General information - May 2019

Immigration Detainees on Hunger Strike Q1 Jan/Feb/March 2019

£2,465,579.61 Cost of Deportation Charter Flights Q1 Jan/Feb/March 2019


Anti-Deportation Campaigns  - May 2019

Online Petition: Stop the Deportation of Hamid Baygi

Online Petition” Somer and Areeb Must Stay in the UK

Don't Deport Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers. Their Country is Not Safe



Anti-Deportation News  - May 2019

'At Risk' Adults Held in Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre

Law centre JR prompts Home Office to Clarify Immigration Support

UN Highlights Role of UK Legal Aid Cuts in "Immiseration" Of Millions

Modern Slavery

Asylum: Religion: Written Question

EDM 2400: International Day Against Statelessness

UK: Welfare Cuts Mean Families Go Hungry

Five Men Killed in Past Year After Being Deported From UK to Jamaica

Deportees Live in Fear in Jamaica - 'Things So Bad Even the Police Are Scared'

LGBT Syrian Refugees Stranded in Turkey

Knock Back for SSHD’s “Deport First, Appeal Later” Provisions!

Increase in Funding for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children

Time Limit on Detaining Immigrants Could Save £35m a Year

Number of Incidents of Self-Harm Requiring Medical Treatment In Immigration Detention

Home Office Abandons Six-Month Target For Asylum Claim Decisions

Nearly 900 Stateless Children Forced to Pay UK Citizenship Fees

Council of Despair? - The Fragmentation of UN Diplomacy

Home Office Stopped Thousands of Britons For Immigration Checks

Iraqi Who Brought Baby to UK Wins Reprieve From Deportation


Legal Articles - UK - Commons/Lords  - ECtHR/European Union - May 2019

Applying For An Unmarried/Same-Sex Partner Visa? The Basics You Need To Know

Permission to Challenge Imposition of Bail Conditions on Individuals That Cannot be Lawfully Detained

Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) Country of Information Update Vol. 195

Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) Country of Information Update Vol. 194



Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - May 2019

Deteriorated Situations: Mali, Cameroon, Somalia, Sudan, Benin, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Yemen, Egypt, Libya,

Conflict Risk Alerts: Mali, Cameroon, Somalia, South Sudan, Benin, Venezuela, Yemen, Algeria, Libya

Global Overview: In April, war broke out in Libya, a failed opposition uprising in Venezuela increased fears of violent escalation, and over 250 people were killed in terror attacks in Sri Lanka. In Sudan, the end of President Bashir's almost 30-year rule gave way to a tense standoff between military chiefs and protest leaders. Now that Algeria's long-time ruler has resigned, the country runs the risk of violent confrontations between protesters and the military, while Egyptian President Sisi consolidated his authoritarian rule. Political tensions rose in Mali and Benin amid opposition protests. Fighting escalated in Yemen on multiple front lines, with risks of more clashes around Hodeida and in the south, and conflict could resume in South Sudan if President Kiir unilaterally forms a new government. In Somalia, security forces clashed with protesters and Al-Shabaab could step up attacks in Ramadan starting early May. In Cameroon, Boko Haram intensified attacks in the north, while violence between state forces and Anglophone separatists could spike around National Day on 20 May.

Read more: International Crisis Group, https://is.gd/JVNDCr


Essential Tools for Asylum Seekers/Un-DocumentedMigrants/Immigrants/Anti-Deportation Campaigners 2019

US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/

See also US: International Religious Freedom ReportsTrafficking-in-Person ReportsU.S. Treaty ReportsUniversal Period Review; and the Advancing Freedom and Democracy Reports.

State of the World’s Human Rights - Amnesty International Report 2017/18

UNHCR Protection Manual- as of January 2018

HRW World Report 2018: Demagogues Threaten Human Right



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