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John Vine. Last week saw the publication of John Vine’s report on how the UK Border Agency ‘manage’ foreign national prisoners.  The UKBA’s Independent Chief Inspector commented on the improvement in UKBA’s monitoring of foreign national prisoners (following the 2006 ‘foreign prisoners fiasco‘), but has some clear criticisms of UKBA’s decision making, particularly in the [...]

In his presentation to the UN General Assembly yesterday, Ahmed Shaheed – the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran – expressed concern over alleged violations in Iran’s judicial system including torture, cruel or degrading treatment of detainees, and the imposition of the death penalty without proper safeguards. His report, based on first-hand testimonies from [...]

The Immigration Minister, Damien Green, yesterday announced that the UK will not be opting into the the two EU asylum directives. This will hardly come as a surprise from a government not known for its cosiness with Europe, and seemingly determined to issue new hate-speech against immigrants on a daily basis, but the justifications given [...]

The UK Border Agency went ahead with a mass deportation to Sri Lanka this week. Legal challenges delayed the flight, and some people were removed from the plane, but eventually it took off. It is believed that at least 30 of the 50 people given removal directions were onboard. This week, UK charity Freedom From [...]

A round-up of some recent parliamentary activity: Detention: Children in Detention Entry Clearance Decisions Asylum: number of applicants Asylum: Change in student visas

Blogging around the campaigns – NCADC volunteers explore some of the latest issue affecting migrant rights 27 March 2011 David Shortland, NCADC Campaigns Volunteer As the conflict in Libya rages on, the number of refugees produced has steadily increased. The UNHCR has called on the international community to step up to the mark by supporting [...]

Today the Mid Sussex Council voted to approve the planning of the UKBA’s latest children detention facility 14 to 1. Around 30 protestors met outside the Council building playing music, holding banners and handing out information to those attending the meeting. Three objectors were permitted to present arguments against the detention centre during the meeting [...]

Blogging around the campaigns – NCADC volunteers explore some of the latest issue affecting migrant rights 14 March 2011 David Shortland, NCADC Campaigns Volunteer Three hundred Greek hunger striking migrants (Guardian)  have been vindicated. On the 13th of March, a statement was released by the hunger strikers: “The struggle is complete. With the documents in [...]

Blogging around the campaigns – NCADC volunteers explore some of the latest issue affecting migrant rights 8 March 2011 Milena Tmava, NCADC Campaigns Volunteer The European Agency for Fundamental Rights has today published a new report describing the situation at the EU’s external land border between Greece and Turkey as a fundamental rights emergency. People, [...]

Mitie profits from Campsfield House Blogging around the campaigns- NCADC volunteers explore some of the latest issue affecting migrant rights 25 February 2011 David Shortland, NCADC Campaigns Volunteer It may have seemed that the Home Office learned some valuable lessons after the scandalous treatment by security company G4S, leading to the death of Jimmy Mubenga [...]