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Council of Europe publish report on gender-related asylum

Friday, 13th August, 2010

The Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe’s Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population has published a report on gender-related asylum claims.

Latest news roundup

Friday, 6th August, 2010

A summary of the leading stories on asylum and refugee issues that have appeared in the press.

Former Chief Inspector slates detention centre conditions

Sunday, 1st August, 2010

Dame Anne Owers, the former Chief Inspector of Prisons, has proposed that the UKBA no longer be in charge of detaining immigrants prior to their removal from the UK.

Profound implications of gay asylum case

Sunday, 1st August, 2010

In ruling on a case concerning two gay men - one from Iran and one from Cameroon – the Supreme Court has fundamentally changed UK asylum law in relation to persecution arising from future behaviour.

Yarl's Wood family unit to close

Sunday, 1st August, 2010

Standing in for David Cameron at last week's Prime Minister’s Questions, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced the closure of the family unit at Yarl’s Wood.

Describing the detention of children as a ‘moral outrage’ he stated that the coalition government would “once again restore a sense of decency and liberty to the way in which we conduct ourselves”.