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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 schemeThe 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 -
UK: Latest immigration figures reveal 'disgraceful' asylum backlogDraconian asylum policies set to add to mounting case backlog, with new law preventing new claims from being processed
24 Aug 2023 Press release -
Greece: Deaths of suspected refugees and migrants in Evros wildfires are 'two great injustices of our time'The fires have fuelled racist rhetoric and abuses against migrants and refugees
23 Aug 2023 Press release -
UK: Bibby Stockholm is 'utterly shameful' way to treat people seeking asylumHousing people on a floating barge is likely to be re-traumatising
07 Aug 2023 Press release -
Greece: Deadly shipwreck investigations must provide 'truth and justice' for survivorsConcerns over Greece’s longstanding failure to ensure accountability on violent and unlawful pushbacks at its border
03 Aug 2023 Press release -
UK: Passing of migration bill is 'bleak day for human rights'
Disqualifying people’s asylum claims en masse regardless of the strength of their case is a blatant assault on international law and is a failure of UK leadership.
18 Jul 2023 Press release -
EU/Tunisia: Migration agreement makes EU 'complicit' in abuses against refugeesAgreement lacks crucial safeguards on human rights
17 Jul 2023 Press release
