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UK Anti-trafficking measures 'not fit for purpose' and breach international law

16 June 2010: A major new report by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group finds that the UK’s new anti-trafficking measures are “not fit for purpose” and the government is breaching its obligations under the European Convention against Trafficking.

OHCHR: UN expert on torture warns detention facilities in Greece in crisis

20 Oct 2010: The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, has warned that "Greek prisons are overcrowded and law enforcement officials are overwhelmed" under the pressure of a constant flow of hundreds of irregular migrants entering via Turkey on a daily basis.

UN experts criticize treatment of migrants after deportee dies while in custody of a UK private security company

21 Oct 2010: The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants expresses deep concern over reports of the death of an Angolan national being deported from the United Kingdom on a British Airways flight.

CHRISTOPHER EDGE MA LLB (1965-2007); Obituary

A conscientious student of human rights law, generous supporter of human rights organisations and exceptional voluntary editorial assistant to EIN. Died tragically, June 8th 2007.

UNHCR chief addresses the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University

14 Oct 2010: The full text of the recent speech by António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Univeristy, focusing on the challenges caused by the "intractable nature of armed conflict" in Afghanistan, the DRC and Somalia.

Written Ministerial Statement: Appeals Fee Charging (Immigration and Asylum Appeals)

22 Oct 2010: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice announced yesterday the launching of a consultation on the mechanisms for introducing fees to the immigration and asylum appeals system.

UNHCR chief addresses European Court of Human Rights

31 Jan 2011: UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has warned that Europe's human rights agenda is coming under increasing strain from the pressure of the global economic crisis and a wave of xenophobia.

Supreme Court landmark ruling allows mother to remain in UK

01 Feb 2011: Supreme Court press summary following the judgment in ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD. The court ruled that an illegal immigrant from Tanzania has the right to stay in the UK because her two children were born in Britain. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/01/asylum-immigration-mother-huma…; target="_blank">The Guardian<a/> says that the "landmark ruling" expands the law on the human rights of British children whose parents face removal, and also delivered a stark warning to immigration authorities to change their approach to dealing with young people.

European Court of Human Rights rules returns to Greece violate human rights

21 Jan 2011: The European Court of Human Rights has held that returning asylum-seekers to Greece under the Dublin II Regulation is a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Amnesty International says "today's landmark ruling will have a lasting impact by enhancing the protection of human rights of asylum-seekers in the European Union".

Immigration and asylum policy: the Coalition Government's plans

18 Jan 2011: This House of Commons Library paper summarises recent Government statements about its intentions for immigration and asylum policy, and specific changes which it has already introduced.

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