Amnesty International on the siege of Yarmouk: Syrian forces are committing war crimes by using starvation of civilians as a weapon of war

17th March 2014 | News

14 March 2014 A new report published this week by Amnesty International provides evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Palestinian and Syrian civilians who live in Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, under siege by governmental forces...

UNHCR recommends that States remove Ukraine from ‘safe country of origin’ list

10th March 2014 | News

07 March 2014 In light of recent unrest and violence in Ukraine in late 2013 and early 2014, UNHCR has this week called on States to remove Ukraine from their ‘safe country of origin’ lists. Applicants for international protection from a designated ‘safe country of...

UK Supreme Court: Asylum seekers do not need to prove ‘systemic deficiencies’ in destination State to prevent removal under Dublin Regulation

21st February 2014 | News

14 February 2014 Asylum seekers who appeal against their removal to another Member State under the Dublin Regulation do not need to prove ‘systemic deficiencies’ in the asylum system of the destination State in order to successfully prevent removal, the UK Supreme...

Over half of women asylum seekers in the UK interviewed for new report contemplated suicide during detention

7th February 2014 | News

7 February 2014 According to UK Home Office statistics, 1,902 women seeking asylum were detained in 2012 in the UK, which equates to roughly a third of women asylum applicants for this period. Of the 46 detained women interviewed for a new report by UK-based NGO Women...

Asylum Aid: there are reasons for (cautious) optimism regarding media coverage of asylum and refugee issues in the UK

3rd February 2014 | News

31 January 2014 Asylum Aid published earlier this month a report on media coverage of asylum and refugee issues in the UK, entitled “Diving lines – Asylum, media and some reasons for (cautious) optimism”. The report looks back at ten years of media coverage and...