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August 13, 2015

Dispatches: Europe’s Refugee Crisis – Has UK Forgotten the Past?

Isaac Levine arrived in the UK from Lithuania as a 17-year-old in 1894. Manfred Gorlin left his home in Nazi-controlled Danzig (now in Poland) and arrived in 1939. As the grandchildren of Jews who found refuge from persecution in the UK, we watch the debate on asylum seekers and migrants and wonder: would they have been welcomed in today’s Britain?

Refugees and Migrants

August 13, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Europe’s Refugee Crisis – Has UK Forgotten the Past?

Iain Levine
Deputy Executive Director, Program
Refugee Rights

May 21, 2015 News Release

EU: Don’t Endanger Lives at Sea or Deny Protection
Children's Rights

(New York) The U.S. State Department's third annual trafficking in persons report fails to meaningfully evaluate governments' efforts to combat trafficking in persons, Human Rights Watch said today.

June 11, 2003 News Release

U.S. State Department Trafficking Report Undercut by Lack of Analysis

Reports More Reports

December 1, 2003

Policy Paralysis

A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses Against Women and Girls in Africa
April 1, 2003

Borderline Slavery

Child Trafficking In Togo
January 1, 2001

Protectors or Pretenders

Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa

News

March 10, 2016 Statement

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights
July 30, 2009 Statement

African Civil Society Urges African States Parties to the Rome Statute to Reaffirm Their Commitment to the ICC
December 9, 2008 Letter

European Union: Urgently Deploy a "Bridging" Force to North Kivu in the eastern DRC
March 11, 2008 Letter

Organisation of the Islamic Conference: Improve and Strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism
July 2, 2003 Statement

President Bush's Trip to Africa
April 1, 2003 News Release

West Africa: Stop Trafficking in Child Labor

Daily Brief

September 26, 2017

Crimes against humanity in Burma; arrested for raising a rainbow flag in Egypt; senior Saudi officials condone hate speech against Shia minority; mainstreaming of hate in Germany's politics; #TakeAKnee protests; release detained DRC activists; Pakistan (dis)honor killings; Vietnam crackdown; & Philippines' deadly drop boxes.