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Afghan child challenges UK Home Secretary in court over ‘Dubs Amendment’

9th March 2018 | News

Last week a fifteen year old Afghan boy (ZS), was challenging the Secretary of State in high court over failing in her duties over the ‘Dubs Amendment’. ZS was one of the vulnerable children denied entry to the UK under the ‘Dubs Amendment’, following the eviction of...

Refugee destitution, a by-product of UK policy

8th February 2018 | News

An “invisible epidemic” of destitution is unfolding in Glasgow, and cities across the UK as a result of the UK government’s ‘hostile environment’ policy. Refugee Survival Trust, a small charity working in Scotland, distributed more than 125,000 € in emergency one-off...

UK Home Office response to asylum accommodation report fails to address critical findings from the Parliament

17th November 2017 | News

The United Kingdom Home Office has recently responded to a highly critical report by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee regarding asylum accommodation. The Home Office response has received sharp reactions from both the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee and...

UK detention policy on victims of torture unlawful, High Court rules

13th October 2017 | News

The UK High Court ruled this week that the definition of ‘torture’ in the latest Home Office policy on detention of “Adults At Risk” was unlawful. Aspects of the “Adults At Risk” policy were challenged by seven detainees and the NGO Medical Justice, focusing inter...

Abusive practices in UK detention centres – G4S and Home Office under fire

15th September 2017 | News

The critique of the UK detention system is hardening as a result of problematic incidents during the first week of September. The death of a former detainee in a hospital, after an apparently failed suicide attempt in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) is...