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Asylum Aid, a leading UK charity providing free legal advice and representation to asylum seekers and refugees, announced on Friday that it was launching legal action against the Home Office’s Safety of Rwanda plan to “ensure that all individual cases against removal to Rwanda are properly considered.”
On Friday, various academic lawyers from across the UK and abroad signed an open letter to Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, accusing the government of “attacking” mostly immigration lawyers for advising and representing clients – especially those seeking asylum. The open letter expressed solidarity with Ms.
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A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday struck down a portion of a Florida immigration law as unconstitutional and declared that the measures within the bill were racially motivated. Gruter was the senator that sponsored SB 168.
Pakistan Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti issued a warning Thursday to “illegal immigrants” living in Pakistan to voluntarily leave the country by November 1 or risk potential arrest and deportation. The announcement alleged that undocumented migrants contribute to smuggling and attacks against the government and the army.
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Japan’s recent amendments, passed on Friday, to its immigration law have sparked a heated debate on the treatment of asylum seekers and the deportation of unsuccessful applicants. The revised legislation grants the government the authority to expel individuals who have repeatedly sought refugee status.
Denmark’s sixth impeachment trial in history began on Thursday over former minister Inger Stojeberg’s aggressive immigration policies. During Stojeberg’s term as Minister for Immigration, Integration and Housing from 2015 to 2019, she imposed more than 100 new amendments limiting the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers.
The US government filed a motion on Friday to partially end a 27-year-old agreement that requires the federal government to comply with court supervision about the treatment of migrant children in its custody. The Court should terminate the FSA as to HHS,” the government wrote.
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Under the new procedure, Alice Autin, an officer in HRW’s Communications and International Justice Program, emphasized that “access to vital services in first reception centers, such as psychosocial assistance, legal information, and language courses” is removed.
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld a New Jersey state law enforcement directive limiting local police interactions with, and/or barring its cooperation with federal immigration authorities. A second county filed suit the following month launching similar challenges to the Directive.
Australia’s new interim Home Affairs minister Friday announced that a Sri Lankan family detained by immigration authorities since 2018 will be granted new visas and be permitted to return to their home in the Australian town of Biloela. Their case has attracted international attention.
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Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Monday called on Canada to end its practice of incarcerating immigration detainees in provincial jails. is inconsistent with international human rights standards, and jail conditions potentially breach federal-provincial immigration detention contracts,” HRW said.
The Hungarian Constitutional Court ruled against a petition from Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government Friday, seeking to challenge a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union that held Hungary’s asylum policies broke European law.
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