October 03, 2023
Africa: Ten Years Since the Lampedusa Shipwreck, What Lessons Have Been Learned?
Cramped on a fishing trawler, about 500 women, men and children found themselves stranded at sea just metres from dry land and safety. They had mostly fled from Eritrea before… Read more »
March 29, 2023
Africa: UK - Home Office Plans to House Asylum Seekers in Barges Is 'Dismal'
In response to Home Office plans to house people seeking asylum in disused cruise ships, barges and barracks, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK's Refugee and Migrant… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Rwanda: UK - PM Announcement to Crackdown On Asylum Is 'Littered With Errors'
In response to the Prime Minister's announcement today to tackle asylum, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK's Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: Read more »
Morocco: Stalled Investigations 'Smacks of Cover-Up' Six Months After Melilla Border Carnage - New Report
Mounting evidence of crimes under international law by both Governments at the Melilla border Shocking reports of migrants and refugees being pelted with stones and rubber bullets… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Rwanda: UK - Rwanda Refugee Ruling Is 'Bitterly Disappointing'
High Court rules Government plans to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda lawful Read more »
September 03, 2022
Rwanda: Amnesty International Calls on New British Prime Minister to End 'Staggeringly Irresponsible' Rwanda Deal
Judicial review challenge to the UK's cruel Rwanda deal starts next week Rwanda's troubling human rights record includes enforced disappearances, torture, excessive use of force by… Read more »