Register of Racism and Resistance (RRR)

UK election 2024: Arrivals from ‘countries like Bangladesh’ are not being deported, Keir Starmer complains
25 June 24
In media interviews with the Sun, the leader of the Labour party and shadow paymaster general Jon Ashworth state that people from the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh, are not being removed and that Labour, instead of engaging in ‘expensive gimmicks’ like the Rwanda scheme would ‘stop people coming here in the first place’ as well as make sure ‘more planes’ go off.
Source: Middle East Eye
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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‘Fear of repercussion’ thwarts Frontex rights abuse reports
24 June 24
A media investigation that unearths redacted documents and minutes from the EU’s border agency Frontex reveals the frustrations of its fundamental rights officer, who links the underreporting of potential human rights violations to ‘fear of repercussions’.
Source: EU Observer
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Suella Braverman’s decision to drop Windrush recommendations unlawful, court rules
19 June 24
Following legal action brought by Windrush victim Trevor Donald, a judge rules that former home secretary Suella Braverman’s decision to abandon two key reform commitments from the Windrush Lessons Learned review is unlawful and should be quashed.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’
19 June 24
Amnesty International research reveals that the Egyptian authorities have used EU-funded security forces in a campaign of mass arrests targeting Black individuals in Cairo, Giza and Aswan, leading to the forced return of around 800 Sudanese detainees between January and March 2024, all of whom were denied the possibility of claiming asylum.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: EU
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Moroccan authorities pushed asylum seekers into ‘death trap’, NGO claims
18 June 24
An investigation by the NGO Border Forensics finds that on 24 June 2022, Moroccan border forces used ‘unlawful force’ at the Melilla border fence with Spain, pushing asylum seekers, at least 27 of whom died, into a ‘death trap’.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: EU, Spain
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Residents protest at site for asylum-seeking children
17 June 24
Local residents stage a demonstration against a proposed site to accommodate unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Gravesend, Kent.
Source: BBC News
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Lawyers take lord chancellor to high court over legal aid fees
16 June 24
Duncan Lewis solicitors challenge the Lord Chancellor at the High Court over legal aid fees for ‘controlled work’ on immigration and asylum, which are so low that thousands of vulnerable people, including minors and victims of torture and trafficking, are without access to legal aid.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Dozens of Rwanda detainees now released by courts
12 June 24
Since April, an unknown number of asylum seekers have been detained to be sent to Rwanda, 79 of whom lawyers confirm have been released on bail.
Source: BBC
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Thousands of asylum-seeking children in London hotels, data shows
10 June 24
A freedom of information request shows that 3,045 asylum-seeking children in London are living in hotels, of whom 64 have lived in a hotel for more than two years.
Source: BBC
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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“Nigerians Demand 50% Refunds for Visa Denials as EU Earns €3.4M from Schengen Rejections”
8 June 24
As Schengen visa statistics reveal that the EU received €3,435,200 on rejected visa applications from Nigerians in 2023, and €130 million globally, with African and Asian applicants bearing 90 percent of the costs, Nigerians call on their government to demand a 50 percent refund when Schengen visa applications are rejected.
Source: Naija247
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: EU
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Threefold increase in lone child asylum seekers in UK, figures show
7 June 24
Data from Kent county council reveals that 772 unaccompanied or separated children made the Channel crossing from January to May 2024, three times the 242 who arrived alone in 2021.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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High court rules Home Office acted unlawfully over visa documents
7 June 24
Following a case brought by Ramfel, the High Court rules that the Home Office acted illegally by failing to issue documentary proof of their legal right to be in the UK to thousands of migrants awaiting a decision on their application for further leave to stay.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Greece issues arrest warrant for Norwegian helping refugees
6 June 24
Norwegian human rights defender Tommy Olsen, who runs Aegean Boat Report reveals that the Greek authorities issued an international arrest warrant against him on smuggling charges in May, which could result in a 20-year sentence.
Source: EU Observer
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: Greece
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UK’s minimum income visa requirement faces high court challenge
6 June 24
Reunite Families UK launches a judicial review of the raising of the minimum income requirement of a British resident or settled resident to bring a partner, spouse or a child to the UK on the grounds that it disproportionately affects women, minorities and young people, breaching the Equality Act and the UN Child Rights Convention.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK, Scotland, Italy
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Migrant rescue organization wins court case in Italy
5 June 24
A court in Reggio Calabria, Italy, rules that the seizure of the Sea Eye 4 in March, following a rescue operation in international waters near Libya, was ‘illegitimate and invalid’, and annuls the order, following the crew’s production of audio files revealing their cooperation with Libyan, Maltese and Italian authorities. The court orders the Italian authorities to pay €10,860 compensation.
Source: InfoMigrants
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: Italy
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