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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights report: Migration to the European Union – Five Persistent Challenges

21 February 2018

‘Asylum-seeking children in several EU Member States had no or limited access to education’, says a February 2019 report (pdf) from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

Building on the findings of their October 2016 report (pdf), this report presents the most pressing fundamental rights concerns between October 2016 and December 2017.

The report finds:

Legal and practical obstacles to accessing legal aid, information and interpretation existed in all EU Member States covered
Sexual and gender-based violence in reception centres remains an issue in some EU Member States
Police and border guards reportedly ill-treated migrants, particularly on the Western Balkan route, and in Spain in certain locations.
Read the full report (pdf).

Liberty campaign: End Indefinite Detention – #ItsAboutTime

19 February 2018

Liberty have launched a February 2018 campaign to end indefinite immigration detention, post-Brexit.

Human Rights Watch report: World Report 2018

13 February 2018

Despite allegations of serious abuse in immigration detention centers, the UK
persisted in not imposing a maximum time limit for immigration detention, and
continued to detain asylum-seeking and migrant children.

This is from the January 2018 report (pdf) from the Human Rights Watch (HRW). World Report 2018 is their 28th annual review of human rights
practices around the globe.

The report summarises key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2016 through November 2017.

The report finds:

Germany over the past year made headlines when the Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the first far-right party to enter its parliament in decades
Despite a strong tradition of protecting civil and political rights, Australia has serious unresolved human rights problems. Australia continued in 2017 to hold asylum seekers who arrived by boat on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and on the island nation of Nauru, where conditions are abysmal
Bahrain’s human rights situation continued to worsen in 2017. Authorities shut down the country’s only independent newspaper and the leading secular-left opposition political society.
In Bangladesh, civil society groups faced pressure from both state and non-state actors, including death threats and attacks from extremist groups.

Read the full report (pdf).

Human Rights Consortium report: Rights at Risk – Brexit, Human Rights and Northern Ireland

13 February 2018

‘EU and EEA migrants living in Northern Ireland are facing high levels of fear and uncertainty around their status and rights in the aftermath of Brexit’.

This is according to the January 2018 report (pdf) from the Human Rights Consortium on the human rights implications of Brexit in Northern Ireland.

Scottish Government OSLA and Scottish Refugee Council: Scots Refugee Integration Strategy 2018 – 2022

22 January 2018

The Scottish Government, COSLA and the Scottish Refugee Council have launched a strategy to support refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland’s communities.

New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy (pdf), published in January 2018, aims to coordinate the efforts of organisations involved in supporting refugees and asylum seekers.

Home Affairs Committee report: Immigration Policy, Basis for Building Consensus

22 January 2018

‘Integration is immensely important but is not embedded in immigration policy’ says a January 2018 report (pdf) from the Home Affairs Committee.

This report sets out five key areas, where they believe reforms are needed to build consent around a fair, principled and effective immigration policy in the UK.

Children’s Commissioner for Wales resource for schools: Tackling Islamophobia

20 January 2018

The Children’s Commissioner have published a January 2018 resource about the rights of young Muslims in Wales.

Liberty report: Bringing rights home? What’s at Stake for Rights in the Incorporation of EU Law After Brexit

18 January 2018

“Leaving the EU need not – and should not – result in ordinary people losing existing rights.”

This is from the January 2018 report (pdf) from Liberty on the potential implications of Brexit on human rights.

International Organisation for Migration: World Migration Report 2018

15 December 2017

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has published the ninth report in its World Migration series: World Migration Report 2018.

EU and UK Government report: Progress during Phase 1 of Negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the UK’s Orderly Withdrawal from the EU

12 December 2017

Britain and the European Union’s negotiators have published a December 2017 progress report on Brexit.

Category: Refugees and Migrants

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights report: Migration to the European Union – Five Persistent Challenges

Liberty campaign: End Indefinite Detention – #ItsAboutTime

Human Rights Watch report: World Report 2018

Scottish Government OSLA and Scottish Refugee Council: Scots Refugee Integration Strategy 2018 – 2022

Children’s Commissioner for Wales resource for schools: Tackling Islamophobia

Liberty report: Bringing rights home? What’s at Stake for Rights in the Incorporation of EU Law After Brexit

International Organisation for Migration: World Migration Report 2018

EU and UK Government report: Progress during Phase 1 of Negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the UK’s Orderly Withdrawal from the EU

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