JUSTICE, an “an all-party law reform and human rights organisation working to strengthen the justice system,” has released a new report making the case for significant reform in the immigration asylum appeals system. The starting point for the report is the long-documented – and bemoaned – complexity of the appeals system (and of immigration law…

In the context of the US’ brutal management of its southern border, of the Italian government’s refusal to let the Aquarius rescue ship dock, and of a general spread of anti-migrant rhetoric and policy on the continent, the Council of Europe has seen fit to re-affirm its commitment to human rights in the context of…

Corporate Watch have recently released a number of research reports related to the UK’s deportation practices, and the largely privatised infrastructure that underpins it. One report reviews the history of deportation targets, currently a hot topic after the Windrush scandal exposed these targets’ inhumane consequences. Corporate Watch point out that the “hostile environment” we are…