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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 -
Sudan: Border countries must give people fleeing conflict immediate access for asylumPeople fleeing the conflict in Khartoum travel through roadblocks and checkpoints where authorities harass and threaten them
06 Jul 2023 Press release -
UK: Scrapping of Government's 'shameful' Rwanda scheme is welcome
The Government should now completely abandon the Rwanda deal - and any others like it
29 Jun 2023 Press release -
Morocco/Spain: 'Deliberate cover up' of migrant carnage at Melilla border continuesAt least 76 people still missing and 22 unidentified bodies still at a morgue in Morocco
23 Jun 2023 Press release -
UK: Refugee footballers meet Keir Starmer after exhibition match with Women's Parliamentary teamAfghan refugee team and Comfort Angels met football fan Keir Starmer at Parliament after victorious match against women’s parliamentary team
21 Jun 2023 Press release -
Pakistan: Afghan refugees harassed, jailed and forced to pay bribes - new testimoniesDeeply flawed relocation schemes with lack of safe and legal routes for Afghans to reach the UK and other countries
20 Jun 2023 Press release -
Greece: 'Questions demand answers' from catastrophic shipwreck in the Mediterranean
Urgent need for safe and legal routes in Europe
16 Jun 2023 Press release -
Beyond Borders: A courageous journey from Eritrea to the UK16 Jun 2023 Blog post
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UK: latest ONS figures expose 'pointless harm' of toxic immigration debate25 May 2023 Press release
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Italy: Gary Lineker 'flattered' as he receives award for human rights work24 May 2023 Press release
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UK/Italy: Gary Lineker to receive 'Sport and Human Rights' award in Rome20 May 2023 Press release
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Kenya: LGBTI refugees at risk of rape and violence at Kakuma refugee camp - New ReportKenya: LGBTI refugees at risk of rape and violence in refugee camp - New Report
19 May 2023 Press release -
Greece: prosecution appeal prolongs ordeal of Seán Binder and Sarah Mardini16 May 2023 Press release
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USA: Biden’s new border rules are cruel and chaoticDelegation of leading rights organisations visits border as Title 42 withdrawn
13 May 2023 Press release
