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ISSN 2049-2650
Editorial Team: Nejla Sammakia, Christian Jorgensen, Cristina de Nicolás Izquierdo, Nicolas Parent, Taylor Brooks, Sirak Akalu Iyassu, Lucia Slot, Adam Severson, Nastassja White, Lena Becker, Muchengeti Hwacha, Saskia Llewellyn and Rosa da Costa.
Chief Editor: Fiona McKinnon
February 2021
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January 2021
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December 2020
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- Recommendations for CGRS Expert Witness Database
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November 2020
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October 2020
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July 2020
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June 2020
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May 2020
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April 2020
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March 2020
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February 2020
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January 2020
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November 2018
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APRRN statement: Suspend policy to end refugee status of Chin refugees from Myanmar
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Short pieces
ARRPN urgent statement: India forcibly returns persecuted Rohingya back to Myanmar
Three things that the European Union can do to support private sponsorship for refugees
Woman routinely beaten and raped for decades unlawfully detained by Home Office
Home Office policy on children firmly rejected by upper tribunal
Asylum reforms derailed as EU looks to North Africa
An update on recent events in relation to Western Sahara
Case notes
Matter of M-A-C-O, respondent
Newsletters
- APRRN Newsletter ( September 2018 Issue )
- Free Movement Newsletter ( September 2018 )
- Free Movement Newsletter ( October 2018)
- Global Detention Project Newsletter ( September 2018 Issue )
- Global Detention Project Newsletter ( October 2018 Issue )
- International Detention Coalition Newsletter ( October 2018 Issue )
- Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Roundup October 15, 2018
- Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Roundup September 24, 2018
- Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Roundup September 17, 2018
- Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Roundup September 3, 2018
- Refugee Research Digest, October 18, 2018
- Refugee Research Digest, October 3, 2018
- Refugee Research Digest, September 7, 2018
- RESPOND: Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond, Newsletter Issue 2 ( September 2018 )
- Right to Remain - latest news
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July 2018
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The Guardian publishes the full UNITED List of 34,361 refugee deaths on 20 June 2018, World Refugee Day
EC Migration Agreement: European Council conclusions, 28 June 2018
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New academic research centre dedicated to statelessness
Statelessness, discrimination, and marginalisation of Roma in Albania
Short Pieces
Palestinian refugees and the right of return in international law
Why domestic abuse and anti-gay violence qualify as persecution in asylum law
Highlight: changing US asylum response
House bills would largely dismantle asylum system at U.S.-Mexico border
Trump Executive Order fails to end abuses at U.S. border
USCIS takes down 26 PDFs for training asylum officers from its website
US immigration court backlog jumps while case processing slows
Former United States Immigration Judges and Board Members respond to Attorney General’s intervention against asylum seekers fleeing domestic violence
The health of the refugees on strike in danger because of the punitive approach of the Minister
EuroMed Rights General Assembly: 80 human rights organisations from the Mediterranean region gather in Brussels
Access to asylum and detention at France’s borders: ECRE published mission report
Victory for asylum seekers in South Africa as Constitutional Court rules on extension of temporary permits
The Illegal Economy of Refugee Registration: Insights into the Ugandan Refugee Scandal #PublicAuthority
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights press briefing note on Algeria and Libya
New CAP brief sheds light on why people continue to flee Latin America
Netherlands: National authorities failed to investigate if applicant would have access to psychological care in Belgium in practice
Austria: Supreme Administrative Court upholds exclusion from refugee status of asylum applicant who was convicted of child sexual abuse
France: Government continues to clear migrant camps in Paris
UNHCR and UNDP sign MoU with Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya refugees
The International Crisis Group releases its May 2018 overview
Transformative participation is essential for refugee children’s involvement in Uganda’s development
Thailand: Ensure refugee rights and protections through refugee legislation (Joint statement by Fortify Rights, APRRN and CRSP)
Turkey: Strengthening legal protection and access to justice
Niger sends Sudanese refugees back to Libya
Case Notes
How a legal challenge on Rohingya deportation could redefine the bounds of international justice
European Court of Human Rights communicates asylum-related cases regarding Romania, Croatia and the Netherlands
Opinion and Editorial
Asylum in Europe - Where do we go now?
Letters to the editors
Refugee children’s involvement in Uganda’s development
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June 2018
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ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights calls for urgent action from ASEAN members on the refugee crises in Rakhine State
Refugees International dismayed by U.S. Decision to end temporary protected status for Honduras
Report on illegal immigration and violations of the rights of Asylum Seekers in Sudan
Afghanistan remains unsuitable and unsafe for returning refugees
Kenya: Leading the way on FGM
High Court remedy for woman embroiled in disputed citizenship claim
Joint Statement on the growing problem of homelessness among asylum-seekers in Cyprus
Effects of new Bosnian route being felt in Slovenia
Leaving Libya by boat: What happens after interception?
Ireland: New list of safe countries of origin adopted
Continuing conflicts that create refugees
Case Notes
Statement on US DOJ’s decision to halt Legal Orientation Program
France: Bill could undermine Asylum-Seekers’ rights
European Court of Human Rights: Ljatifi v. FYROM
European Court of Human Rights: Case against Italy will raise issue of cooperation with Libyan Coast Guard
Netherlands: District Court of The Hague rules on obligation to provide reasons when Article 17 of the Dublin III Regulation is invoked
UK Court of Appeal: cessation decision is independent of an assessment of a risk of violation of Article 3 ECHR
Germany: Administrative Court of Dusseldorf quashes transfer of Syrian family to Romania
United States: Matter of L-M-P, 27 I&N Dec. 265 (BIA 2018)
United States: Advocates challenge Attorney General’s unilateral review of asylum precedent for domestic violence survivors
Opinion and Editorial
Sexual orientation, gender identity and asylum in the UK: Is “discretion” ever a choice?
The European Union is responsible for the refugee crisis
Assorted other editorial and opinion pieces
Letters to the editors
Refugee and host community youth showcase acquired film making skills
Video messages for 3rd South-South Institute on Sexual Violence against Men and Boys
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May 2018
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Circumventing non-refoulement or fighting “illegal migration”?
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Short Pieces
HIGHLIGHT: KIZIBA CAMP REFUGEE PROTEST
Female refugees denied the right to pass citizenship to children in Lebanon’s proposed law
New Statelessness Index reveals protection gaps across Europe and points to a better approach to tackling statelessness
Greece: Government defies court on asylum seekers reinstates containment policy that keeps people trapped on islands
Asylum Access legal team wins groundbreaking African Court ruling
Agreement for better access to legal aid for refugees In Malaysia
NGO rescue boat is held by Italian authorities after refusing to cooperate with Libyan coastguard
Supporting refugees in Greece: EUR 180 million in emergency support
Situation for asylum seekers in Paris remains critical despite promises
Bangladesh and UNHCR agree on voluntary returns framework for when refugees decide conditions are right
Book review: Protecting Stateless Persons: The implementation of the “Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons” across EU states
UK: Home Office has relapsed in treatment of refugee children, inspection finds
UNHCR Operational Update
Case Notes
CJEU: Refugees who are minors can apply for families to join them in EU-Court, C550/16
USA: Groups challenge government’s failure to notice and comply with asylum application procedures, Mendez Rojas v. Johnson
UK: Zambino principle revisited by Court of Appeal
Opinion and Editorial
Collected opinion and editorial pieces
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Monitoring Visit by Office of the Prime Minister to Adjumani, Refugee Law Project, Uganda
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Request for contacts working with resettled Vietnamese in the US
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April 2018
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Short Pieces
Organisations appeal to the Prime Minister of Malaysia to prevent the refoulement of 11 detained Uyghur men
New risks to civilians displaced by Boko Haram in Nigeria: Politics driving plans for returns to unsafe conditions
The power of civil mobilisation: How ordinary people stepped-in to help refugees in Northern Greece
Italy Shuts Down ‘Worrying’ Migrant Hotspot
Libyan coast guard vs NGO: Italy and the EU have chosen their allies
France: A sharp rise in rates of child detention is cause for concern
Αlmost two years after EU-Turkey statement, people are still trapped on the islands
Know your rights: A guide for migrants
Uganda: Giving hope to visually impaired woman in Palabek Refugee Settlement
Reawakening Awareness of Empowerment of Refugee Women and Girls in Uganda
Shrinking options: The nexus between climate change, displacement, and security in the Lake Chad Basin
Case Notes
M.K. v. Russia (application no. 35346/16) [Articles 2. 3 and 5 ECHR], 27 February 2018
CJEU: Request for a preliminary ruling, C-680/17 Vethanayagam
CJEU: Request for a preliminary ruling, C-635/17 E
USA: Matter of A-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 227 (A.G. 2018)
USA: Groups challenge Trump administration’s arbitrary detention of asylum seekers
USA: Order granting plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction (immigration detention)
USA: Nielsen v. Preap (focus: detention, criminal alien)
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Resource: new UNHCR updates on the situation in South Sudan
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March 2018
Articles
Thoughts on the Deportation of De-Facto Citizens
Prison or deportation: The impossible choice for asylum seekers in Israel
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In solidarity with civil society in Hungary
Belgium: Returns to Sudan violated principles of non-refoulement
Australia: Humanitarian crisis looms as government collapses lifesaving support services for people seeking asylum
Deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers from Israel and the legality of relocation/transfer agreements
Thailand returns UNHCR recognised refugee to Cambodia despite overwhelming safety concerns
Despite global refugee crisis, Japan accepts only 20 refugees in 2017
Statement on Israel’s latest deportation scheme
Netherlands: Plans to curtail legal aid to asylum seekers
Mass arrests and detention of migrants again in Algeria
Legal aid (individual legal representation in asylum/refugee context) for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Greece: Challenges and barriers
Israel appeals tribunal rules: Desertion from the Eritrean military is a valid claim for asylum
US Asylum Office implements major changes to asylum interview scheduling
European Court of Human Rights gives legitimacy to conditions in hotspot and detention under EU Turkey Statement – NGOs concerned
Case Notes
European Court of Human Rights ruling in M.A. v. France (application no. 9373/15) [Article 3, Article 13 ECHR], 1 February 2018
Communicated cases against Italy, the Netherlands and Russia by the European Court of Human Rights
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): Requests for a preliminary ruling, C-582/17 H & C-583/17 R
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): Requests for a preliminary ruling, C-661/17 M.A., S.A., A.Z.
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child delivers its first decision on the merits of an individual communication
UK Court of Appeal: guidance on stays of removal in Article 3 ECHR cases with reference to Paposhvili v Belgium
Italy: Court of Cassation clarifies the scope of the right to legal aid for “irregular migrants”
CJEU: Judgment in case C-360/16 Hasan, 25 January 2018
CJEU: Judgment in case C-473/16 F, 25 January 2018
CJEU: AG Opinion in cases C-175/17 X and C-180/17 X and Y, 24 January 2018
Matter of J-C-H-F-, 27 I&N Dec. 211 (BIA 2018): US Board of Immigration Appeals upholds Immigration Judge’s rejection of appeal based on applicant’s border interview
NYC’s Immigration Court erodes accommodations for children without attorneys
Deportation of foreign criminals: out of country appeals still lawful
Opinion and Editorial
Turkey is using Syrian refugees as bargaining chips as it moves against the Kurds
How to solve our broken refugee resettlement system?
Letters to the editors
Training the military to protect the rights of refugees
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MigrAsyl News 30 January 2018
The SOGICA newsletter: Issue 5 (19 February 2018)
Adala UK: An update on recent events in relation to Western Sahara
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February 2018
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Submission of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network to the tenth annual High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges on the theme of “Towards a global compact on refugees”
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Australia case exceeds eight years in detention
Short Pieces
Key legal considerations on the standards of treatment of refugees recognized under the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa
UN refugee agency underscores the role of the judiciary in refugee protection
UNHCR appeals to Israel over forced relocations policy
Serbia extradites Kurdish activist to Turkey despite UN request to stall
Making Asylum Numbers Count – Gaps and Reform Needs in the Area of Asylum Statistics
Greece: suspension of protection grant after first-ever government appeal against positive asylum decision
Spain: Sea arrivals met with automatic detention and barriers to legal assistance
Refugee press statement: Against inhumanity! Stop the camp system! We’re refugees, not prisoners! Gegen die Unmenschlichkeit! Stoppt das Lager System! Wir sind Geflüchtete, keine Gefangene!
Who does UNRWA help and where? What you need to know now about cuts to the UN’s agency for Palestine refugees
Scotland leads the way on refugee integration
Asylum statistics 2017: Shifting patterns, persisting disparities
Concern grows for women and children fleeing Cameroon
New Israeli government plans to deport Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda
“I won’t fly refugees to their deaths”: The El Al pilots resisting deportation
Sweden: Current situation in asylum
Germany: State of play
Rescued and caught: the humanitarian-security nexus at Europe’s frontiers
The price of impact: reflections on academic outreach amid the “refugee crisis”
Case Notes
SSHD Not Entitled to Continue to Detain After Receiving Rule 35 Report: Ilori, R (On the Application Of) v SSHD [2017] EWHC 3355 (Admin) (21 December 2017)
Switzerland: Landmark ruling on the right of appeal against Dublin transfers brings court in line with CJEU
Maribel Trujillo Diaz v. Jefferson B Sessions, III, Attorney General
Immigration Judge denies applications for asylum and withholding of removal and orders them removed from the United States (Matter of W-Y-C- & H-O-B-, Respondents)
Hearing in Failed Deportation Flight Monday, January 8: Somalis injured in transit
Asylum victory in Hartford: Matter of R-G- (death threats from gangs in Honduras, El Salvador)
Challenge to legality of Dublin significant risk of absconding regulations 2017
Opinion and Editorial
Israel must reveal and reverse cruel policies on refugees
Amid US funding cuts, UNRWA appeals for health and dignity of Palestinian refugees
Israel’s plan to deport Eritreans and Sudanese to Rwanda is a wake-up call for Europeans
Cooperation with Morocco in the EU’s African Border: A laboratory of externalization
To the Bulgarian Presidency: EU global punch needs inner solidarity
Newsletters
Global Detention Project newsletter, January newsletter
Refugee Research Digest, 17 January 2018
Refugee Studies Centre monthly news update December 2017
EUROMed Rights MigrAction
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Resource: Right to Remain launches new toolkit to help navigate UK immigration and asylum system
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January 2018
Articles
The requirement of proportionality in the interpretation of the 1951 Convention exclusion provisions
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Statelessness
European Network on Statelessness: Statement to Bulgaria’s Presidency of the European Union on Addressing Statelessness in Europe
Short Pieces
USA: ICE abuses men and women on 48-hour deportation flight to Somalia
EASO preparing for transformation into EUAA
Humanitarian aid should be amped up for South Sudanese refugees in DRC
“I am only looking for my rights” - Legal employment still inaccessible to refugees in Turkey
UK: Dramatic decline in access to legal help for immigration detainees, reports charity
ECRE/ELENA legal note on access to legal aid in Europe
UK: Indefinite detention and the rule of law
Inside Britain’s asylum appeal system – what it’s like to challenge the Home Office
Human rights advocates from across Asia continue calls for refugee legislation in Taiwan
UNHCR welcomes launch of “Refugee Coalition for Europe”
Canada: Five years later, refugees are suffering the consequences of unfair and inefficient changes to the refugee system
UNHCR seeking 1,300 urgent resettlement places for vulnerable refugees in Libya
UNHCR welcomes Djibouti’s new refugee laws
UNHCR evacuates 74 vulnerable refugees from Libya to Niger
7th English for Adults Certificate Award Ceremony & 10 years of English for Adults at RLP, Uganda
Case Notes
Boudraa v. Turkey (application no. 1009/16) [Articles 3 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)], 28 November 2017
Ireland: Court of Appeal rules that applicant was not afforded a fair procedure by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal
UK Upper Tribunal rules on the benefit of the doubt in age assessment cases
Italy: Council of State suspends a Dublin transfer to Bulgaria due to deficiencies in the Bulgarian asylum system
S.F. and others v. Bulgaria (application no. 8138/16) [Article 3 ECHR], 7 December 2017
Communicated cases against France, Russia, Czech Republic and Hungary
Canada: Federal Court grants organisations standing in legal challenge of Safe Third Country Agreement
Challenge to legality of Dublin significant risk of absconding regulations 2017
Opinion and Editorial
Externalizing brutality to Libya is not an answer to displacement
Letters to the Editors
What happens to refugees sent from Israel to Rwanda?
Newsletters
Global Detention Project newsletter, November 2017
MigrAsyl Newsletter 2017
Kaldor Centre biannual newsletter, December 2017
Refugee Studies Centre monthly news update, November 2017
MigrAction news
Detention workshop update, 28 November 2017
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Grants and awards: Nominations for UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
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December 2017
Articles
Why some E.U. States want hotspots in the Sahel
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Statelessness
Stateless persons forced to remain in ‘perpetual limbo’ in Malta
Africa: UNHCR report exposes the discrimination pervading the life of stateless minorities worldwide
Short Pieces
Rwanda: Exceptions to cessation under 1 C (5) of the 1951 Geneva Convention
Asylum for witches
Stop persecuting the persecuted: Australia must provide safety and long-term solutions to refugees on Manus Island
Over a year after the demolition of the Calais “Jungle,” 400 minors remain stranded in France
Statement by Conference on Responsibility-Sharing for Refugees in the Euro-Mediterranean Space
Bangladesh resists greater UNHCR role in Rohingya crisis
Egypt: We need to talk about al-Sisi’s twisted take on human rights
NGOs sign open letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asking the government to allow refugees off Greek islands
Administrative Detention In Greece Remains Problematic
Case Notes
UK Court of Appeal on personal history of conversion as part of religious belief
Germany: Constitutional Court ruled that the refusal of legal aid for appeals against subsidiary protection by Syrian nationals was unlawful
The right to an effective remedy in the case of a delayed Dublin transfer
Sri Lankan national seeking asylum in the UK on the grounds of subsidiary protection, testing whether the scope extends to psychological health
Eritrean child seeking asylum in the Netherlands: the right to family reunification and gaps in protection in regards to the the age of majority
France: court decisions on Dublin detention contrast with government reform plans
Opinion and Editorial
US must not dismantle Population, Refugees and Migration bureau
Obstacles to accessing international protection and restriction of rights of asylum seekers in the Spanish enclaves in Africa
More “safe” third country concept: Less safe world
Why Indonesia shows the IOM isn’t necessarily helping migrants
Nothing utopian about an archipelago of exclusion: A transnational union of self-governing refugee communities would close doors even more
Progressively compromised: Left parties on refugee rights
UNHCR has failed to stand up for refugee rights during crucial EU-Turkey deal judgement
Letters to the Editors
‘They forced us onto trucks like animals’
Newsletters
Refugee Research Network (RRN) Research Digest
EuroMed Rights: MigrAction News
Odysseus Network, October 2017
NGO Action News
Global Detention Project Newsletter, October 2017
The Refugee Brief: The UN Refugee Agency’s daily news digest
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Grants and awards: Steinberg Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
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Request: 3rd country returns to Turkey
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November 2017
Articles
Hassouna, the K2 case, and citizenship removal
The double edged sword of discretion in LGBT refugee cases in the UK
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Detention and Deportation News
Statelessness
Short Pieces
India can’t mistreat refugees by not signing refugee convention
Algeria: Illegal arrests, detention and forced removal of hundreds of migrants
Factors influencing decision making by people fleeing Central America
Thousands of migrants caught up in intense fighting in Sabratha
One step forward and two steps back for unaccompanied minors from Calais
The scene is set for yet another predictable winter tragedy and continued blame game in Greece
MSF report discloses violence by EU border authorities along Balkan route
UK detention policy on victims of torture unlawful, High Court rules
Germany: conservative bloc introduces controversial cap on access for people in need of protection
A regional update from EuroMed Rights
Migration control top priority at European Union Member State level - substantial growth of EU Agency Frontex
Home is close, but so far away for Central African Republic refugees
New York Declaration on Refugees: A One-year report card
Australian firm Canstruct takes up toxic contract profiting from the abuse of refugees
Statement released by the members of People’s South Asian Association for Regional Corporation (SAARC) who met in Kathmandu on 13-14 September 2017
NGO Statement on the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) and Coordination
Case Notes
US Court of Appeals (CA9) affirms Hernandez v. Sessions class action injunction (unreasonable immigration bonds)
US Supreme Court rules in favour of government transparency against private prison corporations
Mother detained with baby for 72 hours is awarded R180 000 in damages by South African Court
CJEU: Opinion AG Wahl in Case C-473/16 F
CJEU: Request for a preliminary ruling from the French Cour de cassation, C-444/17 Arib
Greece: Council of State on Turkey as a safe third country and aspects of the Greek asylum procedure
France: Administrative Court of Appeal of Douai rules on margin of error of bone tests to determine applicant’s age
Italy appeals lodged before the entry into force of new asylum law have automatic suspensive effect
Finland: Administrative Court rules application must be given opportunity to be heard to explain why he had not disclosed his sexual orientation in the interview
Opinion and Editorial
Success of the European Agenda on Migration should not be judged by reduction of arrivals
Letters to the Editors
SOGICA project
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Grants and awards: Ockendon Prize for projects supporting refugees and internally displaced people
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October 2017
Articles
Four years after cessation of status for former Rwandan refugees
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Detention and Deportation News
Statelessness
Short Pieces
Barbara Harrell-Bond featured in Oxford Festival of the Arts’ Gratitude Project
Joint Statement on the High-Level Dialogue between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Accountability needed for killings of Burundian exiles in the Democratic Republic of Congo
On the unfolding situation of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants sleeping rough in the streets of Brussels – Interview with Jolien Potemans, Policy Officer at the Flemish Refugee Action who has been on location several times
Central Mediterranean situation: UNHCR calls for an additional 40,000 resettlement places
Vulnerability in European asylum procedures: new AIDA comparative report
Neither here, nor there: Georgian refugees from Abkhazia
The Michigan Guidelines on Refugee Freedom of Movement, or: how explosive existing law can be
Preparing for the asylum interview - from those who have been there
LGBT Chechens covertly brought to Canada, granted asylum
Myanmar: End attacks in Rakhine State, protect civilians
Case Notes
Australian court approves AUD 70 million payout for Papua New Guinea detainees
European Court of Human Rights, Khaldarov v. Turkey (no. 23619/11), [Articles 3 and 5]
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled against a Dublin transfer of a single mother with four minor children to Bulgaria
ECJ Case C-18/16 K on the validity of detention for asylum seekers while verifying nationality
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 6 April 2017 — X, other party: Belastingdienst/Toeslagen - Case C-175/17
European Court of Justice dismisses the actions brought by Slovakia and Hungary against the provisional mechanism for the mandatory relocation of asylum seekers
US Third Circuit Court of Appeals finds that ‘terrorism bar’ does not apply unless party leaders have been found to have authorised terrorist activity carried out by members
Court of Appeals upholds Attorney General’s decision to deny foreign nationals illegally re-entering the US the right to apply for asylum
The legality of Manus Island detention under Australian law: The High Court decides in Plaintiff S195
Non-state actors and non-refoulement: The UK Supreme Court’s decision in Zain Taj Dean
Opinion and Editorial
Letters to the Editors
Refugee Law Project comments on male sexual violence in South Sudan
New Refugee Law Project blogpost on unaccompanied refugee children in Africa
Israeli Supreme Court rejects indefinite detention for refusing third country deportation & Aftermath of Israeli court ruling on third country deportations
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September 2017
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Palestinian Refugees and the (Mis-)interpretation of Article 1D of the 1951 Refugee Convention
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Cambodia: Open Letter regarding potential refoulement of Montagnard asylum seekers
The importance of refugee-led organisations to effective refugee responses
So, your country isn't keen to resettle refugees. Are you?
Seven must-read stories this World Refugee Day
Insecurity, economic crisis, abuse and exploitation in Libya push refugees and migrants to Europe, new study reveals
Canada: Legal challenge of Safe Third Country Agreement launched
UNHCR welcomes registration of a million undocumented Afghans in Pakistan
UNHCR Chief calls on Australia to end harmful practice of offshore processing
Kaldor Centre responds to UNHCR statement on Australia’s offshore processing
Refugees in urban Egypt: It’s time to reassess UNHCR’s 2009 Policy on refugee protection and solutions in urban areas
What does a genuine lesbian/gay relationship look like in the eyes of asylum decision makers?
Refugee status and British citizenship or requirements to obtain British citizenship
New refugee framework “dead in the water” without more international support
The war on migrants continues: NGOs harassed in the Mediterranean
Preparing an asylum application: Some thoughts regarding method
Book Review: Jason M. Pobjoy’s ‘The Child in International Refugee Law’
Book Review: Ruvi Ziegler’s ‘Voting Rights of Refugees’
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S.M.M. a Zimbabwean National v. the UK – Unlawful Detention – Violation of the right to liberty and security of the European Convention
USA: Challenging customs and border protection’s unlawful practice of turning away asylum seekers
Suspension clause habeas victory in Detroit: Hamama v. Adducci
US EOIR Immigration Judge Benchbook no longer in use
USA: Jeff Chase on Matter of N-A-I-
The legality of Manus Island detention under Australian law: The High Court decides in plaintiff S195
South Africa: Constitutional Court unanimously upholds the rights of all detainees to access to courts
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The State Department should consider refugee agency assurances as bona fide relationships
World must seize the moment to support South Sudanese refugees
Letters to the editors
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project concerning their federal lawsuit NWIRP v. Sessions (USA)
Kaldor Center - Professor Jane McAdam Awarded Prestigious International Human Rights Prize
Refugee Law Project Uganda - Mobile legal aid clinic; an efficient tool in the administration of justice for refugees
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July 2017
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NGO Statement on International Protection at ExCom Standing Committee 69th Session
Report: UNHCR RSD Retreat at 2017 Annual UNHCR-NGO Consultations
Understanding the importance of a national legislation for refugee protection in India
In support of religious minorities, rule of law, and Lakshan Dias
Relocation and its numbers – Which role for the courts?
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Refugees: The Trojan horse of terrorism?
Italy’s migrant reception system is breaking
Alleged push-backs of Turkish nationals at Greek-Turkish land border raise strong concerns over access to asylum in Greece
Switzerland: Federal Administrative Court suspends a Dublin transfer to Hungary
European Commission launches infringement procedure against Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
Potential expansion of Eurodac database scope raises data protection concerns
Failure to act to address climate change will lead to more displacement, migration, and humanitarian emergencies
I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know
The Republic of Cyprus should proceed with the immediate implementation of CERD’s recommendations
Refugees International report details “hell” for refugees and migrants in Libya
Surging violence in Central African Republic forces 88,000 to flee
Update on rescue at sea operations in the Central Mediterranean
Canada: Legal aid for refugees is essential and must be adequately funded
UK: Grants of asylum year ending March 2017
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USA: Full 9th Circuit recommends asylum for gay Mexican
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) response to UK Supreme Court judgment on out-of-country appeals in the case of Kiarie and Byndloss
USA: Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 40 (BIA 2017)
Immigration detention and the rule of law: the ECJ’s first ruling on detaining asylum-seekers in the Dublin system
Country Policy and Information Note - Ukraine: Prison Conditions
South Africa: Somali Association & 8 Others V Minister of Home Affairs & 4 Others Case no 99766/15
M.M. v. Bulgaria (no. 75832/13) [Article 5 § 4], 8 June 2017
Decision of the UK Immigration Commissioner’s Office: John O v. Home Office
Damages for unlawful detention: Chaparadza, R (Application Of) v SSHD [2017] EWHC 1209 (Admin) (24 May 2017)
Australia: Plaintiff M96A and the elusive limits of immigration detention
OpEd
How to really help refugees: TedTalk by Asylum Access Founder
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Aid Organization for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel (ASSAF) releases annual report
Darfur refugees to be granted residency in Israel
International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ) World Conference
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June 2017
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Special highlight: UNHCR-NGO consultations 2017
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Conditions in hotspots are chilling
Refugees stranded between Morocco and Algeria
Hungary leaves negotiations with EU Commission and prepares for legal battle
AIDA briefing: accelerated, prioritised and fast-track asylum procedures in Europe
UNHCR’s priorities for the next UK government
Refugee advocates are losing the war of ideas
Tribunal gives guidance on general principles in deprivation of citizenship appeals
American Bar Association International Refugee Law Committee Updates
Australia’s Forcible Deportations of Unwell Asylum Seekers: Legal Obligations
UN refugee chief Grandi in Libya: UNHCR ramping up its humanitarian response
Israel: the struggle against the “Deposit Law” continues
European Commission follows up on infringement procedure against Hungary concerning its asylum law
Budget 2017: Another missed opportunity for Australia and for refugees
Thousands of families excluded from benefit of increased age of dependent children
AIDA Briefing: Accelerated, prioritised and fast-track asylum procedures in Europe
Commission follows up on Hungary infringement procedure
Hungary: new legislation undermining asylum seekers’ rights enters into force
Proving continued danger of interpersonal violence: The realities of care responsibilities
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No human rights issues to be raised in European Economic Area (EEA) appeals, confirms Court of Appeal
The Queen on the application of RSM, a child by his litigation friend ZAM and ZAM v Secretary of State for the Home Department
National Immigration Law Center responds to continuation of Haitian temporary protected status programme
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Despite hiring, United States Immigration Court backlog and wait times climb
Israel’s “Deposit Law” for refugees
The future of asylum in India
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May 2017
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The emergence of the entry human rights principle: Looking beyond the X.X. case
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Ill-treatment of migrants in Greek law enforcement - Are the Strasbourg Court judgments the tip of the iceberg?
Slovenia: Amendments to the Aliens Act enable the state to activate closure of the border for asylum seekers
Government of Malaysia should investigate deaths in immigration detention centres, prosecute human traffickers, and end protracted detention of refugees and migrants
UNHCR urges suspension of transfers of asylum seekers to Hungary under European Union (EU) Dublin Regulation
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) call on the Cypriot Ministry of Interior to re-examine the application of the stateless Kurds for citizenship
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) deliver ten statements at UNHCR standing committee
European Commission: “Protection of children in migration” and progress report on relocation and resettlement
Airport lawyering
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Detention of Dublin Regulation asylum seekers held to be unlawful
Asylum Seekers’ Detention in Moscow Airport Unlawful, Inhuman and Degrading
Justice Collins asks UK SSHD to consider compassion before resorting to law
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April 2017
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Asylum visas as an obligation under European Union (EU) law: Case PPU C-638/16 X, X v État belge
South Africa’s refugee policy: New grounds to exclude refugees from refugee protection
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Misguided and harmful: new European Commission policy on returns
Asylum Information on Hungary: Detention of all asylum seekers
Asylum seekers protest against the problematic asylum procedures in Finland
ECtHR ruling in support of complaints from unaccompanied minors in Italy
AIDA reports on Italy, Malta and Spain - Southern borders a laboratory for deflection policies
ABA International Refugee Law Committee issues ‘hot topics’ list for end of March 2017
Signing of a memorandum for cooperation between NGOs and the Cyprus police
Manus deportation reports raise legal concerns
UK Home Office Guideline: Afghan gay asylum-seekers expected to conceal their sexual orientation to avoid persecution when sent back
UK Home Office ends policy of automatic settlement for refugees after five years
Afghan refugees in Pakistan need safety and security
Exclusive: UK “voluntary” returns – refugee coercion and NGO complicity
Pakistan: Mass forced returns of Afghan refugees, UN Refugee Agency Complicit in government coercion
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European Court of Justice (ECJ) rules that European Union (EU) Member States are not required by EU law to grant humanitarian visas
European Court of Human Rights rules in support of complaints from unaccompanied minors in Italy
The European Union (EU) General Court declares lack of jurisdiction to hear and determine the actions brought by three asylum seekers against the EU-Turkey statement which seeks to resolve the migration crisis
New Court of Justice of the European Union ruling increases human rights protection for asylum seekers in Dublin system
US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Justia opinion summary: S.A.B. v. Boente, No. 15-1834 (Seventh Circuit 2017)
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March 2017
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South African parliament hears public comments on the Refugees Amendment Bill
The truth behind the so-called “success” of the Migration Partnership Framework
Is strategic litigation a way of ensuring that the rights of unaccompanied minors are fully considered in law, policy and practice?
Trafficked Eritrean refugees demonstrate the need for legal and other assistance in transit
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Responsibility sharing for refugees: Now is the time to increase, not decrease, refugee resettlement worldwide
Thai government resolution for protection of refugees
Presidential decree on treatment of refugees in Indonesia
Italy: Plans to expand immigration detention
Delegation to Sudan uncovers human rights cost of EU deals on migration
EU and Italy take steps towards cooperation in migration control with Libya, amid heavy criticism
EU border agency targeted “isolated or mistreated” individuals for questioning
Hungarian government submits new asylum bill on collective push-backs and automatic detention
Papua New Guinea must guarantee safety of Iranian refugee
Poland to follow Slovenia in closing borders for refugees
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BS (Congo) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 53
Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-638/16 PPUX and X v État Belge
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Refugees are not “political resources”
Our moral obligations to refugees go beyond giving them refuge
Under Trump’s “extreme vetting,” should dictators vet the refugees they create?
Assessing Indonesia’s new decree on refugees
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February 2017
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These jurisdictions have become “asylum free zones”: In some US jurisdictions, the denial rate for refugees seeking asylum is as high as 98%
Central African Republic waiting for peace: On the issues with Fiona Mangan and Igor Acko
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Barbaros Şansal deported to Turkey: Respect for human rights in northern Cyprus hits rock bottom
Migration trends to watch in 2017
Locking down Africa
A medical doctor reflects on the treatment and healing of torture survivors
Naturalisation refusal on failure to meet the good character requirement - Challenge dismissed
Germany: Suspension of Dublin procedures to Greece set to end on 15 March 2017
Italy: Security checks by Irish police blocks relocation of refugees
2016 developments and new year wishes from the Refugee Law Project in Uganda
Spain: Collective expulsions at the Moroccan border
Greece: Refugees with disabilities overlooked, underserved
Italy and Germany step up measures to deter asylum seekers
Taiwan urged to pass national refugee legislation and provide genuine protection to refugees
Senegal: Around 45,000 have fled political uncertainty in The Gambia
Myanmar: Kachin Christians feared “disappeared”
Canada: Refugee claimants entering from US need our protection
EUROMED: Migration and Asylum in the EuroMed region
China: Protect ethnic Kachin refugees fleeing war in northern Myanmar
US federal court grants nationwide class status in suit to protect asylum seekers
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American Civil Liberties Union challenges US ban after refugees detained at airports
UK Supreme Court criticises complexity of immigration rules (but dismisses case anyway)
Blocking detainees’ access to legal advice websites probably breaches Article 10 ECHR
Case C. K. and Others, C-578/16, request to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of Republic Slovenia
Victims of domestic violence can form particular social group according to UK Upper Tribunal
Iraqi who fled Greece after ‘Golden Dawn’ attacks wins right to ‘in-country’ appeal against refusal of UK asylum and human rights claims
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit clarifies standards for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture
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A dark winter in Europe
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January 2017
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Building capacity for mental health professionals working with refugees
The aftermath of an invalid referendum on relocation of asylum seekers: A constitutional amendment in Hungary
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Protection struggles: Australia’s approach to LGBTIQ asylum seekers and refugees
Asylum outcome in the US increasingly depends on judge assigned
US asylum denial rates rise to 57% in FY 2016, unrepresented increase
Refugees fall victim to people “ping pong” in the Balkans
Migration trends to watch in 2017
Blocking detainees’ access to legal advice websites at UK immigration removal centres probably breaches Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
Detention of vulnerable persons in international protection proceedings in Poland
Rohingya and responsibility
US asylum granted to Salvadoran woman who cooperated with police and who was viewed as “property” by a gang
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Refugee Council of Australia wins landmark case on citizenship for former refugees
Report on the ruling of Chiang Rai juvenile court in the case of Somali refugee child
USA: Matter of M-S-B-, Respondent
European Court of Human Rights: Paposhvili v. Belgium (no. 41738/10, GC)
Khlaifia v. Italy (no. 16483/12, GC)
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): Case C. K. and Others, C-578/16), request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of Republic Slovenia
Belgium: Belgian Council for Alien Law Litigation has referred preliminary questions to Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on application and interpretation Article 25(1) Visa Code and has referred question to the Constitutional Court
United Kingdom: Victims of domestic violence can form particular social group according to Upper Tribunal
Hotline for Refugees and Migrants secures refugee status for Darfuri in Israel
Penang Stop Human Trafficking Campaign seeks support to end atrocities in Myanmar
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December 2016
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The politics of protection and the right to food in protracted refugee situations
Post-deportation risks in times of externalised border control
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William Maley’s “What is a Refugee”
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Will the UN become complicit in Pakistan’s illegal return of Afghan refugees?
What progress has been made following the Andaman Sea “crisis” in 2015?
UNHCR welcomes Kenya statement, urges flexibility on timeframes for Somali refugees
Canada goes tough on lawyer and judge for bias on Roma cases; Brexit might be rough on the Roma
What happens after deportation? Human stories behind the closed doors of Europe
International protection beneficiary from Mosul is detained under risk of deportation
Human Rights First and the International Refugee Assistance Project release white paper outlining private refugee sponsorship program
Press statement by the Nigeria High Commission on returns from the United Kingdom
Ban on asylum seekers coming to Australia
Lawyers for Human Rights to challenge constitutionality of immigration detention laws
Unravelling travelling: Asylum Information Database (AIDA) legal briefing on travel documents for beneficiaries of international protection
Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network statement: Allow safe passage to Bangladesh for persecuted Rohingya
Rights of Central American migrants in Mexico
Greece in 2016: Vulnerable people left behind
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R (on the application of Johnson) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2016] UKSC 56
U.S. Court of Appeals remands Roma asylum case with a discussion of expert testimony and a respondent’s financial means to advance an asylum claim
Unpublished US asylum victory concerning the one-year filing deadline
Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirms decision not to grant a Protection Visa to Sri Lankan applicant, discounting his claim as a returnee failed asylum seeker
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Australian government rejects accusations of torture as poisonous refugee policy continues to find public support
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November 2016
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Arresting the mass detention of migrants: “Build trust, not walls”
Psychological first aid provision for urban refugees in Uganda: Opportunities and dilemmas
A personal account from Choucha, officially closed in 2013
Asylum Seekers File Class Action Lawsuit Against DHS Over One-Year Filing Deadline
Refugee Law in the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Danish suspension of resettlement – worst possible decision at the worst possible time
Fears for human rights as UK asylum appeal fees jump by 500%
Promoting and broadening the governance of forced migrants
No way home: time runs out for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal
UNHCR, African host countries agree on final steps to resolve Rwandan refugee situation
Switzerland sees decreasing need to protect asylum seekers with LTTE links
Stop killing innocent Rohingyas in Arakan
The European Union cooperates with the Egyptian Foundation for Refugee Rights to address migration issues in Egypt
The EU and Tunisia start negotiations on visa facilitation and readmission
Humanitarian corridors: beyond political gesture
Chaos in Chios: legal questions regarding the administrative procedure in the Greek hotspots
67th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme. Closing Remarks by Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Geneva, 6 October 2016
What the appointment of Antonio Guterres as UN secretary-general means for the refugee crisis
Securing Europe’s external borders: launch of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency
A reinforced Frontex agency: EU turns a deaf ear to NGO’s warnings
Statement from members of European Parliament: Women’s Boat to Gaza blocked, right to civilian passage interrupted
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New country guidance case on Eritrea: MST and Others (national service - risk categories) Eritrea (CG) [2016] UKUT 443 (IAC)
Developments in the US with respect to the one-year deadline for filing asylum applications
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October 2016
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Kenya camp closure threat triggers involuntary refugee returns to Somalia
Australia’s two faces on violence against women
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UNHCR releases series of operational updates on crisis situations around the world
“The new terrible”: neglected displacement crisis worsens in Lake Chad region
Poland: worsening restrictions and refusals of entry at the Eastern border
Switzerland pushing back migrants to Italy
Unaccompanied children refugees in Bulgaria face illegal detention
6th Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights highlights risks to deported failed asylum seekers
Civil society from across the Asia Pacific meets for 6th Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights
Morocco’s Droit et Justice Association continues Legal Aid for Refugees programme
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Immigration detention and mental illness in the UK: European Court of Human Rights finds against UK government violated Article 5.1 rights of mentally ill immigration detainee (V.M. v. the United Kingdom, no. 49734/12)
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September 2016
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EASO, EU law and life in the margins
Supporting aid: what non-lawyers can do to assist asylum seekers
After the boats: Refugee reception and the production of irregularity in Italy’s migration crisis
When a refugee isn’t
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European Court of Human Rights condemns Hungary for the unjustified and arbitrary detention of an LGBT asylum seeker
The ramifications of Kenya’s decision to expel refugees from Dadaab camp
Hungary: Latest amendments legalise extrajudicial push-back of asylum-seekers
Human rights organisations condemn Spain’s decision to exclude undocumented migrants from access to free healthcare
Central and North American states vow concerted action on refugees ahead of September UN summits
New Home Office API on gay asylum claims: Not fit for purpose
Establishing an EU Resettlement Framework: Frequently asked questions
Asylum: EU list of safe countries of origin to replace national lists in 3 years
Refugees and asylum seekers of sub-Saharan origin sit-in in front of UNHCR
Refugees: A small and relatively stable proportion of world migration
Sixty-five years on, 65 million people forcibly displaced
Appalling abuse, neglect of refugees on Nauru: Investigation on remote Pacific island finds deliberate abuse hidden behind wall of secrecy
Open Letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Citation for the award of an Honorary Doctorate to Barbara Harrell-Bond, 27 July 2016 at SOAS, University of London
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UK Court of Appeal concludes that ‘reasonableness test’ is not an assessment of the best interests of the child
Upper Tribunal of the UK Immigration and Asylum Chamber holds that short-term detention does not constitute persecution in Sudan
US federal appeals court rules that class of immigrants are entitled to bond hearing
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July 2016
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Reintegrating deported citizens into national development: The Jamaican model
Production of vulnerability: African refugees in Jordan
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Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) urge government of Kenya to reconsider intended closure of refugee camps
Children seeking asylum ask federal court to end their detention and appoint a monitor to oversee Obama’s detention policy
Statement regarding Sahrawi women held in Tindouf refugee camp
Vietnam: Drop charges against boat returnees
The EU and death at sea: the calculated and monitored dying in the Central Mediterranean
The Syrian refugee crisis: the end of the Common European Asylum System?
Refugees and asylum seekers of Sub-Saharan origin sit-In in front of UNHCR
Asylum - a right denied: no to the European Union’s lists of “safe countries”!
The UK Immigration Act 2016 in plain English
UNHCR Reforms (with some compromise): access to evidence, right to counsel, interpreters
Time to reform the way we protect refugees?
Prohibiting collective expulsion of aliens at the European Court of Human Rights
Dignity has no price tag
Is a model refugee policy in Africa doomed? Influx from South Sudan pushes Uganda’s progressive system to breaking point
Has Kenya’s brinkmanship over Dadaab worked? Kenya looks to UNHCR to help it solve its refugee dilemma
Tracking conflict worldwide: global overview of trends and outlook for May 2016
Members of the European Parliament ask European Union to verify whether Turkey is shooting Syrians who try to cross border
From refugees to prisoners: new data show that large swathes of the European public want their governments to show more solidarity with refugees, but instead the EU-Turkey deal has paved the way to mass detention
UN Human rights council moves the ball forward on refugee rights in Thailand, Tanzania
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Zafar, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the UK Home Department CO/5197/2015
ECtHR rule detention violation of Article 8: J.N. v UK
US judge throws out Islamophobic Texas lawsuit against Syrian refugees
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June 2016
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Without adequate reflection, new refugee solutions risk failing
Recent Attacks on Foreigners in Zambia
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UNHCR appeals to Kenya over decision to end refugee hosting
Government of Kenya statement on the closure of refugee camps
NGOs urge government of Kenya to reconsider intended closure of refugee camps
Families under siege: The hidden costs of the refugee crisis
Words of praise, deadly deeds: Turkey’s treatment of refugees
European Commission letter to Greek asylum authorities: All is well in Turkey
Myanmar’s National League for Democracy government must protect Rohingya people
Updates on the asylum and migration situation in Hungary: 6-18 May
Dublin is dead! Long live Dublin! The 4 May 2016 proposal of the European Commission
Questioning the conventional narrative on African irregular migrants
Continuing conflicts that create refugees
Cardiff charity launches major fundraising drive: “Save Asylum Justice”
Reform of rules on refugees’ loss of status urgent following new court decision
Imprisonment and deportation of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon
The Fast Track is dead
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UK legal aid residence test found unlawful and discriminatory
Decision: AT and another (Article 8 ECHR - Child Refugee - Family Reunification) Eritrea [2016] UKUT 227 (IAC)
MS v Secretary of State for the Home Department, UTIAC, AA/07855/2013
Babajanov v. Turkey (no. 49867/08) - forced illegal deportation to Iran unlawful
J.N. v UK – European Court on Human Rights Rule Detention Violation of Article 8
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Salvadoran asylum remand victory: Zelaya de Ceron v. Lynch
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May 2016
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How to pack for the “other refugee crisis”: My diary from Dilley
Humanitarian assistance and the politics of self-reliance: Uganda’s Nakivale refugee settlement
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“A humane and efficient asylum policy” – The European Commission proposals
The EU-Turkey deal in practice: Jeopardising the European asylum system
UNHCR: involve refugees & internally displaced in Colombia peace talks
The Syrian refugee crisis: The End of the Common European Asylum System?
What will happen to migrants returned Turkey?
UNHCR begins the relocation of Mozambican asylum-seekers to Luwani camp, Malawi
Western Sahara’s moment in the sun
UN member states should make strong recommendations to Sudan at upcoming human rights review
Action urgently needed as Central America asylum claims soar
Asylum in Canada is not for everyone (sorry about that)
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- New Rights in Exile Refugee Assistance list-serv launched, replacing FRLAN list
- Refugee Law Project (Uganda) launches new blog
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April 2016
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The impact of European Union law on family reunification in Greece
The EU hotspot approach at Lampedusa
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Rediscovering a winning formula for refugee protection
Protection and pragmatism: the EU-Turkey refugee deal in historical perspective
Thailand: Asylum seekers and refugees lack protection
EU/Turkey: Mass, fast-track returns threaten rights: Outline deal reveals contradictory positions on refugee protection
UN Secretary General calls to end plight of Sahrawi refugees
Entering UK and claiming asylum
All roads lead to Dar es Salaam
The place for human rights in Europe and the world is shakier than ever
EP study calls for more inclusive and gender-specific integration policies
Chief Inspector of Prisons calls for a time limit to immigration detention in the UK, in damning report
Conditions for refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border worsening by the day
Drastic change of policy on the “Balkan route” hinders access to protection
Netherlands: the expanding list of safe countries of origin
A global solution to a global refugee crisis
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Allocating responsibility for an asylum application through Convention rights: the potential impact of ZAT & Others
Detention of asylum-seekers: the first CJEU judgment
EU court rules Germany can require refugees to live in certain places
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Protecting Stateless Persons from Arbitrary Detention
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February 2016
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Is a defensible decision by the UK immigration tribunals a thing of the past?
Refugees and asylum seekers: Barriers to accessing South Africa’s labour market
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Detention of asylum seekers: Interaction between the Return and Reception Conditions Directives in Bulgaria
The uncounted: Why can’t Europe count its migrant detainees?
Immigration raids target disabled refugees in the US
Continuing conflicts that create refugees
UNHCR observations on the proposed amendments to the Danish Aliens legislation
NGOs in France concerned over increasing detention of children
Special challenges Eritrean refugees face in Europe
Case Notes
UK Supreme Court grants permission in Appendix of Family Members cases
Moxamed Ismaaciil and Abdirahman Warsame v. Malta (nos. 52160/13 and 52165/13) [Articles 3, 5(1)f), 5(4)], 12 January 2016
A.G.R. v. The Netherlands (no. 13442/08); A.W.Q. and D.H. v. the Netherlands (no. 25077/06); M.R.A. and Others v. the Netherlands (no. 46856/07); S.D.M. v. the Netherlands (no. 8161/07); S.S.v. the Netherlands (no. 39575/06)
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights submits third party intervention in S.O. v. Austria (no. 44825/15) and A.A. v. Austria (44944/15) on Dublin transfers to Hungary
Letters to the editors
UK: Migrants’ Law Project reports Calais judgment handed down
ISRAEL: Physicians for Human Rights and Hotline for Migrant Workers issue letter to the UN Committee Against Torture
UK: Right to Remain Toolkit revision soon online
Announcements
Forced Migration Online to cease updating
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Vacancy: Mercy Corps International
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January 2016
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Detention and Deportation News
Focus: Southern Refugee Legal Aid Network Members
Request: Call to Southern Refugee Legal Aid Network (SRLAN) members
Focus: Rwanda Cessation Clause
Dr. Barbara Harrell-Bond: a very important update on Rwanda country conditions
Short Pieces
UK Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) supplementary briefing for House of Lords Second Reading of the Immigration Bill on 22 December 2015: Overseas domestic workers
UK: Well-attended workshop on FGM as grounds for seeking asylum
Book Review: Human Cargo, “An excellent introduction to refugees for the novice; and, a reminder to the experienced, how things have not improved.”
Turkey: EU risks complicity in violations as refugees and asylum-seekers locked up and deported
Donors promise initial USD 687.2 million for UNHCR operations in 2016, the highest amount ever
Asylum betrayed: Recruitment of Burundian refugees in Rwanda
European Economic and Social Committee visit to Austria on 15-16 December examines civil society organisations’ work with refugees
Review of “Post-deportation risks: Criminalised departure and risks for returnees in countries of origin”
Tenth anniversary of Frontex: Ten measures which put fundamental rights at risk
Council of the European Union adopts conclusions on statelessness
Report: Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network Trainings
Israeli district court rejects legal petition from human rights organisations and allows asylum seekers who refuse to leave Israel to be imprisoned indefinitely
Geoffrey Hoffman: US Executive Office for Immigration Review needs better immigration judges
South Korea: Act to save North Korean refugees
Continuing conflicts that create refugees
UK: the Immigration Bill is bad news for families
AIDA update Hungary: asylum reform restricts access to protection and contravenes EU rule s
AIDA update Poland: Swings and roundabouts with the introduction of a state legal aid system alongside additional grounds for inadmissibility and Dublin detention
Belgium restricts access to protection and leaves hundreds of asylum seekers without shelter
European Council for Refugees and Exiles fears human rights being left behind in the rush to an EU-Turkey deal
Case Notes
No human rights claims in EEA cases without Home Office approval, says UK Court of Appeal
Expert testimony in asylum cases: Matter of Y-S-L-C-, Respondent
R (on the application of Semeda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (statelessness; Pham [2015] UKSC 19 applied ) IJR [2015] UKUT 658 (IAC)
Refusal of citizenship to wife and children of Islamist extremist declared unlawful
Canadian Supreme Court decision on humanitarian decisions welcomed
Letters to the editors
Ara Trust: India introduces domestic asylum bill
Forum for Protection of People’s Rights Nepal: update on refugee protests in Nepal
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December 2015
Articles
Migration flows and the reintroduction of internal border controls: Assessing necessity and proportionality
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Focus: Southern Refugee Legal Aid Network Members
Lawyers for Human Rights pleased by dismissal of application against reopening Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Centre
Cyprus migrant rights group accuses UK government of bad faith in dealing with refugees at Sovereign Base territories
Short Pieces
Rwanda Cessation Clause
Nepal UNHCR representatives use police to beat refugees
“Sharing the Burden of Rescue”: Illegalised boat migration, the shipping industry and the costs of rescue in the Central Mediterranean
Devastating flooding affects 25,000 Sahrawi refugees in Tindouf camps
Statement on the Angolan cessation clause: former refugees from Angola face deportation as temporary permits expire
European Court of Human Rights rejects “traditional roles” justification of sex discrimination
Conditional Permanent Residence: Failure in policy and practice
Parallel realities: Refugees seeking asylum in Europe and Hungary’s reaction
Case Notes
UK Court of Appeal gives judgment on the “demand first, appeal later” regime
US appeals court rules against Obama's executive actions on immigration
Khaleseh v The Home Office [2015] EWHC 2995 (QB) (23 October 2015)
Turgunov v. Russia (no. 15590/14) – Violation of Article 3 if Extradited
UK Court of Appeals rules Home Office acted unlawfully by detaining Iranian child seeking asylum
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): Advocate General Opinion in Joint Cases C-443/14 and C-444/14 Alo and Osso
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Vacancy: University of California
Request: IASFM working group for archiving and documentation of history of forced migration
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November 2015
Articles
More Frontex is not the answer to the refugee crisis
Refugee freedom of movement restricted in Zambia
Volker Türk addresses populist politics, irresponsible media reporting, and a crisis of values in 66th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
News
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Short Pieces
Two pieces on FRONTEX:
Prolonging detention under the return directive in Poland
Rwanda Cessation Clause:
‘Hotspots’ for asylum applications: Some things we urgently need to know
ECRE Comments on the proposal for an EU common list of safe countries of origin
LFJL calls on the European Council to protect the human rights of migrants and asylum-seekers embarking from Libya
40 years a refugee, for the love of freedom
Case Notes
Advocate General’s Opinion in Joint Cases C-443/14 Kreis Warendorf v Ibrahim Alo et C-444/14 Amira Osso v Region Hanover
Belgian Council of Aliens Law Litigation annuls Dublin III transfer to Italy of single woman
UK Upper Tribunal Country Guidance on Iraq, Article 15c) QD, 2004/83/EC
Germany: Administrative Court of Dusseldorf suspends Dublin transfer to Hungary
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October 2015
Articles
Don't blame the smugglers: The real migration industry
A billion a year: How welcoming migrants drives the Italian economy
The plight of African refugees in Israel
Syrians in Paris: rights, refuge, and reform
Where is the justice and the moral responsibility of the international community?
Airport casualties: non-admission and return risks at times of internalised/externalised border controls
News
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Short Pieces
Syria’s refugees: A failure to protect
The refugee crisis that isn't
Continuing conflicts that create refugees
Ten urgent steps to address the refugee crisis in Europe and beyond
UK: House of Commons debate on immigration detention
Alarming attacks against refugees in Germany
A policy of isolation, deterrence, and homelessness
Refugees being treated like criminals in Czech detention centres
Refugees without home and absent the global humanitarian role
Is it time to invoke the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive for Syrian refugees?
Legislating against government-sanctioned child abuse
ASEAN community should ensure human rights protection of people in migration
Case Notes
What if a refugee allegedly supports terrorism? The Court of Justice in the European Union (CJEU) judgment in T
Judge orders return of removee: XB v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 2557 (Admin) (10 September 2015 )
BIA asylum remand victory - Focus: Iraq, social group, immutability
NA and VA (protection: Article 7(2) Qualification Directive) India [2015] UKUT 432 (IAC)
The BIA’s tepid response to asylum fraud
Letters to the Editors
A letter from Gilberto Algar-Faria, CoI expert on Sri Lanka with the Rights in Exile Programme
Hotline for Refugees and Migrants appeals for support in Israel during European refugee influx
Update from Elisa Mason of the Forced Migration FAQ blog on recent changes
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Short course: Advocacy and refugee rights in Bangkok
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September 2015
Articles
South Africa to recognise separated children as dependants of their primary caregivers
A humane approach can work: The effectiveness of alternatives to detention for asylum seekers
Statement by the American Association for Justice on the lack of legal safeguards to protect refugees and non-citizens
The state of freedom of movement for refugees in Tanzania: an overview
Cessation of Rwandan Refugee Status: Two Years On
No-man’s land: life on the Serbia-Hungary border, a briefing on the current crisis
Launch of a voluntary repatriation program of refugees from Kenya to Somalia
The true human rights situation in Eritrea: the new UK Home Office Guidance as a political instrument for the prevention of migration
The impact of the legal aid reforms on refugees in the UK
Military service evasion as grounds for refugee status: the case of Syria
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Quick updates
UK Home Office Appeal Against DFT Decision - Booted out of High Court
House of Commons (UK) - Written answers and statements, Monday 3 August 2015: Charter flights 2015 numbers removed & costs
Officials deporting migrants by nationality “To fill charter flights”
Detainees in family detention file for USD 10M in damage claims
NIJC releases 90 immigration detention contracts and launches immigration detention transparency and human rights project
UK: Yarl’s Wood IRC - Not meeting the needs of vulnerable women
UK Appeals heard under Detained Fast-Track can be set aside and reheard
UK Parliamentary debate on detention, 10 September
United Kingdom: Immigration detention #UnlockTheDebate - Sept 2015
Dominican Republic defends its actions regarding the expulsion of Haitian-Dominicans
Gabon deports 500 people to Nigeria
Abuse of a Palestinian refugee detained for deportation
Short Pieces
The creation of “trafficking”
Monitoring of the Italian externalisation policies on migration
UN condemns Canada’s arbitrary, indefinite detention of migrants
UNHCR warns of deepening refugee crisis in Greece and calls for urgent and bold action
Australia’s cruel treatment of gay asylum-seekers
UNHCR calls for comprehensive response to the Calais situation
116 Somali refugees from Kenya land in Mogadishu, spearheading new phase of voluntary repatriation
Stop the refoulement of Uyghurs from Thailand
Gender-nonconforming lesbian who fled persecution in DRC granted protection after three-year legal fight
European Court of Human Rights questions Spain over claims it violated European Convention on Human Rights
Hungary: Building a legal fence
Case Notes
The Lord Chancellor v Detention Action: UK Court of Appeal agrees Detained Fast Track appeals unfair
UK Upper Tribunal finds asylum applicant should not change profession to avoid persecution
Comments on China’s family planning laws in relation to asylum claim
Yusif v. Lynch, Aug. 7, 2015: Asylum petition granted to Chaldean Christian from Iraq
Positive result in Cyprus for stateless Kurds from Syria
Letter to the Editors: Post Deportation Monitoring Network facebook group
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Events: Launch of online resource for migrants, Leeds, UK, 3 September 2015
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Request: Contact from practitioners representing Sri Lankan victims of torture
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May 2015
Articles
On the cusp of a crisis: Human trafficking in eastern Sudan
No easy refuge in ancestral land: Kokang refugees receive inadequate humanitarian assistance and legal protection in China
Migration Policy Reform in Morocco: Implications for Migrants, the Country, and the Region
News
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Short Pieces
Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers: Reflections from a visit to Sri Lanka
Singh at 30: we’re still trying to go cheap on rights and justice!
The construction of “official outlaws”. Social-psychological and educational implications of a deterrent asylum policy
Women seeking asylum: closing the protection gap
Rewarding repression: proposals to aid the Eritrean government
Migration Policy Reform in Morocco: Implications for Migrants, the Country, and the Region
UNHCR calls for an investigation into the death of two Iraqis at the Bulgaria-Turkey border, raises concerns over border practices
Israeli authorities escalate pressure on Eritreans and Sudanese to leave the country with no clear safeguards or protections
EU’s approach to migrants: humanitarian rhetoric, inhumane treatment
Congolese “Refugees” and Freedom of Movement in the Kampala Urban Space
Refugee repatriation: The Sri Lankan case
European leaders strongly urged to put human life, rights and dignity first in Mediterranean decision
When anonymous hearsay can get you deported
Asylum procedures in the EU
The international refugee system is broken, new measures are needed
UNHCR Update: UNHCR statement on the future of Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camps; UNHCR Update on Yemen situation
An alarming increase in the number of refugees arriving in Greek islands and assistance is urgently needed: A 145% jump was recorded in January and the number continues to rise
Hong Kong’s Zero Recognition Rate: A Mystery in Numbers
Case Notes
Court of Justice of the European Union PRESS RELEASE No 34/15 Luxembourg, 19 March 2015
Letter to the Editors
‘Seeking Refuge: Central American Migration to Mexico, The US and Canada’
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Call for papers: Annual Conference of Escapes panel, Milan, Italy, 11-12 June 2015
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April 2015
Articles
Anyone who thinks refugee camps are a good idea has never lived in one: the importance of recognising refugees’ right to freedom of movement
Challenges to Rwandan former refugees’ integration in Zambia
Republic of Kenya in the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi, Constitutional and Human Rights Division, Petition No. 628 of 2014 Consolidated with Petition No. 630 of 2014 and Petition No. 12 of 2015
A position paper on the vulnerability of Bajau Laut (Sama Dilaut) children in Sabah, Malaysia
News
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Short Pieces
International Refugee Rights Initiative joins rights groups calling on Egypt to end arbitrary detention of refugees
Letter from the Saharawi refugees, to the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees
Hungarian Constitutional Court declares that lawful stay requirement in statelessness determination breaches international law
Benamar Benatta reaches settlement with Canadian government
ILPA Information Sheet - Legal Aid 21: Myth-busting
Stop the expansion of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre in Oxfordshire, UK
Supreme Court successes for Hotline for Refugees and Migrants in Israel
South African court to rule on refugee children’s right to documentation
Why Odora-Obote and the Rwandan regime attack ICTR defense lawyers
Update on detentions and deportations of Sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco
NGOs raise alarms over new plans to limit the number of migrants and refugees in Hungary
Afghan Minister for Refugees and Repatriation: ‘Stop deportation to Afghanistan’
Case Notes
Court of Appeal gives further guidance on Article 8 immigration cases
US Board of Immigration Appeals: Matter of L-A-C-, 26 I&N Dec. 516 (BIA 2015)
Norwegian Supreme Court finds minor’s family life rights violated by State’s decision to expel mother: HR-2015-00206-A, (sak nr. 2014/1583), sivil sak, anke over dom
A.M.E. v the Netherlands (no. 51428/10) [Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 13]
Swiss Federal Administrative Court, no. E-6629/2014
Letters to the Editors
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Request: guidance on disability
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March 2015
Articles
Rwandan Refugees in Congo in Search of Protection
Exporting human rights obligations: Israel’s “voluntary departures” put lives in danger
High Court Strikes Down Cap on the Number of Refugees in Kenya; Other Damaging Provisions Remain
Current soft law initiatives relating to business and human rights do not prepare extractive companies for the adverse impacts their operations may have on the stateless Rohingya of Myanmar
Couple separated from child after immigration consultant provides bad advice
News
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Short Pieces
Rethinking migrant rescue: An idea that has already worked
CAMEROON: Pilot Refugee Rights Training for North West Lawyers
Country of asylum profile: Panama
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project reacts to Texas ruling delaying Obama immigration plan
Cyprus: 40 Palestinian refugees from the refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia arrested and deported to Government-controlled areas
UNHCR urges Europe to recreate a robust search and rescue operation on Mediterranean, as Operation Triton lacks resources and mandate needed for saving lives
As violence spreads beyond Nigeria, UNHCR calls for urgent access to the displaced
Attorney shares her side of the story after winning asylum for a woman who fled domestic abuse
Immigration: replace the migration security complex with an ‘integration industry’
Launch of FlüchtlingsforschungsBlog, a German language blog by Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung (Refugee Research Network)
Case Notes
Correct understanding of Article 3 requirements: BB, PP, W, U & Ors v SSHD
Norwegian Supreme Court: HR-2015-00206-A, (sak nr. 2014/1583), sivil sak, anke over dom
Belgium Council for Alien Law Litigation (CALL), 6 November 2014, No 132 866
Belgium Council for Alien Law Litigation (CALL), 23 October 2014, No 131 887
Letters to the editors
Refugee Contribution: Detention protest in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond: Food for thought from a Rwandan refugee
Seeking Asylum in Karnes City
Announcements
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Grants & Awards: Fully-funded, three year post-doctoral fellowship at Hertford College, University of Oxford, Oxford
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February 2015
ARTICLES
Boundaries of civility transgressed? Studying practices of humanitarian government, difference, and power in Kakuma Refugee Camp
Reflection on the Tripartite Agreement on Voluntary Repatriation of Somali Refugees
NEWS
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News on Countries of Asylum
Detention and Deportation News
SHORT PIECES
Montagnards seeking asylum in Cambodia
Tenth International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ) World Conference in Tunisia
KISA calls on the government of Cyprus not to abandon the rescued Syrian refugees to the hands of the smugglers
Spain: Legislation on immigration/asylum will breach human rights
Court of Justice of the European Union: Returns Directive bans removal of seriously ill people to places where treatment is not provided
Good character citizenship criteria quietly tightened up
UNHCR study shows rapid deterioration in living conditions of Syrian refugees in Jordan
Possible North Korean refugee facing deportation to China and repatriation to North Korea by the government of Sweden
CASE NOTES
European Court of Human Rights: Case of Fozil Nazarov versus Russia
Irish High Court provides judgement on Best Interests of Child
U.K. Upper Tribunal clarifies protection claims for non-Arab Darfuris in Sudan
Court of Appeal victory in Afghan interpreters’ case
Deportation to Sudan would breach Article 3
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Quickly search for UN documents online
Refugee Law Project at Makerere University resumes services
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Request: Tunisian nationals to support feasibility study on refugee legal aid
CCIP Community Interpreting Training for Migrant and Refugee Settings
January 2015
ARTICLES
Defining statelessness: a Chinese case study
The secret urban refugees of Dar es Salaam
NEWS
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LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Five-country research project on conditions for women in prison presents relevant information for women in immigration detention
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network calls for international support in combating restrictive Danish refugee law
Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond OBE: Working together across international borders to save refugees
SHORT PIECES
CESCR voices concern over the lack of refugee law and appropriate refugee status determination procedures in Nepal
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants places first child in newly funded legal representation program
ECtHR: detention of unaccompanied child in Greece violates right to liberty
The International Refugee Rights Initiative calls for release of Sudanese Activist
System needed to allow positive decisions on asylum claims to be recognised across the EU
TRAC reports that only 32% of unaccompanied children are represented by an attorney in U.S. immigration court
Croatia: vulnerable persons are not adequately identified and assisted during asylum procedure
Urgent appeal for support: stateless Kurds from Syria protesting outside the Ministry of Interior, Cyprus
Sit-in in Morocco to protest against unfulfilled promises to regularise migrants and refugees status
Eurosur extended: all participating states now connected to border surveillance system
Israeli government pushes new bill mandating prolonged detention for asylum seekers
UNHCR, OHCHR appeal to Cambodian authorities to allow access to Vietnamese Montagnards in hiding
Immigration clinic at Texas Law sues over detention of asylum-seeking mothers and children
Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network conducts refugee legal aid training in Sri Lanka
Open letter concerning the arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detentions of Dr Amin Mekki Medani, Mr Farouq Abu Eissa, and Dr Farah Ibrahim Mohamed Alagar by the Government of Sudan
Why is UNHCR doing RSD anyway? A UNHCR report identifies the hard questions
APRRN condemns Australia’s handover of Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities
Assessing credibility of an asylum claim - benefit of doubt
Eritrea COI report controversy
CPT criticizes Cyprus for detaining unaccompanied asylum seeking children
CASE NOTES
U.S. Federal judge allows lawsuit by detained asylum seekers to proceed as a nationwide class action
Detention of asylum seekers not at risk of absconding unlawful
Judgment in Case C-202/13 - Sean Ambrose McCarthy and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
ANNOUNCEMENTS, PUBLICATIONS, RESOURCES, REQUESTS
Announcements: legal services at Zaatari camp; IRIN goes independent
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December 2014
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Announcements ; IRRI calls for freedom of movement for all refugees
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SHORT PIECES AND CASE NOTES
Desertion due to belief that military duty may result in war crimes is ground for asylum, according to EU Advocate General
Parliamentary question addresses mental health of UK asylum seekers
Eritreans file lawsuit against Canadian mining company for slave labour and crimes against humanity
South Africa: Concerns raised over the detention of immigrants at police stations and the systematic denial of their legal rights by police
Refugee status removed after a routine interview? UNHCR, please explain.
In-country refugee/parole programme for minors in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras with parents lawfully present in the United States
Jordanian legal aid NGO launches new campaign to publicise the dangers of undocumented migration
Open letter to the Director-General of the BBC concerning the documentary ‘Rwanda, the Untold Story’
Case note: As, R (on the Application of) v SSHD [2014] EWHC 3478 (Admin) (24 October 2014)
Frontex, fundamental rights and forced returns of migrants: the European Ombudsman opens investigation
Supreme Court of Canada rules against refugee protection for those guilty of serious past crimes
Thousands of refugees in limbo following suspension of US in-country refugee processing in Iraq
Tarakhel v. Switzerland (Application No. 29217/12): Returns to Italy ruled as inhumane treatment
138 asylum seekers detained in Israel for over two years to be released following High Court petition
ARTICLES
A true initiative or another palliative? The Transitional Solutions Initiative for the protracted refugee situation in eastern Sudan
Protected faster, or fewer protected? The peril of ‘safe’ countries
Immigration detention: A most un-British phenomenon
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November 2014
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Grants and awards: PRM grants for Kenya and Ethiopia NGOs
Announcement: EUROMED and SRLAN members
CASE NOTES AND SHORT PIECES
STOP PRESS: The quashing of the Prevention of Infiltration Law: Israeli Supreme Court decides on detention of asylum seekers
Statelessness averted? Former Burundian refugees to receive Tanzanian citizenship
Immigration lawyers across USA call for review of ‘inhumane’ detention and removal policies towards minors
Groups sue U.S. government over life-threatening deportation process against mothers and children escaping extreme violence in Central America
Case note: Hounga v Allen & Anor [2014] UKSC 47 (30 July 2014)
Case note: Carter, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 2603 (Admin) (29 July 2014)
Refugees face curbs on rights in Western Sahara/Algeria
South African Supreme Court of Appeal upholds appeal in the case of Somali Association of South Africa & 5 Others v LEDET, Minister of Police, Minister of Home Affairs and Others
Australia-Cambodia resettlement deal disregards Refugee Convention obligations
NGOs across the world highlight the deterioration of protection standards for asylum seekers in Australia
Mind that data: The pitfalls of UNHCR RSD data
Continuing conflicts that create refugees
South Africa will not return Rwandan refugee stating he will face persecution if returned to his country of origin
Proposal for an EU directive on the identification of statelessness and the protection of stateless persons
ARTICLES
Back to the Dark Ages? The imminent danger of a regional domino effect in Obama’s hardline policy for mothers fleeing Central America
Immigration detention in the media: anarchy and ambivalence
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October 2014
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CASE NOTES AND SHORT PIECES
An update on the Cessation Clause
A word from the Human Rights Watch Refugee Rights Programme
Where is the UNHCR RSD surge happening?
UNHCR statement on Australia-Cambodia agreement on refugee relocation
Commentary: Detention of undocumented families is wrong
‘It’s time for a real solution that will benefit both residents of South Tel Aviv and the asylum-seekers’
The impact of detention on mental disorders: ‘a crisis of harm in immigration detention’
Ecuador advances the protection of refugees
Bulgaria: New evidence of Syrians forced back to Turkey; EU should press Sofia to investigate and provide protection
Somali Association of South Africa & 5 Others v. Limpopo Department of Economic Development, the Environment and Tourism and 9 Others
Consider the indictment as evidence in the case of the asylum seeker who was almost deported to Sudan
The death of Abelhak Goradia: a worrying silence in France
Court stops Sri Lanka deporting refugees
EU pilot project on return policy
Australia: High Court ruling
US Board of Immigration Appeals decision on Guatemalan women as a particular social group
Federal Court [Canada] rules that Refugee Appeal Division must do a full appeal based on merit
M.V. and M.T. v. France - Violation of Article 3 if deported to Russia
UNHCR urges Sri Lanka to stop deportations and provide protection to refugees and asylum-seekers
Eight Congolese refugees convicted in Zambia
ARTICLES
A letter from Pierre-Célestin Mbodina Iribi, one of three Congolese witnesses to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the eve of their deportation
The blurred line: Preserving the asylum space in a context of increasing insecurity in Kenya
Anthropology can save lives: Lucy Mair medal acceptance speech
Beyond bare life: refugee agency through jurisdictional competition in Buduburam
Naath offers vulnerable South Sudanese communities support in Egypt
Language testing of asylum claimants: A flawed approach
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September 2014
The International Refugee Rights Initiative and the Fahamu Refugee Programme announce merger
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Conferences and workshops: The first Global Forum on Statelessness
Grants and awards: Clifford Chance Access to Justice Award
Request: Asylum Access Refugee Rights Toolkit editors
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Call for papers: Common Bond Institute
CASE NOTES AND SHORT PIECES
Concerns over mass detention of refugees in Sri Lanka
Uganda’s Refugee Law Project Gender & Sexuality Programme update
Thousands of refugees stage ‘walk of freedom’ to protest detention at Holot, Israel
India: displaced persons and the right to vote
The development of the definition of prohibited treatment under Article 3 ECHR for asylum seekers
ECRE calls for legal access for refugees and alternatives to Dublin Regulation in Home Affairs strategic guidelines
Doubly vulnerable: The world’s refugees are fleeing persecution only to see their rights trampled
Reflections on refugee protection in Japan
ARTICLES
Refugee Studies: No atonement for the failure of politics
'Don't even talk to them': Tunisia's forgotten refugees
June 2014
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Letters to the editors: Refugee Law Project updates
CASE NOTES AND SHORT PIECES
Introducing ‘forced voluntary return’: new prospects for becoming irregular in Finland
Concern over the transfer of refugee journalists to designated areas: an open letter
APRRN calls for immediate review of Japan’s domestic refugee protection systems
Despite criticism by NGOs and UNHCR, Cyprus amends its refugee law, leaving people fleeing generalized violence unprotected
Djibouti arbitrarily detaining and turning over Ogaden refugees in Djibouti to Ethiopian security
UK Upper Tribunal poses problems for practitioners on permission, burden of proof and professional standards
Testimony: detention in Lukavica-Bosnia and Deportation to Serbia
United Nations expert says there are ‘elements of genocide’ against Myanmar’s Rohingya
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to block public access to enforcement data
A short testimony from the Liberian community in Israel
Rwandan former refugees oppose the need for Rwandan Government passports for their local integration in Zambia
From refugee to returnee to asylum seeker: Burundian refugees struggle to find protection in the Great Lakes region
Human rights abuses getting worse in Rwanda: open letter to President Kagame
Spanish authorities attempt deportation of international protection claimants without due regard to their claims of serious harm faced upon return
Case note: AC and Others v Spain, Application no. 6528/11
Case note: Australian High Court hears case on legality of offshore processing
ARTICLES
The Deficiencies of UNHCR’s RSD Procedure: the Case of Choucha Refugee Camp in Tunisia
Long-awaited victory for hundreds of Eritreans detained in Djibouti
May 2014
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Event Announcements: Harvard Clinical Programme & UNHCR Annual Consultations
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CASE NOTES AND SHORT PIECES
An open letter to UNHCR from the Kakuma News Reflector on the Kenyan internment of Somalis
FreeMovement: UNHCR’s Guidelines on Military Service
Western Sahara: MINURSO’s mandate should be extended to include human rights
MALTA: NGOs welcome Prime Minister’s pledge to stop detaining children
UNHCR recommends starting the cessation process for refugees from Croatia
Stop the arrest and detention of asylum seeking women accessing maternal health care
The Italian Refugee Council: Access to protection in Italy
UK High Court judge rules that current Home Office policy on asylum support rates is unlawful: a letter from Refugee Action
UNHCR seeking access to detained asylum-seekers and refugees in Nairobi
COURT NOTES: High Court of Justice hearing regarding Israel’s Anti-Infiltration Law
Refugee Law Project’s position on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill
A short testament from Rwandans in Zambia
Transitioning from UNHCR to government RSD: An overdue assessment
GREECE: Commissioner Muižnieks calls on the Greek Parliament to reject the amendment to Article 19 of the draft immigration code
Israeli Immigration Authority promises not to fine employers of asylum-seekers whose visas expired
ARTICLES
The new asylum regime in Kenya: a commentary from the Refugee Consortium of Kenya
Refugee Legal Aid in Morocco: Moroccan NGO launches lawyer training program in border city of Oujda
April 2014
STOP PRESS: Kenya again orders all refugees to be interned in camps
News on Countries of Origin
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Announcement: Hong Kong refugee advice centre
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Case note: Shahzad (Art 8: legitimate aim) Pakistan [2014] UKUT 85 (IAC)
Case note: UK Supreme Court rules that ‘substantial countervailing reasons’ are required to reject asylum applicants already granted refugee status by UNHCR
Case note: QH (Christians - risk) (China) CG [2014] UKUT 86 (IAC) (14 March 2014)
Case note: RQ (Jordan) v SSHD [2014] EWHC 559 (Admin)
UK Supreme Court decides on third country returns
UNHCR issues new Guidelines on Temporary Protection: They need a rewrite
An overview of current situation for asylum-seekers in Israel
An interview with Barbara Harrell-Bond
ARTICLES
Psychology & refugee status determination: Psychological evidence to help inform refugee status determination
An experience of failure: a case study of UNHCR’s recommendation to invoke the cessation clause for Rwandan refugees
FGM and asylum: AF vs Secretary of State 31 January 2014
March 2014
News on Countries of Origin
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OO Algeria [2013] UKUT 00063 (IAC)
Supreme Court decides on third country returns
Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-285/12 Diakité, 30 January 2014
Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-84/12 Koushkaki, 19 December 2013
USA: Board of Immigration Appeals delivers two judgments defining ‘particular social group’
After a long struggle, 221 migrant families to receive legal status in Israel
Press Release: Saudi Arabia should end summary deportations of Somalis and Yeminis
Charities welcome Court of Appeal judgement on immigrant mental health policy
The Tindouf refugee camps: A Moroccan’s reflections
Team of experts to Israeli Government: End detention of migrant children
Statelessness in Ukraine
Cyprus: Detention of Syrian asylum seekers and access to an effective remedy
Call on government of Kenya to reopen the Kenya-Somali border to ease repatriation of Somali returnees
The Dublin-Strasbourg-Luxembourg triangle: Getting the European Courts’ dialogue on the suspension of Dublin Regulation transfers right
Refugee Legal Aid in Morocco: Moroccan NGO launches lawyer training program in border city of Oujda
Asylum registration in China
UNHCR guidelines on temporary protection or stay arrangements
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February 2014
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Letters to the editor
Death of Col. Karegeya: Unending hunt for Rwandan refugees
A.A. v. Switzerland (European Court of Human Rights No. 58802/12) - Violation of Article 3 if Expelled to Sudan
Press conference: Hunger strike for freedom and human rights
Stranded in Hamburg: Asylum-seekers claim they are here to stay
The use of psychological and medical evidence within RSD proceedings
Belgium: The Constitutional Court reinstates right to an effective remedy for asylum seekers from ‘safe countries of origin’
The Invisible: Stateless persons in Poland, an executive summary
The right to seek asylum and protection
Laughing at death
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January 2014
News on Countries of Origin
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Announcement: UK MAX Movement
Conferences & Workshops
Call for papers: CARFMS Graduate Student Essay Contest
Vacancies
Request: Cases required for research on Ugandan Refugees Act
Letter to the Editors from Bishop John Osmers, Zambia
Case Note: P (DRC), R (on the application of) V Secretary of State for the Home Department
Inter-American Court recognises right of exiled torture survivor to justice: the possible implications for refugees around the world
Ending secret asylum files (if only we could take UNHCR to federal court…)
UK immigration court position on detainee hunger strikes
Self-harm in UK immigration detention: July-September 2013
US ruling establishes ‘cumulative’ credibility possibility in establishing past persecution
On the Israeli supreme court ruling
Spain recognises statelessness claims of two individuals from Western Sahara
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December 2013
News on countries of origin
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Kenya Somalia agreement
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On Rwandan Government passports for Rwandan former refugees’ local integration in Zambia
Israeli Government declares: Asylum-seekers currently detained under the Anti-Infiltration Law will not be released
Case Note: X, Y and Z
Case Notes: C-4/11 Bundesrepublik Deutschland v Kaveh Puid (Dublin Returns)
Bodies in the Black Sea? Bulgaria steps up efforts to repel refugees
CASE COMMENT: Joined Cases C-199/12, C-200/12 and C-201/12 X, Y & Z v Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel
Rwandan generals accused of war crimes in UN employ
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November 2013
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Rwandan former refugees oppose the need for Rwandan Government passports for their local integration in Zambia
Introducing the Western Balkans Legal Aid Network
A refugee applicant’s lawsuit seeking to cancel the deportation order: The Seoul Administration Court rules in favor of the plaintiff
Humanity vs. Israeli Parliament
Israeli Supreme Court: Being a torture camps’ survivor can be considered as an ‘exceptional humanitarian reason’ for release under the Anti-Infiltration Law
Unpublished decision of the US Board of Immigration Appeals determining that incidents of harassment and discrimination suffered by a ‘pygmy’ from Burundi should have been considered to constitute persecution in the aggregate
Update on the nature and need of protection of Somali refugees in Kenya: In Kenya, UNHCR chief discusses solutions for Somali refugees ; Changing the face of refugee protection? The Kenyan High Court affirms the right to dignity and freedom of movement of refugees
Open letter of refugees and persons with international protection status
The European Court of Human Rights (1). Budrevich v. the Czech Republic (no. 65303/10). Violation Article 13 in conjunction with Article 3
K.K. v. France (no. 18913/11). Violation of Article 3 if the applicant were returned to Iran. No violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) in conjunction with Article 3
RT (Zimbabwe) and others (Respondents) v Secretary for State for the Home Department (Appellant); KM (Zimbabwe) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 38
EU and Member State measures to tackle the flow of refugees as a result of the conflict in Syria:
S.S.L -v- Minister for Justice and Equality
Observations by Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists on the case X, Y and Z v Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel (C‑199/12, C‑200/12 and C‑201/12) following the Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston of 11 July 2013
Current situation in Algeria
EU must grant asylum to all Eritrean refugees
Lampedusa deaths: identification and the families’ right to know
A gentle reminder to UNHCR: Deciding refugee cases is not just about efficiency
An overview of transfers of asylum seekers from Germany to Italy under the Dublin II Regulation
Australia and South East Asia: Irregular migration and refugee protection
The Reach of the Exclusion clause to the Refugee Convention
Joint NGO statement on international protection, delivered before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, October 2013N
UNHCR-NGO Annual Consultation Closing Remarks
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October 2013
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Choucha update
Rejected asylum seekers tortured in Sri Lanka
Facilitations for family reunification of Syrian refugees in Switzerland
Convention Against Torture victory won for Somali national
Illegal deportations from Italy - sending Egyptians back into a civil war
KISA reports targeting of human trafficking victims and a breach of medical confidentiality in Cyprus
Case Watch: Kenya judge rules against ‘War on Terror’ renditions
Israel: Supreme Court overturns law to prevent infiltration
Morocco urged to establish new asylum and migration policy that protects the human rights of migrants
Legal aid for refugees in Morocco: Droit et Justice launch their programme
Moroccan monarch and government take on asylum reform at long last
Playing with people’s lives: The plight of Rwandan refugees in the Great Lakes region
Introduction to CA7 on Belarus, changed country conditions:
September 2013
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Letter to the editors: ‘To achieve a solution or die’
SPECIAL FEATURE: The state of Rwandan refugee protection after the Cessation Clause
The beginnings of refugee legal aid in India
Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network statement on recent policy announcements in Australia
KISA condemns another incident of discriminatory treatment regarding granting Cypriot citizenship to a family from Sri Lanka
Canadian Council for Refugees welcomes Ezokola decision clarifying refugee exclusion
AH (Article 1F(b) - ‘Serious’) Algeria v. SSHD
R v Mateta & Ors, [2013] EWCA Crim 1372 30 July 2013
Excerpt: Lack of an effective remedy in relation to deportation and unlawful detention of Syrian national
Excerpt: Deportation of failed asylum seekers originally from cities in northern Iraq would not breach their human rights as they could relocate to other regions
Excerpt: Opinion of Lord Eassie in the appeals
Republic of Kenya in the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi, Petition No. 19 OF 2013 Consolidated with Petition No. 115 of 2013
Harming asylum seekers’ chances through poor use of human rights treaties
Hungary’s asylum system under pressure
Why do we still have refugee camps?
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July 2013
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UNHCR Africa Bureau announces only three states to implement Cessation Clause for Rwandan refugees
Revolution and international migration in Tunisia
Discrimination awaits Palestinians fleeing the Syrian conflict
Civil society organisations condemn the cruel and inhumane conduct by some Cypriot police officers
France: At least 62% of foreigners are deported without seeing a judge
CASE NOTE: Police failure to protect rights of vulnerable girl-children is discriminatory, says Kenyan High Court
CASE NOTE: R (JB) Jamaica v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Refusals of international protection in Bologna
Hungary passes legislation allowing widespread detention of asylum seekers
World Refugee Day 2013: EU-Turkey agreement puts refugee and migrant rights on the line
Refugees in Africa’s Great Lakes region: a perpetual state of exile
International Refugee Law: a selected survey of developments in 2012
Resources & publications
June 2013
News on Countries of Origin and Asylum
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Announcements
SPECIAL FEATURE: Documenting the Rwanda Countdown: Our articles on the Cessation Clause 2010-2013
SPECIAL FEATURE: Salvator Cusimano and Barbara Harrell-Bond demystify some of Kagame’s and Rwanda’s myths
SPECIAL FEATURE: Rwandan refugees resisting repatriation, says Edgar Lungu
SPECIAL FEATURE: What is happening to Rwandan refugees in Uganda? Attacks fuel anxiety ahead of a global edict for Rwandan refugees to return home
Statement on asylum trends and levels in 2012 in Japan
New ‘excision’ law does not relieve Australia of its responsibilities towards asylum-seekers
UK: Council wrongly classed asylum seeker children as adults
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is greatly concerned over deteriorating conditions of asylum seekers in Cyprus.
Reaction to discussions at the Court of Criminal Appeal regarding the non-prosecution and non-punishment of victims of human trafficking.
New legal challenge against detention of asylum seekers and the use of the Detained Fast Track.
The Israeli Ministry of Interior ordered the release of all Eritrean mothers and children detained under the Anti-Infiltration Law for long months
Unprotected Congolese refugees In Gabon
CASE NOTE: Victim of torture could meet definition of an ‘exceptional humanitarian’ case and therefore serve as a release provision under the Anti-Infiltration Law.
CASE NOTE: Minority is sufficient to constitute a ‘special humanitarian’ reasonand therefore serve as a release provision under the Anti-Infiltration Law.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Report on the rejected asylum seekers of Choucha refugee camp
SPECIAL FEATURE: Stuck at Choucha
Refugee status determination in Hong Kong: a new era for legal aid providers?
Psychosocial well-being within refugee education in Cairo
Sri Lanka: A contemporary case of paradoxes
A future without immigration detention?
RESOURCES AND PUBLICATIONS
May 2013
Country of origin and legal news
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Announcements
Notes from the field: one country of origin expert’s experience
Advocacy groups celebrate landmark step to protect stateless in UK
UNHCR Briefing Note: UK’s new determination procedure to end legal limbo for stateless
UNHCR speaks out concerning Europe’s efforts to add more roadblocks to asylum procedures
A milestone for refugee rights: Hong Kong court of final appeal rules in favour of C case appellants
On the run, alone and young: Congolese children flee to Uganda
A diverse scope of refugees living at the margins in Egypt
Court of Justice of the European Union and European Court of Human Rights: recent judgments of interest
NGOs, UNHCR and the European Commission welcome Turkey’s new asylum law
Case note: France will not deport refused asylum seeker to Chad
Case note: Removal of Chechen man from Austria to Russia would expose him to risk of ill-treatment
Case note: Abdi v. the United Kingdom – violation of Article 5
SIS II to centralize data of people who are not allowed entry into the Schengen Area
Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights
The European Commission adopts a proposal for regulation on the surveillance of external sea borders
Former Burundian refugees struggle to assert their new Tanzanian citizenship
Unaccompanied children and victims of torture will not be excluded from accelerated and border asylum procedures in revised asylum procedures directive
SPECIAL FEATURE: Concerns over Rwanda Cessation
ABA section of international law spring meeting panel highlights concerns over the cessation of status for Rwandan refugees
Recommendations of the International Conference on Rwandan Refugees, held in Brussels, Belgium, on 19 and 20 April, 2013
South African Minister of Home Affairs addresses ceased circumstances cessation clauses for Rwandan refugees
Organised crime and refugee policy in Honduras
Alarming prevalence of self harm in UK immigration detention during 2012
The first country of asylum principle in Tanzania: a national and East African perspective
Disability and forced migration
FRONTEX: human rights responsibilities
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April 2013
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Short pieces and case notes
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Implications of the Geopolitical and Economic Constraints for Providing Legal Aid to Refugees in Jordan New network monitors deportee abuses
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March 2013
STOP PRESS: Israel ‘secretly’ deports 1,000 Sudanese to Sudan, UNHCR rejects claim removal was ‘voluntary’
News on Countries of Origin and Asylum
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February 2013
News on countries of origin and asylum
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Reader Response: UNHCR’s regional policy in Zambia
New film on Rwanda cessation released
Israeli Ministry of Interior prevents jailed asylum seekers from filing asylum requests
Canada court condemns anti-smuggling law
Ongoing challenges for displaced Rohingyas
Russian authorities launch anti-gay media campaign
Why is there no refuge for Roma refugees?: Why Canada’s ‘safe’ country scheme offers no refuge for Roma refugees
Tightening of Swiss asylum law introduces new form of accommodation for ‘recalcitrant’ asylum seekers and curtails access to asylum
Stranded at the border: Migrants and refugees trapped in a no man’s land
The endless suffering of those who fled Libya: Choucha camp
UNHCR’s Rwanda cessation: Flawed, but perhaps not entirely wrong
Kenya: Don’t force 55,000 refugees into camps
Detainees’ rights overrule absconding and rioting charges, courts rule
Announcements
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January 2013
Avaaz Community Petition to stop the invocation of the cessation clause for Rwandan refugees
News on Countries of Origin and Asylum
Reader Response: Rwanda, Zambia, Cessation
Deportation News
The purpose of RSDWatch, then and now
Kenya restricts refugees to camps, violating refugee rights
A Profile of a COI provider - a recommended organization
Mercosul countries sign commitment to common policies for refugees in the region
Regarding asylum policy, Norway is far from being the ‘first class’ in Europe
‘Vile liars and truth distorters’ – truth, trust and the asylum system
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Special focus: Canada
CANADA: The crisis in funding legal support for refugees
CANADA: New refugee system does not treat refugees fairly or protect those most at risk
Special focus: Article 1F(c)
UK Legal News Analysis: When is an act contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN?
Casenote on Article 1F(c) ‘acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN’
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ECRE/ELENA Legal Update: Recent European case law
Pro Asyl campaign against the adoption of the amended EU Reception Conditions Directive: ‘Flight is not a crime’
Violating the rights of deportees: why some deportations to African states amount to refoulement
An introduction to Frontex: Human Rights
Tanzania’s Mtabila camp closed, refugees repatriated against their will
Refugee resettlement from Kenya: perspectives from Kakuma and Nairobi
To be or not to be: the ‘environmental refugee’?
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December 2012
Announcements
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Dozens of organisations urge member states to accede to statelessness conventions
Joint Statement from Human Security Alliance, Asian Muslim Action Network and Odhikar: International support needed to protect Rohingyas from persecution
Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network statement on changes to Australian policy
Xenophobic attacks on the rise in Greece: asylum seekers and refugees at increasing risk
‘Non-clinicians’ judgments about asylum seekers’ mental health: how do legal representatives of asylum seekers decide when to request medico-legal reports?’
EASO country of origin information report Afghanistan: A critical review
Two years after the attack on the 2010 Rainbow Festival: Justice delayed for victims of racist violence and for KISA’s Executive Director
Human Rights Watch documents five serious cases challenging the principle of non-refoulement in 2012
Ghanaian detainees statement on the death of Prince Ofosu at Harmondsworth IRC
The top 10 neglected refugee crises
ECRE recounts important cases in Europe
Nuclear Family a ‘Social Group’
Hode & Abdi v. the United Kingdom
MN and others: Pakistan Pakistan v. the SSHD
HM Iraq 2: Country guidance
Solitary confinement of homosexual found to be discriminatory: The Case of X v Turkey
Rwanda: Why UNHCR is wrong about Cessation
Eight-Year Sentence for Opposition Leader, Victoire Ingabire Found Guilty of Two Charges in Flawed Trial
An introduction to Frontex: frequent criticism
Japan Announces that ‘0’ Refugees will be Resettled this Year
Regional cooperation: an impossible dream?
Open Letter to Australian Minister of Immigration and Citizenship from the Refugee Council of Australia, following doorstep interview
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November 2012
Country of Origin and Legal News
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Court enjoins arrest of Sudanese asylum seekers until further decision is reached
Rwandan refugees in Zambia suggest they are stripped of education by the cessation process
Legal victory for refugee rights in Israel: the end of school segregation in Eilat
Updates from Israel
Security situation in Sinai: opportunity to liberate torture camps
Case note: court ruling granted freedom to two refugees detained in Egyptian prisons
Djibouti: An open letter from an Eritrean refugee
Bangladesh government shutting down NGOs working with refugees
End of detention of illegal immigrants in France
Notorious Spanish immigrant detention centre closed
How to respond to requests for information? Or ‘Are good intentions good enough? The ‘Expert’ Part II
Mozambique: a refugee sending country turned host
Trends in refugee status determination (RSD) in Latin America: an overview of progress and challenges in the region
The withdrawal of citizenship from Jordanians of Palestinian Origin
Launching the post-deportation monitoring network
The Cessation Clause and Rwandans in Uganda: Is the Countdown Beginning?
Liberian refugees and the June 2012 refugee cessation: the gap between applying for and being granted exemption
Book Review: The Plight of the Stateless Rohingyas: Responses of the State, Society & the International Community by Delwar Hossain, Shahab Enam Khan and Md. Faridul Alam, Ed. by Imitiaz Ahamed
Book Review: Trauma Stewardship, an everyday guide to caring for self while caring for others
Rights in Exile Programme announces new co-director
Why I cannot return to Rwanda: testimonies of Rwandan refugees
Why is the government of Tanzania backtracking from its commitment to fully grant citizenship to Burundian refugees?
Refugee and migrant protection at sea: lessons from the Mediterranean
Special focus: ISRAEL
Refugees denied legal rights in Israel
Refugee related issues in Israel: an update
The end of temporary group protection for South Sudanese
Open letter to Israel: Eritreans are NOT economic refugees
Palestinians who fall under the 1951 Convention: a Norwegian case
Legal aid profile: the Cambridge Pro Bono Project
Ruling: the state is obligated to provide adequate translation services in RSD interviews
Open letter to the Cyprus Bar Association
Conference panel: the need for competent counsel for refugees
Why immigration detention harms people and doesn’t work
South Africa: High Court refuses to grant leave to appeal closure of refugee reception office
Important judgement on the value of medical reports
Pending questions: UNHCR Recommendations regarding the Cessation Clause for Rwandan refugees
Asylum victory on appeal: Immigration Judge placed ‘unreasonable expectations’ on applicant to demonstrate the motive behind violence against her
UK detaining Sudanese asylum seekers with an aim towards deportation
Understanding psychology can make asylum decisions fairer
EU resolution against human trafficking in the Sinai
Hungarian asylum process condemned by the UNHCR
Thai NGO collecting signatures to petition for a Refugee Act
The Moroccan Arab Spring: Protecting migrants rights in theory and practice
Campaign for access to detention centres in Europe
Refugees in Egypt: Between rights and responsibilities
‘We are in hell’: Legal aid needed for detained asylum seekers in Romania
Legal aid battles in the Lords: a report from the United Kingdom
Country of Origin specialists: engaging at what cost?
‘Experts’ in the asylum process: are good intentions good enough?
Court injunction forbids Israel from deporting South Sudanese
Update: Syrian refugees in Turkey
Syrian men barred from leaving country without military approval
More resettlement places in Europe?
Court rules conditions in Dadaab to be ‘inhuman and degrading’
Canadian government to include Mexico on ‘Safe Country of Origin’ list
Mock trial for Europe aims to shed light on human rights
Petition: Support Refugee Action’s ‘Access to Justice’ initiative
Petition: Campaign to save North Korean refugees in China from refoulement
How to apply for asylum in Brazil
Practice Advisory on Interim Memo regarding law students, graduates and other representatives appearing before United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
The importance of psychosocial support in the refugee status determination process
Asylum approval rate in Japan still shockingly low
Changes to refugee system in Canada further undermine refugees
Italy rebuked by European Court after deportations of Somali and Eritrean asylum seekers
Statement on Kenyan Government plan to relocate refugees back to Somalia
Syrian refugees in Europe: news from Belgium and Sweden
Syrians in Jordan: Guests, not refugees
Democratic Republic of Congo London embassy staff resign and claim asylum
Open letter from Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers in Djibouti
Letter from the Rwandan Refugee Community in Zambia to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
Refugees in Brazil denounce ‘exploitation network’
STOP PRESS: Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid website
United States practice advisory concerning asylum applications for long term residency or family reunification put on hold under the Tier III provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act
Somalis in Kenya suffer the consequences of Kenyan war in Somalia
Life in exile: challenges facing refugees and organisations working to support them in Cape Town
Arbitrariness regarding access to the asylum procedure in Bulgaria
Longing to repatriate or resettle? Bhutanese refugees in Nepal
How language testing used to authenticate asylum claims fails to recognise the reality and complexity of language
Death at the gates of Europe: refugees drown off the Moroccan coast trying to reach Spain
Language analysis in the UK Refugee Status Determination system
Updates on access to asylum in Switzerland
Providing open access to legal literature
US required to consider testimony from asylum seeker
Refugees in Djibouti detention centre need help
Rights in Exile Programme seeks Director
Assessment of United Kingdom Border Agency’s Operational Guidance Notes
Organisational profile: against deportation from the UK
Court provides for exceptions to Dublin II, when Member State does not observe asylum rights
Report on meeting between UNHCR and Rwandan refugee organisations
News on Rwanda and the cessation clause
Testimonies of Rwandan refugees
STOP PRESS: Refugee Act passes in Korea
The Bangkok Principles on the Status and Treatment of Refugees
Africa NGO resolution on the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and displaced persons
Asia Pacific model pledge towards upholding refugee rights worldwide
MIGREUROP explores readmission instruments
The situation of refugees in Israel
Question & answer: the Cessation Clause examined
The Cessation Clause: a primer
ECtHR allows extradition to Rwanda of alleged Hutu génocidaire with refugee status in Denmark; UNHCR does not intervene
‘Is this Caribbean idyll the worst place in the world to be a woman?’
WikiLeaks diplomatic cables: a tool for refugee legal aid workers?
In limbo in Latvia
Asia Pacific Regional Immigration Detention Working Group workshop
Resettlement in exchange for local asylum?
UNHCR’s incentive salary policy
Human rights in Rwanda
International refugee law judges conference
Country of origin and legal news
Child custody rights and UNHCR resettlement
Resettlement, divorce and visita1on rights
Profile: Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, Articulo en Español
Remarks & letters on the Cessation Clause
New project: international law in domestic courts
Discussion of workshop on asylum‐seeking children
Asia Pacific regional refugee protecLon cooperation
Refugees in Egypt train in advocacy
The refugee situation in Korea
New Canadian AssociaLon of Refugee Lawyers
Asylum seekers in Estonia receive free legal assistance
Irish asylum system needs reform
Iraq’s mistreatment of Iranians in Camp Ashraf
How Asylum Access Thailand uses the FRLAN
Can a European gain asylum in another EU country?
Workshop: cultural expertise in English courts
Sign to Protect Rwandan Refugees!
Australia's "Malaysian Solution"
Rwandans in UK Face Danger
UNHCR‐Rwandan Refugee Meeting
LGBTI Rights in Sudan
Case Note: ECHR on Dadaab Camp
Asylum in Poland
Cyprus Police Attack Detainees
Case Note: Return from UK to Cyprus
Syrian Refugees in Turkey
UK Refugee Legal Aid Cuts
Training Asylum Lawyers in the UK
Case Note:Asylum & Child Custody
Australia's Troubling 'Swap' Plan
Egypt's Invisible Palestinians
The UK'S Troubling Asylum Practices
Thai Refugee Freedom Fund
Syrians Flee to Turkey
Call: Continue Protecting Rwandans
Sinai Atrocities, Israel Detention
Expert Advice in Legal Cases
Australia Plans Asylum 'Swap'
Rwanda & the Cessation Clause
European Borders
UNHCR Urban Refugee Policy in Bulgaria
Refugees in the Russian Federation
Kenyan Refugee in Transitional Justice
Events & Courses
Canada in Violation on Returns to USA
News: Australia, Cyprus, Namibia, Eritreans
Looking for Legal Literature
The Cessation Clause, Uganda Style
Coalition for Rights of Iranian Refugees
Advocacy Action in Thailand: APRRN
Family Reunification in Finland
Refugee Crisis in Libya
New Mexican Refugee Legislation
US Ruling on Fear of Future Persecution
Rights in Exile Programme: An Overview
US Debate on Evidence Access in Immigration Cases
UNHCR’s Position on Returns to Côte d'Ivoire
Shutting 'Gateway EU': Greece's Fence Plans
Persecution, Death of Uganda's Sexual Minorities
Commentary on Human Rights in Uganda
News: Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt
UK Age Assessment: A New Approach
Arguments for Legal Asylum System in Jordan
Witchcraft Allegations & Refugee Protection
Egypt Sinai: Refugees Taken Hostage
Commentary: UNHCR's Role in Israel-Sudan Returns
Transgendered Women Allowed to Remain in the US
South Africa to Return Zimbabweans in 2011
Refugee protection in Israel: recent developments
Age disputed asylum seeking children in the United Kingdom
Publications and resources
India’s constitutional right to life – a hope for refugees?
Japanese judgement on Rohingya disregards international human rights and refugee law norms
Malaysia: Combating human trafficking must not be at the expense of human rights
South Africa: Refugees can again access bank accounts
Egypt: first steps taken in creation of National Network of Refugee Lawyers
The law, policy and practice of refugee protection in India
Update from Japan: Asia’s only resettlement program continues
Is the United States a safe third country? A commentary on Canadian Council for Refugees v. Her Majesty the Queen
Hard times for refugees in Northern Cyprus
Commentary: UNHCR’s deregistration of Iraqis in Syria
From Refugee to citizen? Obstacles to the naturalization of refugees in Uganda
United Kingdom: the right to work during the asylum claim process
Response to UNHCR’s new eligibility guidelines on asylumseekers from Sri Lanka
The United Kingdom’s reception of asylum seekers
Iraqi Refugees detained in Lebanon issue public statement
ALERT: Using the European Court to stop deportation
Statement of the Joint Committee of the 8th Tripartite Commission Meeting, 13 May 2010
Uganda & Malawi: Africa’s LGBTI Rights Under Attack
New UNHCR guidelines on Somali asylum claims
Call for Refugee Legal Aid in Nepal
Using civil society networks to engage with intergovernmental processes: The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network
Australia’s partial suspension of asylum processing prompts protest
Dadaab refugees release open letter of grievances
Refugee legal aid at Canadian embassies
Early warning of Cessation Clause?
UNHCR country of origin briefing papers available online
International Detention Monitor e-Newsletter and Toolkit
New refugee legislation in Chile
Asylum in Mexico
Assessing credibility in religious-based refugee claims: the case of Pentecostals in Egypt
Refugee law training held in Malaysia
Refugees in Central African Republic fear return
Need for refugee legal aid in Cameroon
Hong Kong’s refugee law is changing
Budget increase for refugee resources in Egypt expected
Yemen sees rise in African migrant arrivals
Court case of Chechen limits detention to 18 months
Return pressure on refugees in Thailand
Cyprus detention victory
Malaysia to issue refugee identity cards
Japan to resettle Myanmar refugees