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Disabled refugees now eligible for disability benefits without two-year wait

Latest news

Date of publication

10 October 2016

Summary

Government won't appeal against tribunal ruling that past presence test unlawfully discriminated against refugees

Concrete Walls and Bureaucratic Barriers to Access to Justice for Migrants

Blog post

Date of publication

06 October 2016

Written by

Justine Stefanelli, UK Human Rights Blog

Home Secretary says her party is committed to reducing net migration to 'sustainable levels' in conference speech

Latest news

Date of publication

05 October 2016

Summary

Harsh new plans to reduce immigration include making firms list foreign workers

Council of Europe's anti-racism body concerned by intolerant anti-migrant discourse by UK politicians and media

Latest news

Date of publication

04 October 2016

Summary

Report finds worrying examples of intolerance and hate speech in UK media, and even among politicians

Theresa May emphasises control of immigration as she sets out timetable for Britain to leave the EU

Latest news

Date of publication

03 October 2016

Summary

PM's conference speech suggests control of immigration will be a red line when exiting the EU

Articles highlight how "deport first, appeal later" and tribunal fee increases will deny justice

Latest news

Date of publication

29 September 2016

Summary

Roots to Return and Garden Court's Jo Wilding say migrants face being denied access to justice

Corbyn says a Labour government will not offer false promises on immigration

Latest news

Date of publication

28 September 2016

Summary

Opposition leader says the Government has demonised migrants and 'fanned the flames of fear'

Detention Action calls for the development of alternatives to immigration detention

Latest news

Date of publication

27 September 2016

Summary

Report calls for the designing, piloting and developing of alternatives to detaining migrants

Immigration detention and access to justice among concerns raised in major BIHR human rights report

Latest news

Date of publication

23 September 2016

Summary

British Institute of Human Rights releases Joint Civil Society Report to the UN Universal Periodic Review of the UK

Barack Obama says the refugee crisis is a ‘test of our humanity’ – is Britain failing it?

Blog post

Date of publication

22 September 2016

Written by

Nando Sigona via The Conversation

REDRESS: Policies of deterrence aimed at refugees and asylum seekers exacerbates their suffering

Latest news

Date of publication

20 September 2016

Summary

New report says vast proportion of refugees experience cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment at all stages of their journey

War Child says refugee children are being denied their basic rights

Latest news

Date of publication

19 September 2016

Summary

Report calls for a Global Action Plan to ensure basic rights for all children forced to flee conflict

Government announces that it will go ahead with immigration tribunal fee increases

Latest news

Date of publication

15 September 2016

Summary

MoJ responds to consultation and says fee increases will be implemented despite overwhelming disagreement by respondents

Chief Inspector of Borders says Home Office needs to improve handling of refugee family reunion applications

Latest news

Date of publication

15 September 2016

Summary

Report says Home Office too ready to refuse applications when applicants fail to provide sufficient evidence of their eligibility

Strasbourg finds that UK authorities again fail to show "due diligence" in deportation proceedings

Blog post

Date of publication

15 September 2016

Written by

Fraser Simpson, UK Human Rights Blog