Alternatives to Detention: Evidence from Canada and Switzerland
This is republished from Border Criminologies: Foreigners in a Carceral Age
A new report in the UNHCR Legal and ...
Immigration and Asylum
Between a Crocodile and a Snake: Racism and religious intolerance in Burma
By Benedict Rogers
Benedict Rogers will be speaking in Oxford this Thursday, 2 May. Click here for more ...
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ruled on refugee law gateway issue
On 25 March 2013, the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) in Hong Kong unanimously allowed an appeal by three asylum ...
Contesting Refugee Status Cessation: The Rwandan Case
By Kelly O'Connor -
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recommends that the refugee status ...
Hounga v Allen: a danger for undocumented migrant workers
The ruling in Hounga v Allen will have a dangerous impact for undocumented migrant workers. The Court of Appeal’s ...
Protecting the Labour Rights and Human Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers – A Labour Regulation Approach
By Professor Judy Fudge -
Women who cross national borders in order to work in the households of other peoples’ ...
Weakening Protections for Victims of Gender-Based Violence in the United States?
By Chelsea Purvis -
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is the principle federal law addressing gender-based ...
Stuck in Traffic?
By Professor Bridget Anderson -
‘Trafficking’ seems to extend the audience of those engaged with the human ...
Solidarity, fair sharing of responsibility, and refugee protection in the EU
Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) requires that asylum policies of the Union
Human Trafficking in Scotland
Following on from her previous post on forced labour in Britain Mei-Ling McNamara takes a closer look at the ...
The Hidden Face of Forced Labour in Britain
As previous posts on the OxHRH Blog have highlighted, trafficking for forced labour remains a hot-button issue in ...
Unkind Cuts: UK Refugee Lawyers Cite Grave Concerns over Impending Legal Aid Restrictions
By Stephen Meili
Following on from Jo Renshaw's piece on this blog about the impact of the legal aid cuts on ...
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