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The Kind of Jordan has endorsed a treaty with the UK which guarantees a fair trial for Abu Qatada in Jordan and will pave the way for his deportation.
The Traveller Law Reform Project has revealed that only four out of 115 councils in the east and south-east of England are complying with requirements to identify and provide sites for Travellers.
A series of hunger strikes, following allegations of abuse, force and the use of forged documents, are showing up the fault lines in the Dutch detention system.
A parliamentary human rights committee has condemned the treatment of child asylum seekers, acknowledging that immigration control is put before their well-being.
Under new proposals councils in Wales could face prosecution for failing to provide pitches for Gypsies and Travellers.
A group of MPs has called for a review of minimum earnings immigration policies that are responsible for preventing families from living together in the UK.
Attacks in Germany linked to the NSU trial demonstrate that the far Right does not need a stimulus for violence.
Research by Universities UK claims that the government’s student visa restrictions could cost £350 million a year, as international students choose to study in the US and Canada rather than the UK.
Child protection experts have warned that abandoned and trafficked children will be left destitute if the government goes ahead with plans to introduce residency tests to see if they qualify for legal aid.
In the blizzard of coalition measures wreaking destruction on living standards, the justice ministry’s proposals on legal aid will once again bear down hardest on poor BME, Muslim and migrant communities.
An interview with a spokesperson from Antirassisistischer und Antifaschister Ratschlag.
The European Commission is launching legal action against the UK, claiming that forcing EU citizens to pass an additional test to prove their rights to benefits is discriminatory.
IRR News provides a snapshot report from the second day of the inquest in to the death of Jimmy Mubenga[1] which is due to last eight weeks.
Marc Lorenzi explains the work of the Communities Empowerment Network, which helps excluded pupils.
Around 1,000 lawyers and legal workers rallied outside parliament in protest against government plans to slash legal aid.
An independent report has revealed that police mistakes in dealing with people suffering from mental illness could have contributed to the deaths of dozens of people in the UK.
Detained radical cleric Abu Qatada has again been denied bail at an immigration tribunal in London after having been imprisoned for breaching bail conditions.
Five detained asylum seekers have won a test case against the Home Office’s policy of ignoring medical evidence of torture and have been awarded compensation by the High Court.
Croydon Council has paid out almost £1.2m in legal fees for wrongly classifying asylum seeking children as adults.
EU countries are accused of leaving asylum seekers from the Russian Federation vulnerable to the repressive reach of the Russian state.
Eric Kitson, UKIP councillor from Worcestershire County, has announced his resignation after posting 'racist' content on Facebook.
Abu Qatada has announced that he will ‘voluntarily go back to Jordan’ if the Jordanian government ratifies a new deportation treaty with Britain guaranteeing his safety.
The UK Secretary of Defence has denied claims that the British government told the Pentagon it is in ‘no rush’ to have the last British Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer released.
An 81-year-old woman with dementia starved to death in Surrey following an immigration raid brought about the closure of the private care company that looked after her.
Jun 13 2013
G4S confronted
Last week, campaigners from numerous organisations brought their grievances about the human rights abuses of G4S directly to their annual general meeting.
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