General Information November 2023 Foreign Care Workers Invited to UK ‘Exploited on Grand Scale’ Four Looming Problems in the UK Asylum System and How to Address Them Texas: “Operation Lone Star” Kills 74 Migrants ‘Many Care Homes Wouldn’t be Here Without Foreign Workers UK Must Improve Labour Market Enforcement in Order to Tackle Exploitation of Workers IRR: Challenging Media Double Standards - Resetting the Agenda Parliament: There are no Safe Routes for Refugees and Asylum Seekers to the UK Just 15 Countries Host More Than Half of 71.1 Million IDPs Worldwide Rwanda: Evil Then and Evil Now Student With Rare Disease to Stay in UK After Immigration Battle Victim of Trafficking/Modern Slavery - Criminal Convictions Quashed UK Point-Based Immigration System Increase Risk of Exploitation for Migrant Workers Worsening Conditions/Challenges Facing Vulnerable Ukrainian Refugees In Europe Returning a Refugee to Persecution Must be a Last Resort EDM 50: Persecution Faced by Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan India and Georgia to be Added to the List of ‘Safe’ Countries? CoA Dismiss Government Appeal Access to Benefits for People With Pre Settled Statu 'Israeli Settlers' Violence Against Palestinians Rises in the West Bank As Gaza Burns, Other Countries Quietly, Illegally Dumping Refugees Suspend Arms to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups RAF Admits to Making 17 Military Flights to Israel Since Gaza Bombing Began IRR News: Anti-Palestinianism, Suspect Communities and the Racist Backlash Afghan Refugee Wins Substantial Damages From Home Secretary For Destitution UK In Violation of International Law’ Over Poverty Levels, says UN Envoy How is the Home Office Prioritising Asylum Claims? Home Office Wrong to Move Vulnerable Asylum Seeker Away From Support Network CoA Sends Medical Treatment Case Back to First-tier Tribunal Guidance in Begum on Deprivation Decisions Not Restricted to National Security Cases Latest Trafficking Figures Show Benefit of Change In Home Office Policy Black and Asian People Find it Harder to Access NHS Mental Health Services Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - November 2023 Deteriorated Situations: Guatemala - Bangladesh - Myanmar - Türkiye - Mozambique - D R Congo - Rwanda - Sudan - Israel/Palestine - Lebanon - Syria - Yemen Conflict Risk Alerts: Myanmar - Somalia - Sudan - Mali - Israel/Palestine - Lebanon - Syria - Iraq - Yemen - Madagascar Global Overview: Our monthly conflict tracker highlights five conflict risk alerts and one resolution opportunity related to the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on 7 October following Hamas’s unprecedented attacks (see this month’s Conflict in Focus). In Israel-Palestine, Israel’s bombardment and ground operations could raze Gaza, kill thousands more Palestinians and compound the humanitarian catastrophe facing 2.3 million people. Qatari mediation offers a slim hope for talks. Israel’s Gaza campaign also risks igniting a regional conflagration. Deadly border clashes between Hizbollah and Israeli forces, which have killed dozens of militants and several Israeli soldiers, could open another front in Lebanon. The Houthis in Yemen launched long-range missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and vowed more such strikes, which could further expand the Israel-Hamas war. Large-scale fighting between M23 rebels and government forces resumed in DR Congo’s North Kivu after six months of precarious calm, fuelling tensions with Rwanda. Meanwhile, the political climate remained heated ahead of the December elections. We also spotlight five other alerts in November in Africa and Asia Military authorities could launch an offensive in northern Mali in the coming days or weeks to take control of the town of Kidal, a stronghold of the 2015 peace deal signatories. Aside from the scores of conflict situations we regularly assess, we tracked significant developments in Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Gabon, Guatemala, Jordan, Lesotho, Madagascar, Moldova, Nile Waters and Togo. Improved Situations: Colombia - Venezuela Read more: Crisis Group, https://tinyurl.com/37w2hccb |