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UK: Deal with France is 'recycling the same failed response' to curb dangerous Channel crossingsThis deal is just the same as previous deals - spending money and resources on intercepting and obstructing people crossing the Channel, while doing nothing to address their need for safe access to an asylum system.
14 Nov 2022 Press release -
Italy: authorities must allow people on board refugee rescue ship to disembark06 Nov 2022 Press release
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UK: Braverman must 'face up' to the wreckage of the asylum system instead of demonising people seeking asylumNo responsible person should ever use language that risks inciting hostility and hate
01 Nov 2022 Press release -
Lebanon: Government must immediately stop ‘so-called voluntary returns’ of Syrian refugees1,600 Syrian refugees face being returned from next week
14 Oct 2022 Press release -
Latvia: 'Cruel ultimatum' and brutal force used to push back refugees at the border - new reportRefugees and migrants arbitrarily detained in the Latvian forest, tortured and beaten with electric prods and tasers
12 Oct 2022 Press release -
USA: ill-treatment of Haitian asylum-seekers is race-based torture - new report22 Sep 2022 Press release
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Lebanon: death in custody after torture of Syrian refugee must be fully investigated06 Sep 2022 Press release
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UK: Call on new PM to end 'staggeringly irresponsible' Rwanda dealRwanda’s troubling human rights record includes enforced disappearances, torture, excessive use of force by the police, and serious violations of the right to free expression
03 Sep 2022 Press release -
UK: New Prime Minister must make ‘clean break’ with Johnson years on human rightsAmnesty UK Chief Executive writing to new PM with offer of meeting to discuss ‘new agenda on rights’
02 Sep 2022 Press release -
Afghans fleeing Taliban shot at, detained and sent back at Iranian and Turkish borders - new reportIranian security forces killed 11 people - including 16-year-old boy - though death toll likely to be significantly higher
31 Aug 2022 Press release -
Afghanistan: One year of Taliban rule underlines 'bleak future' for the country - reportBan on peaceful protests as well as revenge killings, executions of alleged resistance fighters and other crimes could amount to war crimes
15 Aug 2022 Press release -
UK: Priti Patel's Borders Act is 'unlawfully rewriting' what it means to be a refugeeUK: Priti Patel's Borders Act is 'unlawfully rewriting' what it means to be a refugee
27 Jun 2022 Press release -
UK: Home Office introduce citizenship fee waiver after 'years of raking in millions of pounds'Current administrative costs are £416 per application meaning £596 profit is made by Home Office from each child
26 May 2022 Press release -
Italy: Iuventa search and rescue trial due to start this weekThe search and rescue ship Iuventa ran hundreds of missions to save migrants from drowning off the coast of Libya
17 May 2022 Press release -
UK: New policing and asylum laws mark 'deeply sad day' for human rightsHighly controversial new laws given royal assent today
28 Apr 2022 Press release -
UK: Priti Patel's racist Nationality and Borders Bill 'drags the UK's reputation through the mud'The Bill will create significant obstacles, penalties and harms to people seeking asylum in the UK
27 Apr 2022 Press release -
UK: Banishing people seeking asylum to Rwanda is 'appalling'
The UK government is flaunting a fundamental absence of humanity with no regard for people fleeing danger, violence or war.
14 Apr 2022 Press release -
Poland: Racist pushbacks at Belarus border are 'in stark contrast' to welcome for Ukrainian refugees - new evidenceHuman rights violations have included racist abuse, strip searches, the use of Tasers, and being placed in deeply unsanitary overcrowded cells
11 Apr 2022 Press release -
UK: Government must recognise defeats in Lords means borders bill is 'unworkable'Nationality and borders bill suffers multiple defeats in Lords
05 Apr 2022 Press release -
Football: Afghan team which fled Taliban beat Women's UK Parliamentary team in match to support refugeesAmnesty kickstarts its Football Welcomes month with a match between the Afghanistan National Team Development Squad and the UK Women’s Parliamentary team
29 Mar 2022 Press release
