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image reads all refugee rights are human rights

Every day, all over the world, people make one of the most difficult decisions: to leave their homes in search of a safer, better life. Some people leave home to get a job or an education. Others are forced to flee persecution or human rights violations.

Our goal is for all refugees and migrants to be treated with dignity and respect, and an immigration and asylum system that is fair and effective.

Briefing

Briefing: A fair and efficient process for making asylum decisions

A fair and efficient process for making asylum decisions
Families together

A family in search of a better life

Muhammad and Maha were newly engaged, building a house and planning for the future when Syria’s civil war broke out. Within months everything changed, and they faced years of dislocation, prison, torture, and abuse. But now in London, they finally feel optimistic again.
Refugee Week 2024

Refugee Week 2024: What does Seeking Asylum have to do with Home?

Everyone should have the right to the warmth, dignity & refuge of home. This is why seeking asylum is a human right protected by international law. But, what does seeking asylum have to do with home? Why is it the theme of #RefugeeWeek 2024?
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AIUK Asylum Policy Briefing 2024

Gambling with Lives: AIUK Asylum Policy Briefing 2024

UK: Syrian refugees must not be left stuck in 'asylum limbo'

New briefing - ‘Syrian refugees and the fall of Assad’ - calls for a speedy resumption to decision-making and for the future of the Syrian people to be prioritised over any short-sighted ambition to return refugees

UK: Government must not compromise on the need for asylum - immigration stats

New Home Office quarterly immigration statistics show 133,409 people are waiting for initial asylum decision 

Myanmar: Rohingyas face worst violence since 2017 – new testimony

Rohingya face persecution from rebel Arakan Army and Myanmar military
Blog

At a crossroads: The future of the UK’s asylum system

At a crossroads: The future of the UK’s asylum system

UK: Safe asylum routes 'desperately needed' to avoid tragic Channel crossing deaths

Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who’ve died in this terrible tragedy.

UK: Closure of Bibby Stockholm is 'absolutely correct'

Warehousing people on a giant barge is distressingly reminiscent of the prison hulks of the Victorian era and it’s absolutely correct that this inhuman practice will eventually end.

UK: PM taking 'very similar path' to last Government on asylum

Call for safe routes and ‘dignified asylum system fit for the twenty-first century’

Finland: Emergency law to block people seeking asylum 'should never have passed'

This law should never have passed.

UK: Channel crossing deaths 'yet another reminder' to urgently set up safe asylum routes

This is more terrible news from the Channel and we send our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of those who’ve died.

UK: Scrapping of unlawful Rwanda refugee scheme welcome

The unlawful Rwanda scheme shamed the UK in the eyes of the world, and we welcome this move to scrap it.

UK: Call for Starmer government to put in place ‘human rights renaissance’

Call for ‘rights renaissance’, with to-do list including an immediate suspension of arms to Israel, scrapping of Rwanda Act, Troubles Act and anti-protest measures, and tackling homelessness crisis 

Italy: Migrants detained in conditions 'worse than prison' - new briefing

Amnesty visits to centres in Rome and Caltanissetta in Sicily found spartan conditions with foam mattresses on concrete beds, sealed windows and mobiles prohibited
Football Welcomes

“From playing for fun to building a movement”: Khalida Popal on football as a platform for women’s rights in Afghanistan

Khalida Popal started a movement for women’s rights through football in Afghanistan. After the Taliban returned to Kabul in 2021, she helped evacuate more than 500 players and their families. Read her story

Greece: One year on from the Pylos shipwreck, Coast Guard's role must be properly investigated

Serious allegations that a Hellenic Coast Guard patrol boat caused the trawler to capsize  

UK: Detaining refugees is 'whipping up a febrile anti-asylum atmosphere'

The entire Rwanda scheme is a human rights scandal

UK/Ireland: Asylum row is 'unedifying spectacle' doing real harm

The UK is currently acting as an international freeloader in refugee matters, expecting other countries to process people’s asylum claims when it flat out refuses to do so itself.

UK: Channel crossing deaths highlight Government's 'callous attitude' to refugees

Today is an utterly bleak day for people seeking asylum in the UK.