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June 15, 2023 News Release

Chagos: 50th Anniversary of Islanders’ Deportation

UK, US Should Provide Reparations for Continuing Crime Against Humanity

June 14, 2023 Dispatches

Japan Immigration Law Creates New Obstacles for Asylum Seekers

Heightened Risk of Refugee Applicants Being Returned Home to Harm

Japan’s Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, which includes the Tokyo Detention Center, December 2, 2015.

June 9, 2023 Dispatches

New EU Migration Deal Will Increase Suffering at Borders

Governments Pave the Way for Further Abuse

The Closed Controlled Access Center for asylum seekers on Samos, Greece, October 21, 2021. The hotspot was created in 2021 with EU funds.

June 7, 2023 Background Briefing

Illegal Migration Bill – Joint Civil Society Briefing for the House of Lords Second Reading

May 2023

June 5, 2023 News Release

Malawi: Refugees, Including Children, Forcibly Relocated

End Evictions, Confinement to Overcrowded Camp

A woman watches children playing at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa, Malawi.

June 2, 2023 Interview

Interview: Stories of Abuse, Suffering From People Fleeing Fighting in Sudan

Smoke rises above buildings after an aerial bombing during fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023.

June 2, 2023 Dispatches

UN Slashes Food Rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh Camps

Harsh Conditions Could Force Refugees Back to Danger in Myanmar

Rohingya refugees collect boxes of food aid at a distribution point in the Kutupalong camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 14, 2018.

May 31, 2023 News Release

Gulf States: Migrant Workers at Serious Risk from Dangerous Heat

Existing Protections Woefully Inadequate in Warming Climate

Workers clean the exterior of the Museum of the Future, currently under construction, in Dubai on November 19, 2020.

May 25, 2023 Background Briefing

A Human Rights Agenda for Nigeria

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (R) and Nigeria's newly declared winner of 2023 presidential election, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (L) pose for a photograph in Daura, Nigeria, March 1, 2023.

May 24, 2023 Statement

Joint Civil Society Solidarity Statement on the Illegal Migration Bill

May 2023

May 18, 2023 News Release

Australia: Deliver on Human Rights Pledges

A Year in Office, More to be done on Climate, First Nations Justice, Refugees

May 12, 2023 Dispatches

Disastrous Clamp Down on Migrants Rights in Italy

‘Emergency’ law reflects an ineffective, inhumane response

People disembark from a rescue ship in the Italian port of Catania.

May 11, 2023 News Release

US: Biden ‘Asylum Ban’ Endangers Lives at the Border

New Policy Features Failed Deterrence Measures

US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC on May 11, 2023.

May 11, 2023 Dispatches

Biden’s Asylum Policy Will Harm People Seeking Safety

Invest in Rights-Respecting Reception Centers and Shelters

Ruben Garcia, director of the Annunciation House, speaks with migrant parents, El Paso, Texas.