Editorial: Matter of Pact: Speculating on the Fate of the Pact
After a short initial flurry of media coverage and debate, the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum has disappeared from view, with public and political attention focused on COVID, recovery, Brexit, government changes and so on. Most independent commentators,...
UK: Claims At Risk If Asylum Seekers ‘misbehave,’ Pleas For Help As Covid Sweeps Camp, Refugee Jailed After Being Spotted Steering Dinghies
People at temporary refugee camps in the UK are being threatened that their asylum claims will be adversely affected if they ‘misbehave.’ Asylum seekers at Napier Barracks in Kent, plead for help as Covid sweeps through the camp. Fouad Kakaei, an Iranian refugee, was...
UK: Asylum Seekers Forced on Long Journeys to Home Office Appointments, COVID Outbreak at Third immigration Removal Centre, Legal Action Launched Against “Prison Style” Camp
Migrants and asylum seekers are being forced to travel long journeys to attend Home Office appointments as cases of COVID-19 soar. Outbreaks have been confirmed at a third immigration removal centre amid accusations of Home Office’s “callousness” for blaming asylum...