General Information January 2024 Deadly Consequences of the New Deal to ‘Stop the Boats’ France: Migrant Children Sleep in the Street in Marseille CJEU: Women Who Are Victims of Gender-Based Violence Can Qualify For Refugee Status UK Granted Asylum to Rwandan Refugees While Arguing Country Was Safe Home Office ‘Appalling’ Secret Policy on Trafficking Victims CCRC Refers Convictions of Trafficking Victim to Crown Court Conviction of Syrian Asylum Seeker Referred To Crown Court Modern Slavery in Social Care Surging Since Visa Rules Eased Asylum-Seeker/Unaccompanied Minor Left With no Accommodation Violation Article 3 1,300 Asylum-Seeking Children Wrongly Assessed Treated as Adults by HO Asylum Support Increase for Pregnant Women Very Young Children Now in Force Duty to Safeguard Children in Need and Their Families Section 17 Children Act 1989 Stop the Boats has Failed - An Impossible Pledge Brings Predictable Disaster ‘Inhumane’ Home Office Denying Visas to Children of Migrant Health Workers Germany: 100,000 Protest Against Proposed Deportations Rishi Sunak Rebuked by Stats Watchdog Over Misleading Asylum Backlog Claim 66% Rise in Immigration Health Surcharge Comes Into Force 6th February 2024 Greece: Coastguards Use of Force Against Migrants Violation of Article 2 Asylum Accommodation to be Excluded From Social Housing Landlords Crackdown Inadmissibility Process and the Three New Asylum Backlogs Human Rights Watch Report on the UK for 2023 Global Rights Crises Deepen as World Leaders Shy Away High Court Quashes Unlawful Policy on Vulnerable People in Immigration Detention TalkTV Pays Damages to Migrants Charity Over ‘Human Traffickers’ Claim Asylum Base Condemned by Home Secretary Moves ‘Torture Victims’ Into Hotels 46 Million Children at Risk in West & Central Africa Due to Conflict & Displacement Reduction in Asylum Backlog Achieved Mainly Through Withdrawals and Questionnaires Government Doubles Down on Experimental Surveillance Tech to Track Migrants No-Deportation - Financial Appeal 2024 - The Times They Are Inflating Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - January 2024 Deteriorated Situation: Guinea-Bissau, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Taiwan Strait, Sudan Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Yemen Conflict Risk Alerts: Guatemala, Bangladesh, Sudan, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon Improved Situations: Türkiye, Somalia Resolution Opportunities: Guatemala 1) The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured Wad Madani city in its first major offensive in the east, raising fears the group could try and conquer all of Sudan by force, with destabilising effects for the region (see this month’s Conflict in Focus). 5) Tensions escalated in the Red Sea as the U.S. took its first military action in response to threats by Yemen’s Houthis against commercial shipping, killing ten Houthi militants attempting to board a vessel. 6) Security forces in Jordan resisted cross-border armed raids by smugglers and militants from Syria, as the military reportedly launched retaliatory airstrikes. CrisisWatch is our global conflict tracker, an early warning tool designed to help prevent deadly violence. It keeps decision-makers up-to-date with developments in over 70 conflicts and crises every month, identifying trends and alerting them to risks of escalation and opportunities to advance peace. In addition, CrisisWatch monitors over 50 situations (“standby monitoring”) to offer timely information if developments indicate a drift toward violence or instability. Entries dating back to 2003 provide easily searchable conflict histories. Source: https://shorturl.at/alFU0
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