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Italy: MPs should reject 'unworkable, harmful and unlawful' migration deal with Albania - new briefing‘Externalisation’ deal will see people taken hundreds of miles by sea to Albania and face arbitrary detention
22 Jan 2024 Press release -
UK: Rwanda Bill vote is 'bitterly disappointing'This historically-bad Bill should never have seen the light of day in the first place and it’s bitterly disappointing to see it pass through the Commons
18 Jan 2024 Press release -
Europe: Halt 'scandalous' returns of people from the North Caucasus to Russia where they are at risk of torture and abuse - new reportCroatia, France, Germany, Poland and Romania have or have attempted to extradite or deport asylum seekers who had fled persecution in the North Caucasus
18 Jan 2024 Press release -
UK: MPs must vote against 'historically bad' Rwanda Bill
Amnesty is strongly urging MPs to vote against the Government’s Rwanda bill
16 Jan 2024 Press release -
UK: Tragic Channel crossing deaths highlight Government’s irresponsibility and failure to respect human life
‘Refusing to act to help traumatised and desperate people find real safety is irresponsible and no way to respect, still less save, human life’ - Steve Valdez-Symonds
14 Jan 2024 Press release -
Threat to human rights in new Victims and Prisoners BillHidden amongst the Victims and Prisoners Bil is a dangerous removal of Human Rights Act protections from prisoner release decisions. This erodes access to justice rights applying to all.
18 Dec 2023 Blog post -
UK: Ministers must 'stop threatening' people seeking asylum after another Channel crossing tragedy
The reason people attempt these dangerous journeys is the absence of safe alternatives to escape the miserable and unsafe conditions in which they are caught
15 Dec 2023 Press release -
Greece: Six months on deadly shipwreck survivors still denied justiceGreek authorities failed to mobilise appropriate resources for a rescue
14 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: Distressing Bibby Stockholm death must lead to 'drastic change of course' on asylum
This is extremely distressing news and our immediate thoughts are with the person’s family and friends, and with everyone still being held on the Bibby Stockholm
12 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: MPs must reject attack on human rights and the rule of law in Rwanda billAmnesty is urging MPs to vote against the Government’s Rwanda Bill, calling it an attack on the rule of law and the very concept of universal human rights
12 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: Vote on Rwanda bill is an 'assault' on refugee rights and the rule of law
It was wrong that this bill was introduced and has now progressed.
12 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: Removing human rights laws in Rwanda asylum bill is 'callous and immoral'
We strongly urge Parliament to reject this bill - it breaches international law, plain and simple
07 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: Asylum treaty with Rwanda is a 'gross political fantasy'With this treaty, ministers are once again doubling down on a fundamentally reckless policy of not processing asylum claims made in the UK
05 Dec 2023 Press release -
UK: Immigration statistics reveal 'abject failure' of Government asylum policy
New Home Office quarterly statistics published hours after two people die crossing the Channel
23 Nov 2023 Press release -
UK: Ministers must 'face up to reality' and set up safe asylum routes after Channel crossing tragedy
We are heartbroken by this loss of life and our immediate thoughts are with the family and friends who have lost their loved ones.
22 Nov 2023 Press release -
UK: Government must now 'draw a line' under disgraceful Rwanda scheme
The Government should make policies which fit with the law, not fit the law around their policies
15 Nov 2023 Press release -
Pakistan: Government must stop mass detention and deportation of Afghan refugees – new testimoniesMore than 170,000 Afghans forced to leave the country
10 Nov 2023 Press release -
UK: Government's Prevent Duty 'fundamentally incompatible' with human rights - major new reportNearly one in three referrals for children under 15, with one child referred after joking he hoped school would burn down during fire drill
02 Nov 2023 Press release -
Pakistan: authorities must not carry out threat to deport Afghan refugees04 Oct 2023 Press release
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EU: Migration agreement 'dangerous and disproportionate'Agreement risks leaving people stranded, detained or destitute along Europe’s borders
04 Oct 2023 Press release
