General information - July 2020       


Anti-Deportation News 

Naturalisation as a British Citizen

Landmark Decision on “Particular Social Group”

Hospital Order Not a Conviction for Purpose of Foreign Criminal Definition

Rule 35 Not Working – and There is Data to Prove it

What Does the Life in the UK Handbook Say About Who the British People Are?

Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre to Close

Receiving a Deportation Order to Leave the UK

Home Office Breaking Law by Leaving Destitute Asylum Seekers Homeless

EDM 768: End and Reverse Privatisation in the NHS

Help Gurmit Kaur Stay In The UK - Deportation No Way

Priti Patel’s Refusal to Grant Immigration Bail - Ruled Unlawful

EDM 751: Indefinite Leave to Remain for Health and Social Care Workers

Immigration Bail Legislation Means What It Says

General Grounds for Refusal: Alleged Deception and Innocent Mistakes

Seven Year Rule Does Not Apply to EU Children Until They’ve Lived in UK for Seven Years

IRC Officers - Dismissed for Undue Force on Detainees 

UK Human Rights and Democracy 2020

High Court Grants Permission to the Challenge SSHD’s Policy on Release Of Detainees From IRCs

Call for Evidence: an Inspection of Asylum Casework

EDM 722: Government Support for Asylum Seekers

What are the Hardial Singh Principles? 

Home Office Complaints Handling Targets “Routinely Missed”  

Asylum, Sexuality and Concealment: Where are we a Decade on From HJ (Iran)? 

Judge Orders Home Office to Bring Asylum Seeker Back to the UK 

The Non-Treatment Scandal and the ‘Hidden’ Victims of Covid-19

Home Office Ordered to Pay Over £100,000 Compensation For False Immigration Detention

Home Office Removal Window Makes Access to Justice ‘Practically Impossible’

Refugees Who Dare To Aspire

EU Receives One-Third of Global Asylum Applications in 2019

Migrant Women Deliberately Left Out of UK Abuse Bill

Pregnant and Disabled Asylum Seekers Placed in Hotels for Months During Lockdown

Woman loses Legal Challenge to NHS Charges For Pregnant Migrants

Denial of Women's Concerns Contributed to Decades of Medical Scandals

France: Inhuman and Degrading Living Conditions of Homeless Asylum-Seekers Violation of Article 3

Pregnant and Disabled Asylum Seekers Placed in Hotels for Months During Lockdown

Woman loses Legal Challenge to NHS Charges For Pregnant Migrants


Legal Articles - UK - Commons/Lords  - ECtHR/European Union - July 2020

Priti Patel’s Refusal to Grant Immigration Bail - Ruled Unlawful

Asylum Research Centre (ARC) - Sri Lanka: Country Report

More Money For Trafficking Victims With Kids After Legal Challenge

ECHR: Forced Prostitution Covered by Article 4

Briefing: What is ihe Law on Deporting Non-EU Foreign Criminals and Their Human Rights?

Increase in Subsistence Amounts for Non-Asylum Seeking Victims of Trafficking

HMCIP Inspections of Charter Flights 2010 t0 2019



Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - July 2020

Deteriorated Situations: Nile Waters, Mali, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire, Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, StraitIndia (non-Kashmir)Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Belarusm Venezuelam Mexicom Lebanonm Saudi Arabiam, Yemen

Outlook for July 2020 - Conflict Risk Alerts: Israel/Palestine, Libya - Resolution Opportunities: None

Global Overview July 2020: The latest edition of Crisis Group’s monthly conflict tracker highlights deteriorations in June in sixteen countries and conflict situations – the majority in Africa and Asia. In India, counter-insurgency operations inside Jammu and Kashmir sharply intensified, while the most lethal border clashes in over five decades with China killed at least twenty Indian soldiers. In Ethiopia, frictions heightened between the federal government and Tigray region over the electoral calendar, and the killing of a popular ethnic Oromo musician sparked deadly unrest in the capital Addis Ababa and the Oromia region. Meanwhile, criminal groups’ persistent violence led to Mexico’s deadliest day in 2020 on 8 June, setting the country on course for its bloodiest year on record.

Looking ahead to July, CrisisWatch warns of two conflict risks. In Israel/Palestine, a potential parliamentary vote to extend Israeli sovereignty over portions of the West Bank could significantly raise tensions. In Libya, fighting could escalate after the front line shifted eastward around the strategic city of Sirte and Egypt threatened military intervention.

Source: Crisis Watch, https://www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch


Essential Tools for - Asylum Seekers - Un-Documented Migrants - Immigrants - Anti-Deportation Campaigners

Charter Flights January 2016 Through December 2019

US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/

See also US: International Religious Freedom ReportsTrafficking-in-Person ReportsU.S. Treaty ReportsUniversal Period Review; and the Advancing Freedom and Democracy Reports.

State of the World’s Human Rights - Amnesty International Report 2017/18

UNHCR Protection Manual- as of January 2018

HRW World Report 2018: Demagogues Threaten Human Right



34 Deaths Across the UK Detention Estate - Suicide/Murder/Undetermined