Anti-Deportation Campaigns  - May 2017

Asylum Limbo: The Woman Who Can't Stay in Britain, But Can't Leave Either

USCIRF 2017 Report on International Religious Freedom


Anti-Deportation News  -May 2017

UK Wrong to Deny Residency Rights in Test Case

Boko Haram: Down But Far From Out

Who Does the Burden of Proof Sit With in Alleged Sham Marriage Cases?

Grants of Asylum Year Ending March 2017

Damages for Unlawful Detention £10,500

DR Congo -  Bad Year is About to Get Worse

Someone Forced to Flee Their Home Every Second in 2016

Prison Service Boss Hired to Manage Troubled G4S Detention Centres

Germany Approves Deportation of Asylum Seekers Legislation

Lack of Solidarity Dogs EU Asylum Reform

Afghan Man With British Partner Wins Right To ‘In-Country’ Appeal Against Refusal of Leave To Remain

US Immigration Arrests up 38% Nationwide Under Trump

Pregnant Refugees 'Facing Unacceptable Delays in Maternity Payments'

Government Punishing Children For Their Parents' Immigration Status

Government Threatened With Legal Action Over Immigration Checks

UK Plummets From 11th to 156th in Global Children's Rights Rankings

IDP or Rrefugee? Spot the Difference

Texas Set to Pass Bill to Detain Migrant Families in One-Time Prisons

12 Ways the Media Turned Brexit Into an Attack on Immigration

Asylum Seekers May Have Been Wrongly Deported to Albania

Net Migration Figure Based on Unreliable Data From Tourism Survey

Drop Cultural Niceties About Female Genital Mutilation

Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - April 2017

Two and a Half Years - Not an Unreasonable Amount of Time in Immigration Detention

US: Detention Hazardous to Immigrants’ Health

Home Office Receiving Details of Undocumented Migrants From NHS

Myanmar: Some Humans Have More Rights Than Others

Theresa May's 'Poisonous Propaganda' About Immigrants Fuels Violent Hate Crime

Early Day Motion 1194: Zambrano Carers

New Trustees Needed for Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group (GDWG


Legal Articles - UK - Commons/Lords  - ECtHR/European Union - May 2017

Refugee Convention Applies Directly to British Sovereign Base Areas ["SBAs"] in Cyprus

UNHCR Protection Manual

Questions on Surinder Singh Principles – Referred to Court of Justice of the European Union

SSHD Acted Unlawfully in Refusing to Consider Family Reunion Applications

Criminal Cases Review Commission Refers Travel Documents Conviction of Hazifa Chikhmous to Crown Court

TM (EEA Nationals - Meaning; NI practitioners : Zimbabwe) [2017] UKUT 165 (IAC) (14 March 2017)

Country Policy and Information Note - Ukraine: Prison Conditions

Country Policy and Information Note - Ukraine: Military Service

Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) COI Update Vol. 149

Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) COI Update Vol. 148

Country Policy and Information Note - Albania: Ethnic Minority Groups

Country Policy and Information Note - Albania: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity



Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - May 2017

Deteriorated Situations: India (non-Kashmir), Kashmir, Macedonia, Venezuela, Syria, Egypt

Conflict Risk Alerts: Syria, Egypt - Improved Situations: Paraguay – Resolution Opportunities: None

Global Overview: Syria’s conflict intensified further, and could take another violent turn as the offensive on Raqqa, the stronghold of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), becomes imminent. In Egypt, ISIS stepped up attacks, particularly against Coptic Christians, and May could see both jihadists and security forces increasingly resort to violence. In South Asia, the Taliban claimed deadly attacks against the military and civilians throughout Afghanistan, killing at least 140 soldiers in reportedly the deadliest Taliban attack on armed forces since 2001, while violence escalated in Kashmir. In Venezuela and Macedonia political tensions continued to mount, while in Paraguay, popular anger sparked by a move to lift a one-term limit on the presidency was defused after President Cartes announced he would no longer seek re-election.

Read more: International Crisis Watch, http://tiny.cc/efq0ky


Important Tools for Anti-Deportation Campaigners - April 2017

Essential Resource for all Anti-Deportation Campaigns - US Country Reports

Family Reunion in the United Kingdom (UK) - UNHCR Briefing Paper

*Detention Services Orders For Home Office Officials*

HRW World Report 2017: Demagogues Threaten Human Rights


Useful Reports/Current Immigration Statistics

Self-Harm January through December 2016

Self-Harm January through December 2015

Self-Harm January through December 2014

Immigration Statistics Q1 January/February/March 2017


29 Deaths Across the UK Detention Estate - Suicide/Murder/Undetermined ----

Number of Individuals Recorded as Refusing Meals in Immigration Removal Centres