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What is the difference between a “refugee” and an “asylum seeker”?

This piece is about refugees, asylum seekers, and the Refugee Convention. It outlines who can be a refugee, and how being a refugee and having “refugee status” are two very differe...

Briefing: the duty of refugee sea rescue in international law

In the absence of safe and legal routes to sanctuary countries in which they can rebuild their lives, refugees often resort to travel by unsafe means. The issue of rescuing refugee...

Refugee families left in limbo as challenge to suspension of refugee family reunion route is dismissed

The challenge to the suspension of the refugee family reunion route, brought by Safe Passage International and three individual claimants (AXY, BSZ and ESH), was dismissed by the H...

Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026: First Draft Published

  Section A: What is the Immigration and Asylum Bill?   Introduced to Parliament on 30 June 2026, the Immigration and Asylum Bill proposes reforms across UK immigration, asylum and...

UNHCR warns government that unqualified adjudicators will undermine the new asylum appeals body

The United Nations Refugee Agency has published its concerns and recommendations on the government’s plan to proceed with the new independent appeals body. It acknowledges the need...

Home Office unlawfully removed asylum accommodation protections for torture and trafficking survivors

The High Court has ruled that the Home Office acted unlawfully when it removed long-standing accommodation protections for survivors of torture, trafficking and other serious viole...

UN Chief denounces returns of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees as violation of international law

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned the forced repatriations of refugees and asylum-seekers to Afghanistan by countries in the name of concerns ov...

Egypt: Refugees, Asylum Seekers Arrested, Deported

[HRW] Amend New Asylum Law in Line with International Standards

Egypt: Refugees, Asylum Seekers Arrested, Deported

Click to expand Image Asylum seekers sit in a UNHCR registration center in Cairo, Egypt...

Supreme Court rulings on asylum and TPS advance racist anti-immigrant agenda

Supreme Court rulings on asylum and TPS advance racist anti-immigrant agenda lmullett@afsc.org Thu, 06/25/2026 - 11:57 Main content...

Why refugees like the Rohingya and other asylum seekers find themselves in a legal limbo in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — Malaysia is home to over 215,000 refugees and asylum seekers.According to the latest...

Refugees, asylum seekers being arrested and deported in Egypt: report

Egypt has been arbitrarily arresting and deporting refugees with expired permits, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The majority of these refugees and asylum seekers are f...

We’re challenging the Home Secretary’s decision to grant temporary protection status of only 30 months

As a result of the statement of changes to the immigration rules (HC 1691) laid on 5 March 2026, the minimum duration of leave granted to refugees or those with humanitarian protec...

Asylum Support Tribunal confirms that it can award section 95 support in an appeal against discontinuation of section 4...

In the case of ML v Secretary of State for the Home Department: AS/25/10/50033, the Asylum Support Tribunal has found that it has jurisdiction to award section 95 support to a pers...

Know your Rights as an immigrant

Know your Rights as an immigrant rmedley@afsc.org Mon, 06/01/2026 - 16:26 Resource URL /know-your-rights Featured Image...

Legal aid for immigration cases: what is in scope and how to apply

Despite the cuts introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, legal aid remains available for some immigration cases. The Law Society regulates leg...

International court unanimously rules in favor of UK in Rwanda asylum dispute

The Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, in findings published on Monday, rejected the Republic of Rwanda’s claim for financial compensation from the UK for breach of its o...

Matter of A-C-M- and Removal to Ecuador on the Papers: Summary Judgment Comes to Immigration Court

How a three-decision trilogy and the U.S.–Ecuador Asylum Cooperative Agreement let the government deport a pro se Venezuelan to a country the State Department tells Americans not t...

SCOTUS News: Court rules customs agents can turn back asylum seekers

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that aliens standing in Mexico do not arrive in the United States and thus cannot apply for asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The post...

How to apply for entry clearance for victims of transnational marriage abandonment

Since 31 January 2024, victims of transnational marriage abandonment can apply for a visa to return to the UK. This follows the landmark case of R on the application of AM v Secret...

Officials call for rules to protect asylum seekers

Supreme Court ‘Mullin v. Al Otro Lado’ Decision Hinges Asylum Law on a Single Word

Just days after World Refugee Day, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a significant victory on immigration, allowing it to revive a policy that turns away asylum see...

HRW: New EU pact undermines right to asylum

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, set to come into force on Friday, creates harmful changes to the EU’s asylum system. Originally adopt...

What’s in the Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026?

The Bill announced in the King’s Speech on 13 May 2026 has now been published and is beginning its slow passage through Parliament. It is the fifth immigration-related Act across f...