General Information - December 2021
Immigration Rules Change for Migrants with Skills the UK Needs
Asylum Seekers Subjected to ‘Dangerous’ Use Of Force by Guards at Brook House IRC
Court of Appeal Overturns Asylum Seeker Convictions
Government Told to Let Asylum Seekers Work in the UK
Court of Appeal Overturns Asylum Seeker Convictions
Refugee Convention is Dead: Let’s Bury it and Start Again
Windrush: High Court Rules Claimants’ Human Rights Breached by Home Office
New Guidance on Obstructing an Immigration Officer
Trafficking Victims Entitled to Back Payments After Court Ruling
People With Disabilities Invisible in Asylum Information
Experts Tell Home Office: Put up or Shut up About “Pull Factors”
New Guidance on Obstructing an Immigration Officer
Institute of Race Relaions - Calender of Racism & Resistance
Home Office Facing Legal Action Over Rights of 2.5 Million EU Nationals
Napier Barracks and Penally Camp Unfit for Asylum Accommodation
UK Policies on Granting Refugee Status Rely Too Much On Statistics
Man Who Never Left UK Avoids Deportation After Seven-Year Legal Battle
NHS Charging: Basing Treatment Decisions on Immigration Status lawful
Government Refuses to Relax Asylum Seeker Right To Work Rules
Four-Year Maximum Sentences For Visa Overstayers
Law Reform Body Rejects Calls to Make ‘Misogyny’ a Hate Crime
Reality of Theresa May’s Hostile Environment is the Horror of Brook House’
Ban That Prevents Asylum Seekers From Working to Remain
Harm Caused by the ‘No Recourse’ to Public Funds Policy (NRPF)
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, And Santa Was Filling in UK Border Forms
Effect of Deportation on Children: Imran Case Reversed
Inspector Reveals Broken Promises on Free Visa Appointments
Inflexible Biometrics Policy for Refugee Family Reunion Declared Unlawful
Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - December 2021
Deteriorated Situations - Burkina, Faso - Democratic, Republic of Congo - Uganda - Somalia - Bangladesh - Solomon Islands - Armenia - Azerbaijan - Belarus - El Salvador - Nicaragua - Western Sahara
Conflict Risk Alerts for December 2021 - Ukraine, Yemen, Libya
Improved Situations - none / Resolution Opportunities - none
Russia’s military build-up along Ukraine’s border increased domestic and international concerns about a potential invasion and renewed armed conflict in the east. - Fighting erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan along their international border, killing at least a dozen soldiers on both sides. - In El Salvador, President Bukele deployed the military in response to a surge in gang-related violence, while relations with the U.S. deteriorated further. - Tensions escalated in Western Sahara after Algeria and the Polisario Front independence movement accused Morocco of killing civilians in possible drone attacks. - Jihadists in Burkina Faso launched the deadliest attack on security forces since 2015. - Tensions between Belarus and Western governments intensified as Minsk fomented a migration crisis with thousands seeking entry into the EU stranded at the Polish border amid dire humanitarian conditions. - In the Solomon Islands, an anti-government protest in the capital Honiara degenerated into days of unrest that killed at least three people. - Rival forces in Libya could mobilise around the 24 December polls amid a lack of consensus on the electoral framework and disputes over some presidential candidates’ eligibility. - Huthis could attack or lay siege to Yemen’s Marib city after the group tightened its grip in surrounding areas and Saudi-led coalition-aligned troops withdrew from the Red Sea coast.
Read more: International Crisis Group: https://www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch