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This analysis examines the real impact of government asylum policy and explains why understanding how asylum claims in the UK actually work is essential.

Article on commencement of provisions of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 that break with the Refugee Convention.

This analysis explores the UK’s response to Ukrainian refugees, and how the asylum policy fails to meet asylum responsibilities and leaves people without safe routes to protection.

This analysis considers developments in Afghanistan to highlight the risks, flaws and injustices at the heart of the Bill.

An 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 - “save lives”.

This analysis considers one of the primary objectives Ministers claim to be pursuing by this Bill. That objective is to “save public funds.”

This 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.”

This 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”.

This 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.

An 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.”

An 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.

An 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.

An 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.”

An 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 - “reduce delays and backlogs.”

Information and resources to help stakeholders and survivors of mother and baby institutions in Northern Ireland to ensure a human rights compliant investigation is delivered.

The human rights of Scottish Gypsy Travellers are routinely ignored, impacting badly on their health, education and welfare. No community deserves to be treated this way. We therefore continue to campaign for their rights to be respected and protected.

Wrong kind of victim? One year on: An analysis of UK measures to protect trafficked persons. A report by Lorena Arocha for the The Anti-Trafficking Group