reports Suggest the Strategy is Doubtful, and Local Court Cancels Deportation Flight

18th September 2020 | News

The UK government is reportedly ready to compromise European human rights instruments to speed up migrant deportations and to stop an increase in arrivals across the Channel. However, reports reveal limited potential of such a strategy and a recent UK judgement...

UK: Proposal for System of Reunification for Unaccompanied Children Rejected by EU while Government Deploys Military Drones to Patrol the Channel

11th September 2020 | News

The UK’s proposal for a system of reunification for unaccompanied children seeking asylum with their families in the UK or Europe was rejected by the EU. The proposal was rejected at a time where an increasing number of small boats are attempting to cross the Channel,...

UK: Transfers under Dublin Turn Increasingly Violent as legal Assistance and Representation is Branded as Activism 

4th September 2020 | News

In a further attempt to clamp down on migrants crossing the Channel, the British government is intensifying efforts to return people under the Dublin procedure via chartered flights that specifically target people who have entered the UK via the Channel to return them...