The Unified Screening Mechanism: Hong Kong to Assess Refugee Claims Alongside Torture Claims
The UNHCR previously had the role of assessing and determining refugee claims (“persecution claims”) in Hong Kong ...
Immigration and Asylum
Government Lodges Plans to More Than Double Oxfordshire Immigration Removal Centre
The Home Office recently submitted plans for major expansion of Campsfield House, an Immigration Removal Centre ...
High Time for Europe to Offer Temporary Protection to Refugees from Syria?
Approximately 3 million people have fled Syria due to the armed conflict. About 96% of the refugees remain in ...
Providing Syrian Survivors of Torture Access to Rehabilitation Services
Mental health and other rehabilitation services can be key to restoring basic functioning and facilitate ...
Second Strike and You are (Finally) Out? The Israeli Supreme Court quashes (again) the Prevention of Infiltration Law
On 22 September 2014, the Israeli Supreme Court sitting as a High Court of Justice quashed in a 217-page judgment ...
Hounga v Allen: Trojan Horse Comes to the Rescue of ‘Illegal’ Migrants
In Hounga v Allen [2014] UKSC 47 the Supreme Court took the opportunity to overrule one of the most controversial ...
Gays: a Prohibited Class in CARICOM?
In the western hemisphere, only 11 Caribbean states still criminalize private consensual adult same-gender ...
Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine
Well over 300,000 people have been displaced from their homes due to the ongoing violence in Ukraine. We have seen ...
Ángel: migrante afro hondureño torturado y encarcelado en México
Imagine que usted es padre de dos hijos en Honduras y está desesperado por encontrar un trabajo que le permita ...
Angel: Afro-Honduran migrant tortured and imprisoned in Mexico
Imagine that you are a father of two in Honduras and are in desperate need of a job allowing you to pay for ...
Migrants’ Voting at the Local Level is a Human Right
According to a recent study, only 15 of the 28 EU member states allow categories of resident migrants (‘third ...
European Legal Aid in a Domestic Framework – Part Two
As hinted in yesterday’s post, under section 4 of LASPO, The Lord Chancellor provided guidance on how to decide ...
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