Destitution and inhuman conditions endemic to UK asylum accommodation

10th February 2017 | News

Degrading reception conditions for asylum seekers have been denounced by a report of the UK House of Commons Select Committee on Home Affairs, published on 31 January 2017. The UK Parliament has described some of the asylum accommodation places managed by private...

UK Detained Fast-Track system denied asylum seekers justice for 10 years

27th January 2017 | News

The High Court of England and Wales ruled on 20 January 2017 that asylum seekers have been denied justice for 10 years under the Detained Fast-Track (DFT), used by the Home Office to accelerate the examination of asylum claims. After the Detained Fast-Track appeal...

Dismantling of the Calais refugee camp should not mark the end of unaccompanied refugee children arriving to the UK

24th October 2016 | News

Following UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd announcement to transfer unaccompanied refugee children to the United Kingdom, 200 of 1290 children present in the camp have found protection in the UK at the time of its dismantling. Rudd’s announcement followed an agreement...

Detention Action calls for community-based alternatives to detention of asylum seekers and migrants in the UK

30th September 2016 | News

Detention Action has published a report outlining opportunities for community-based alternatives to detention of migrants and asylum seekers in the UK. The report stresses that for alternatives to work, civil society, migrant communities and experts-by-experience need...

UK: Inspection examines restrictive family reunification procedure

23rd September 2016 | News

A report of the Independent Chief Inspector on Borders and Immigration found the policy of the UK Home Office to be too restrictive in the treatment of family reunification applications. In 2015, the UK received 8,403 family reunification applications, compared to...