General Information - November 2021
Nationality and Borders Bill Disproportionately Disadvantages Women Seeking Asylum
Highest Number of Asylum Applications Since 2003
EU Law Still Applies In legacy Appeals Under the EEA Regulations
Meaning of “Admissible” in Statelessness Cases
Freedom From Violence Against Women
Net Migration Falls 88% - Asylum Claims Increase 18%
Pursuit of Racial Justice and the Limits of the Law
Net Migration Falls 88% - Asylum Claims Increase 18%
Nine Problems With the Asylum System that Priti Patel Can’t Blame on Anyone Else
Home Office ‘Covering Up’ its Own Study of Why Refugees Come to the UK
One Month a Reasonable Time to Source Bail Accommodation During Pandemic
Home Office Only Able to Remove Just Five Channel Boat People Since Brexit
Home Office: Ethical Decision-Making
Upper Tribunal Reminds Everyone: UT is Not the Place for New Evidence
Informing the Struggle for Immigration Justice
US Woman Who Has Lived in UK for 53 Years Wins Deportation Appeal
Liars Can Still be Genuine Trafficking Victims
Stuck in Limbo Between Poland and Belarus
Conflict, Violence, Climate Change Drove Displacement of More Than 84 Million in First Half of 2021
UK Home Office - “Early Settlement Concession” for 18 to 24 year-olds
Most Detainees Taken Off Deportation Flight List to Jamaica After Activists Block Road
Stop the Mass Deportation to Jamaica – Wednesday 10th November
Immigration Officers Contributed to Asylum Seekers Death
Government no Longer Keeping Proper Track Of 70,000 Immigration Offenders
Unanimous Acquittal Of Vulnerable asylum seeker on Class A drug trafficking charges
Extradition To Russia Discharged as an Abuse of the Process of Tthe Court
Extradition to Moldova Halted: Appalling Prison Conditions Result In Blanket Discharge
Indian Extradition Request For Murder Refused
Suicide Risk Bars Extradition to Romania
Early Settlement Concession For Young People Living Half Their Lives in the UK
Litigating to End Statelessness
Claiming Humanitarian Protection in Medical Treatment Cases
Challenge to Automatic British Citizenship for Northern Irish People Thrown Out
Restricted Leave and Russian Justice: When is Refusing ILR Irrational?
Progress stalls on vulnerable immigration detainees
Immigration Act at 50: is it still up to the job?
Briefing: what is section 3C leave?
Restricted leave and Russian justice: when is refusing ILR irrational?
Early settlement concession for young people living half their lives in the UK
Continuing Conflicts That Create Refugees - November 2021
Situations Deteriorated in: Mali, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen
Resolution Opportunities - None
Conflict Risk Alerts for November - Ethiopia, Sudan, Nicaragua, Yemen
Ethiopia: Tigray forces could advance on the Djibouti corridor or launch an assault on Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, with further devastating consequences for the country's stability and communal relations.
Sudan: Deadly crackdowns on tens of thousands of protesters opposing the military coup could foment splits in the military and lead to a violent escalation.
Yemen: A battle for Yemen’s Marib city looms after the Huthis made breakthroughs in the last contiguous bloc of territory held by government-aligned forces.
Nicaragua: Amid stifling of dissent, President Ortega’s controversial bid for a fourth term in Nicaragua’s general election on 7 November could fuel further political instability and isolation.Source: International Crisis Group, https://www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch