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Windrush

December 9, 2020

Amnesty warns of 'giant leap backwards' as Human Rights Act threatened

Tearing up the Human Rights Act would be the single biggest reduction in rights in the history of the UK, says Amnesty.
September 9, 2020

‘Hostile environment’ has fostered racist practices across society, says IPPR

A major review of the hostile environment finds that most elements of ‘excessive policy’ that led to the Windrush Scandal are still in place.
August 21, 2020

Campaigners challenge minister on Channel crossings

Prominent refugee and human rights campaigners and faith bodies are urging the government to end dangerous Channel crossings by introducing safe and legal routes of entry to UK.
June 26, 2020

BME groups sound alarm over ‘US style voter suppression’ through mandatory voter ID plans

There was just one proven case of ‘personation’ fraud in the whole of the UK in 2019.
April 23, 2020

Court of Appeal to hear legal challenge to voter ID pilot scheme

The Windrush scandal showed that many British citizens do not have official documentation, and it is argued that some 7.5 per cent of the electorate do not possess photo ID.
September 23, 2019

Report calls for reform of Home Office decision-making following Windrush scandal

A new report has exposed the historical and systemic failures of asylum decision-making in the UK and makes the case for root-and-branch reform of the asylum and immigration system.
May 8, 2019

Civil society groups report on UK's failure to meet anti-torture obligations

The report says a culture of tolerance to ill-treatment and even torture has developed in the last five years, and the situation has got worse, not better.
April 14, 2019

Citizens Advice to help Windrush compensation scheme applicants

Citizens Advice will be funded by the Home Office to help people applying to the government’s Windrush compensation scheme.
January 22, 2019

Sajid Javid to be questioned on citizens’ rights after Brexit

The Home Secretary will be questioned by members of the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee on Tuesday 22 January 2019.
December 21, 2018

Immigration White Paper a 'huge missed opportunity' to reform harmful policies

Amnesty says the Home Office has yet again failed to put people at the heart of its policies and practice.