General information - June 2020       


Anti-Deportation News  - June 2020

Covid-19 Worsening Plight of UK Migrants

Migrant Families Criticise Further Delay to Birmingham Crush Deaths Case

‘Black Lives Matter’ - Taking Legal Action to Combat Police Brutality

Home Office Announce They Will Increase Asylum Support by 26p per day

Tougher Deportation Laws for Illegal Migrants and Offenders

Children’s Right to Live in the Community

EDM 658: Leave to Remain Status

Deadly Impact of Hostile Environment Policies on Undocumented Migrants

Asylum Seeker Set to Challenge “Illusory” Right to Work Rules

Rules on revocating a Deportation Order

When is a Foreign Criminal Not A Foreign Criminal?

Scrap UK Rule That Has Left 1m Migrant Workers at Risk of Destitution

Number of Forcibly Displaced Worldwide Breaks All Records

Home Office to Face Legal Challenge Over 'Digital Hostile Environment'

Judicial Review of Home Office ‘Permission to Work’ Policy for Asylum Seekers

Refugee Families and Refugee Children

Advocacy in Restricted Spaces: A Toolkit For Civil Society Organizations

“Beyond Belief” - Home Office Asylum Interviews Reveal a  Culture Tainted by Prejudgement

Immigration: What is an Offence Causing “Serious Harm”?

Home Office Ordered to Pay For Hotel For Family in Unsafe Accommodation

White Privilege' is a Distraction, Leaving Racism and Power Untouched

‘Taking Down Statues Does Not Cause us to Forget History’

Online Petition:  Everyone has a Right to Safely Access Healthcare in the UK

Hunger Strikes in Immigration Detention Q1 2020

Incidents of Self-Harm Requiring Medical Treatment Q1 2020

Incidents of Detainees at Risk of Self-Harm Q1 2020

166 MP's From All Parties Call For UK to Stop Teargas and Rubber Bullet Exports to US

Serco Wins Covid-19 Test-And-Trace Contract Despite £1m Fine

166 MP's From All Parties Call For UK to Stop Teargas and Rubber Bullet Exports to US

‘Cruel and Unnecessary’: Immigration Detention During the Pandemic


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

What, if Any, Legal Liability Does the UK Government Have For Deaths Caused by Covid-19?

Government’s Stance On Vietnamese Trafficking Victims is Misconceived

Immigration Appeals Much More Likely to Succeed if There’s an Oral Hearing

Leave to Remain Does Not Automatically Mean ‘No Public Funds’

Refugee Convention: Who Are Refugees and Asylum Seekers?

Immigration Appeals Much More Likely to Succeed if There’s an Oral Hearing

Government’s Stance On Vietnamese Trafficking Victims is Misconceived

Revealed: Unpublished Guidance On Detaining Vulnerable Migrants



Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - June 2020

Deteriorated Situations: Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Malawi, Venezuela, Yemen, Libya

Improved Situations: None

Conflict Risk Alerts for June, Burundi, Yemen, Libya

Global Overview: The latest edition of Crisis Group’s monthly conflict tracker highlights deteriorations in May in seven countries and conflict situations. In Sudan, inter-communal violence erupted in the country’s west, east and south while peace talks with rebel groups suffered new delays. In South Sudan, inter communal violence between ethnic Murle and ethnic Lou Nuer surged in the east killing hundreds. Venezuelan authorities foiled an armed incursion by sea and detained dozens of opposition supporters, while opposition leader Guaidó lost ground in his battle to control the National Assembly.

Looking ahead to June, CrisisWatch warns of three conflict risks. In Burundi, a potentially violent post-electoral crisis looms after the opposition challenged the provisional results of the 20 May presidential election in the Constitutional Court. In Libya, after the capital Tripoli suffered increased shelling and civilian casualties in May, external military support on both sides could fuel further escalation. Fighting in Yemen’s north and a power struggle in the south could intensify unless progress is made toward a nationwide ceasefire.

Read more: Crisis Watch, https://is.gd/SQ2FfX

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