asylum seekers

December 17, 2019

Award to Lutheran church in Costa Rica for refugee response

The Lutheran Costa Rican Church has received the 'Living Integration Seal' award 2019, award given by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to organisations for support to refugees.
December 13, 2019

India's Citizenship Amendment Bill condemned as 'fear-mongering and bigotry'

The Bill passed legitimises discrimination on the basis of religion and stands in clear violation of both the constitution of India and international human rights law, Amnesty International India says.
November 12, 2019

US 'misusing' justice system to harass migrant human rights defenders

Amnesty International is calling on the US Department of Justice to drop "spurious criminal charges" against a humanitarian volunteer in Arizona facing a retrial in relation to humanitarian assistance he provided to migrants near the US-Mexico border.
October 29, 2019

UNHCR releases reports on improving prospects of child refugees in UK

Three new reports bring together first-hand accounts of young refugees and asylum-seekers and those who support them across the UK.
October 27, 2019

Syrian refugees 'tricked or forced' into returning to Syria from Turkey

Turkish authorities spent the months leading up to the military offensive in Syria forcibly deporting hundreds of Syrian refugees back to the war-torn country, a new Amnesty International report reveals.
September 23, 2019

Report calls for reform of Home Office decision-making following Windrush scandal

A new report has exposed the historical and systemic failures of asylum decision-making in the UK and makes the case for root-and-branch reform of the asylum and immigration system.
September 18, 2019

Two thirds of business leaders say asylum seekers should have the right to work

Currently people seeking asylum are banned from working while their claims are being processed by the Home Office.
September 13, 2019

Rwanda, UNHCR and African Union agree to evacuate refugees out of Libya

The Government of Rwanda will receive and provide protection to refugees and asylum-seekers who are currently being held in detention centres in Libya.
September 8, 2019

Government failings leaving vulnerable asylum seekers homeless and hungry

Vulnerable people refused asylum in the UK, including pregnant women and those with serious mental health conditions, are being left homeless and unable to feed or clothe their families.
September 2, 2019

Allegations of bias against apostates by asylum case translators

Humanists UK is concerned that non-religious people claiming asylum in the UK might encounter prejudice when accessing language services at the Home Office.