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Why Nationality and Borders Bill will harm refugee protectionThis analysis considers one of the primary objectives Ministers claim to be pursuing by this Bill. That objective is to “better protect refugees and survivors of modern slavery.”
Analysis and insight, Submission 27 Sep 2021 -
Why Nationality and Borders Bill will further enable smugglers and traffickers to thriveThis analysis considers one of the primary objectives Ministers claim to be pursuing by this Bill. That objective is “to break the business model of people smugglers and human traffickers”.
Analysis and insight, Submission 27 Sep 2021 -
Further inadequacies of Nationality and Borders BillThis analysis addresses some discrete provisions of the Bill that relate to non-asylum immigration and refers to three areas of profound concern, which are not addressed by this Bill.
Analysis and insight, Submission 27 Sep 2021 -
Why Nationality and Borders Bill will reduce safe routes to the UKAn extract from the joint submission of Migrant Voice and AIUK to the Public Bill Committee on this Bill. It considers one of the primary objectives Ministers claim to be pursuing by this Bill - “establish and strengthen safe routes to asylum.”
Analysis and insight, Submission 27 Sep 2021 -
Why Government's case for Nationality and Borders Bill is flawedAn extract from the joint submission of Migrant Voice and AIUK to the Public Bill Committee on this Bill. The Bill was preceded by a public consultation, which overwhelmingly rejected the proposals now put forward in this Bill.
Analysis and insight, Submission 27 Sep 2021 -
Why Nationality and Borders Bill is not compliant with international asylum lawAn extract from the joint submission of Migrant Voice and AIUK to the Public Bill Committee on this Bill. It considers whether the Bill will assist or undermine international asylum law and duties.
Analysis and insight, Submission 27 Sep 2021 -
Why Nationality and Borders Bill will increase number of undocumented people in UKAn extract from the joint submission of Migrant Voice and AIUK to the Public Bill Committee on this Bill. It considers one of the primary objectives Ministers claim to be pursuing by this Bill - “deter unauthorised entry to UK.”
Analysis and insight, Submission 27 Sep 2021 -
USA: border officials must be held accountable over violent conduct toward HaitiansPress release 24 Sep 2021
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Nationality and Borders Bill - Public Bill Committee - Amnesty International submissionsAmnesty UK Joint Submissions to Nationality and Borders Bill Committee.
Submission 24 Sep 2021 -
Syria/Jordan border: refugees at acute risk if returned to Syria under new UN plansPress release 10 Sep 2021
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UK: Government's plan to push back refugees to France is 'senseless'Intercepting vessels in the Channel is incredibly high-risk and to push people back will endanger their lives which is totally at odds with the legal duty of rescue at sea.
Press release 09 Sep 2021 -
UK: Home Secretary meeting with French counterpart to deter people crossing Channel is 'lost cause'
People have every right to seek asylum in the UK, and they only make dangerous journeys and rely on smugglers because there are no safe alternatives made available to them.
Press release 08 Sep 2021 -
Tunisia: authorities must come clean over abduction of Algerian activistPress release 03 Sep 2021 -
Lebanon: authorities must not send six recently-arrested Syrians back to SyriaPress release 02 Sep 2021 -
Poland: Declaration of state of emergency puts Afghan refugees at riskAmnesty is calling on Poland’s government to end pushbacks, to ensure access to the territory for those seeking protection, and to immediately provide refugees held at the border with Belarus with essential humanitarian assistance.
Press release 02 Sep 2021 -
UK: Government must invest in all refugees fleeing persecution
Granting indefinite leave to remain immediately to Afghans needing to rebuild their lives in the UK is a sensible and supportive approach.
Press release 01 Sep 2021 -
UK: Latest figures show around half of Afghan asylum claims rejected by Home OfficeQuarterly Home Office immigration statistics show that in year to June 2021, only 489 out of 1,089 Afghans granted protection
Press release 26 Aug 2021 -
Poland/Belarus: 32 Afghans trapped at border must be helpedLarge group of Afghans, including a 15-year-old girl, marooned near Polish village of Usnarz Górny for more than a fortnight
Press release 25 Aug 2021 -
G7 Afghanistan meeting: Boris Johnson must 'lead by example' over humanitarian crisisAmnesty is urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ensure that the UK “leads by example” in the international response to the gathering humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
Press release 24 Aug 2021 -
Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Council session a shameful failureThe UN Human Rights Council has shamefully failed the people of Afghanistan after neglecting to establish an independent mechanism to monitor ongoing crimes under international law and human rights violations and abuses, Amnesty International said today.
Press release 24 Aug 2021
