Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE:

News on countries of origin

News on countries of asylum

Detention and deportation news

Announcements

Conferences and workshops

Calls for papers

Grants and awards: PRM grants for Kenya and Ethiopia NGOs

Announcement: EUROMED and SRLAN members

CASE NOTES AND SHORT PIECES

STOP PRESS: The quashing of the Prevention of Infiltration Law: Israeli Supreme Court decides on detention of asylum seekers

Statelessness averted? Former Burundian refugees to receive Tanzanian citizenship

Immigration lawyers across USA call for review of ‘inhumane’ detention and removal policies towards minors

Groups sue U.S. government over life-threatening deportation process against mothers and children escaping extreme violence in Central America

Case note: Hounga v Allen & Anor [2014] UKSC 47 (30 July 2014)

Case note: Carter, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 2603 (Admin) (29 July 2014)

Refugees face curbs on rights in Western Sahara/Algeria

South African Supreme Court of Appeal upholds appeal in the case of Somali Association of South Africa & 5 Others v LEDET, Minister of Police, Minister of Home Affairs and Others

Australia-Cambodia resettlement deal disregards Refugee Convention obligations

NGOs across the world highlight the deterioration of protection standards for asylum seekers in Australia

Mind that data: The pitfalls of UNHCR RSD data

Continuing conflicts that create refugees

South Africa will not return Rwandan refugee stating he will face persecution if returned to his country of origin

Proposal for an EU directive on the identification of statelessness and the protection of stateless persons

ARTICLES

Back to the Dark Ages? The imminent danger of a regional domino effect in Obama’s hardline policy for mothers fleeing Central America

Immigration detention in the media: anarchy and ambivalence

Publications

Resources

Requests