Blog post by Stephen Phillips, Project researcher, Mobile Futures, Åbo Akademi Institute for Human Rights * Finland’s recent decision to progressively close all of its eastern border crossing points has sparked intense interest in Finland and abroad. The closures appeared sudden, however Finland’s response to the increase in asylum seekers at its border with Russia, […] The post Finland’s recent eastern border closure follows a predictable pattern of responses to unwanted migration  appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Professor Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary University of London One of the loudest of the claims made in favour of voting for Brexit in the 2016 referendum, which opened the way for the UK’s departure from the EU, was to take back control in particular regarding borders and migration. This claim has had […] The post Intoxicating Sovereignty: From Brexit to The UK Supreme Court Judgment on Rwanda as a safe country for asylum seekers appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Breshna Rani who has recently been called to the Bar of England and Wales as a Barrister. She is currently working as a paralegal at a law firm and volunteering at the Refugee Law Clinic On October 3 2023, Pakistan announced that around 1.7 million Afghan refugees must leave Pakistan by 1 November […] The post Did Pakistan Commit Crimes Against Humanity in Deporting Afghan Refugees? appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Era Robbani, a Research Associate at the Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University I am writing to you from a place of peace and safety. Although your food, water and electricity are running out, I hope you are doing alright. I hope you still have a roof over your head, even […] The post A Letter to My Parallel Self in Gaza appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Yazdan Kargaran who holds a LLM in Human Rights from Nottingham Trent University and currently works as a youth worker at the Nottingham Refugee Forum. Rishi Sunak’s government faces a significant legal and ethical challenge following the UK Supreme Court‘s unanimous ruling against the plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. The […] The post The Good Faith Dilemma: Analysis of Rishi Sunak’s Asylum Plan to Rwanda appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Madeline Holland and Betsy L. Fisher * The last several years have seen a dramatically increased focus on pathways for refugees to relocate to countries offering durable legal status through avenues other than refugee resettlement. These pathways are commonly referred to as complementary pathways, as they complement refugee resettlement and asylum. UNHCR […] The post Modest Proposals for Actors Supporting Third Country Solutions for Refugees appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Samin Huq, American University School of International Service By late 2022, at least 1 million people found themselves leaving the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) – which comprises El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – to go elsewhere in Latin America or to the United States due to poverty and insecurity, environmental […] The post Why Women Leave: Gang and Gender-Based Violence in the Northern Triangle appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Dr James C. Simeon (York University) and Professor Elspeth Guild (Queen Mary University of London) Throughout human history migration has been one of its most characteristic features, whether by necessity or by choice. Those groups of humans who had to move elsewhere did so, due to being forced off their traditional lands […] The post The Advancement and Protection of the Human Rights of Refugees and Other Migrants in the Age of the Global Compacts appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Dr Yulia Ioffe, Lecturer in Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, UCL* Starting from July 2021, the UK Home Office has housed unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in the UK via small boats in hotels. Hundreds of these children have gone missing from the hotels and are suspected of being trafficked and exploited. […] The post Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: Hotel Accommodation, Removal from Child Welfare system and Risk of Trafficking appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more

Blog post by Amala Karri, a postgraduate student in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies at the University of Oxford In 2004, Canada and the United States enacted a Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA). Since both countries were safe for asylum-seekers, they decided, anyone who claimed asylum at a port of entry from Canada to the United […] The post The U.S.-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement & Gender-Based Discrimination appeared first on Refugee Law Initiative Blog ..read more