“I Felt So Stuck”
Inadequate Housing and Social Support for Families Seeking Asylum in the United Kingdom
In July 2024, a new UK government was elected, following more than a decade of backsliding on human rights and undermining of the international rules-based order by the outgoing government. The incoming government inherited a host of human rights challenges. The cost of living and inadequate social protections threaten the rights of people on low incomes, including to food and housing. Laws criminalizing protest undermine democratic rights. The new government withdrew the offshore UK-Rwanda asylum plan and resumed processing claims domestically; however, legislation violating refugee rights remain. Restoring the UK’s international standing and ability to promote human rights globally requires improvement to its domestic rights record and action to address its violation of rights in colonial contexts, including against the Chagossian people.
September 30, 2024
September 24, 2024
September 20, 2024
Inadequate Housing and Social Support for Families Seeking Asylum in the United Kingdom
Independence, Legal Aid, Appeals Rights Needed to Provide Effective Remedy
UK and US Forced Displacement of the Chagossians and Ongoing Colonial Crimes
Families in Temporary Accommodation in London, UK
New Government Should Guarantee Safe Routes, Humane Policies
Chagossians and Windrush Generation Still Waiting for Justice
To end civilian suffering in Ukraine and Gaza, the UK must quit its double standards and apply international humanitarian law equally
Comments on the ad hoc report of the United Kingdom (RAP/Cha/GBP/2023, December 19, 2023)
UK Government Needs to Tackle Threat Posed by the Far Right
King’s Speech Included Welcome Steps, but Much Bolder Action Needed
Labour’s Commitment to Addressing Historical and Ongoing Injustices Should Start with the Chagossians’ Right to Return