9 January 2015 In a new ruling on the UK’s Detained Fast Track system, the UK Court of Appeal has found that the Secretary of State’s policy of detaining asylum seekers who are not at risk of absconding whilst their appeals are pending is unlawful. In addition, the...
5 December 2014 Ukraine has adopted a new law to protect the rights of the more than 513,000 people displaced within the country. The law, approved by the Ukrainian President on 20 November, had been backed by the Parliament on 20 October. The majority of the...
Discussions on the responsibility to ensure search and rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean intensified this week as the UK announced that they will not support any future search and rescue operations to prevent migrants and refugees drowning in the Mediterranean,...
In a report out this week, the cross-party Public Accounts Committee of the British Parliament has criticised the UK Government for failing to resolve 29,000 asylum applications dating back to at least 2007, of which 11,000 have not even received an initial decision...
A new report by France terre d’asile dispels many myths around the situation of migrants and refugees in Calais, in northern France. The report highlights that, contrary to the portrayal of these people as irregular migrants, many of them are likely to be in need of...