General information - May 2021

Thousands of Asylum Seekers Left Unable to Afford Food

'Enough is Enough': Patel's Message to Deportation Disruptors

Home Office Must Compensate Trafficked Women for Lack of Childcare

Dozens of Vulnerable Asylum Seekers Wrongly Placed in Napier Barracks

Children Speak of Sickness and Neglect In US Asylum Camps

Glasgow Politicians call on Home Office to Halt Immigration Raids

UK Asylum Seekers at ‘Unprecedented’ Risk of Suicide Amid Deportation Threat

Home Office Rush to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit Was ‘Inhumane’

Home Office Ordered to Move Torture Victim out of ‘Prison-Like’ Hotel

Sam Louis Unlawfully Detained over three Years Due to ‘Repeated Failures’ by Home Office

Government Asylum Plans Attacked as ‘Cruel and Unfair’

UK Court Clears Iranian Asylum Seeker of Smuggling

What’s Behind the UK’s Harsh Post-Brexit Asylum Overhaul?

EU Countries Snub Priti Patel’s Plans to Return Asylum Seekers

Police Release Men From Immigration Van Blocking Glasgow Street

Anti-Deportation Protesters Block Immigration Van From Leaving Glasgow Street

Patel’s Asylum Plans ‘Serious Threat’ to Rule Of Law - ‘Undermine Access To Justice’

Early Day Motion 7 - Undocumented Migrants

UK-India Migration Deal

Right to Remain Toolkit - A Guide to the UK Immigration and Asylum System

Congolese Man Unlawfully Detained for Three and a Half Years

New Plan for Immigration: the Proposed Changes to Nationality Law

Immigration System Failure: Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Fresh Blow to “No Recourse to Public Funds” Scheme

Stripping Someone of Refugee Status Doesn’t Mean They Can be Deported

Over 2,000 Refugees Die After EU State Pushbacks



Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - May 2021

Deteriorated Situations, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Benin, Nigeria, India (non-Kashmir), Pakistan, Northern Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Israel/Palestine.

Conflict Risk Alerts for May: Chad, Somalia, Afghanistan

Crisi Watch monthly conflict tracker notes deteriorations in 14 countries and conflict areas in April: Violent unrest erupted in capital Belfast and other cities against backdrop of rising unionist anger over controversial Northern Ireland Protocol. Violence further intensified across Nigeria, notably in Borno and Zamfara states, leaving hundreds killed and tens of thousands displaced. In Ethiopia, intercommunal clashes escalated in several regions, notably in the Amhara region and in the Afar-Somali disputed area. Tensions between Caracas and Bogotá grew as Venezuela’s military and Colombian guerrilla groups clashed at the border. Maoist militants in India launched their deadliest ambush on security forces in four years. Fighting flared on the Kyrgz-Tajik border, killing dozens.

Read more: International Crisis Group
https://www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch