Anti-Deportation Campaigns - Febuary 2016
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News - Febuary 2016
Theresa May Criticised For 'Compassion Quota' In Asylum Strategy
Gap-Year Students Deciding Asylum Claims
Sham Marriages v Sham Interviews: Which is the Greater Evil?
UK Downgrading of Human Rights Sets Dangerous Precedent
UKHO Charter Flights Q4 October/November/ December 2015
Challenge to Minimum Income Visa Rules
EU Asks Tech Firms to Pitch Refugee-Tracking Systems
EU Member States Decisions on Asylum Applications
UK and France Must Share Responsibility for the Global Refugee Crisis
Afghanistan Civilian Casualties Reaches Record High in 2015
Detainee on Suicide Watch found Dead in Colnebrook IRC
Inquiry Call Over Treatment of Glasgow Asylum Seekers
Ryanair Court Victory Over Illegal Immigrant Fines
Police Seek 11 Men After Violence at Anti-Immigration Rally
Jail Sentence for First Modern Slavery Offences
US: Latino High Schoolers Could Be Deported to "Certain Death"
Conflicts and Violence Take 'Huge Toll' On Children in 2015
Home Office Admits Thousands of Child Asylum Seekers Deported Back to War Zones
Criminals With UK Children Cannot Be Automatically Deported
Torture Victims Face Two-Year Delays in UK Asylum Claims
Arrests After Dover Immigration Demo Rise to 17
Oppose Restrictions on Migrants' Access to Healthcare
Far-Right and Anti-Fascist Protesters Clash in Dover
Legal - UK - Commons/Lords - ECtHR/European Union - Febuary 2016
EDM 1156: Independent Investigation Into Compass Asylum Contracts
Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) COI Update Volume 119
Refugee Status Claims Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
High Court Finds Systemic Risk of Unfairness for Incapacitated Detainees
Future of Schengen Agreement
EU law allows an asylum seeker to be detained when the protection of national security or public order so requires
Judicial Review: What is Meant by “Totally Without Merit”
Persecution of Religious Minorities: Pakistan
Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) COI Update Volume 118
Judicial Review Decision Notice - R (Application of Bhudia) v SSHD
UKHO CIG: Malawi: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
UKHO CIG: Ghana: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
AR and NH (Lesbians) India v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
SM (Lone Women – Ostracism) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
EDM 1070: Humanitarian Situation in South Eastern Turkey
Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review
OLO and Others (para 398 - "Foreign Criminal") [2016] UKUT 56 (IAC) (15 January 2016)
In the matter of B (a child) – UKSC 2015/0214
Zimbabwean National, Not willing to Leave UK Voluntarily Cannot be Detained
Early Day Motion 1043: Family and Business Visas For Indians
Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees – January 2016
Deteriorated Situations: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Korean Peninsula, Yemen
January 2016 saw an intensification of Yemen's war, amid heightened regional rivalries between Saudi Arabia and Iran complicating prospects for peace. Political tensions increased in Haiti, Guinea-Bissau and Moldova, where protests over endemic corruption and a lack of confidence in the government could escalate. In Africa, Boko Haram's deadly attacks increased in northern Cameroon, and Burkina Faso was hit by an unprecedented terror attack. On the nuclear front, in East Asia, North Korea's announcement that it had carried out a successful hydrogen bomb test was roundly condemned, while nuclear-related sanctions on Iran were rolled back in accordance with the July 2015 deal.
Read more: Crisis Watch Issue 150, Published 03/02/2016
Important Tools for Anti-Deportation Campaigners - 2015|
6) Source and Scope of Civil Resistance
5) US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2014
4) Amnesty International Report 2014/15: State of the World's Human Rights
3) Freedom in the World 2015 - Discarding Democracy: Return to the Iron Fist
2) Human Rights Watch World Report 2016: ‘Politics of Fear’ Threatens Rights
1) Corporate Report: UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UKFCO) |