In this issue:

STOP PRESS: Israel ‘secretly’ deports 1,000 Sudanese to Sudan, UNHCR rejects claim removal was ‘voluntary’

News on Countries of Origin and Asylum
Deportation News
Announcements
Conferences & workshops
Vacancies

SHORT PIECES & CASE NOTES

Governments of Denmark and Norway push to return asylum-seekers to Somalia

Palestinians and Article 1D: automatic refugee status for Palestinian refugees

Eritrean refugees face removal from Israel

Rwandan refugees in South Africa advise their host government ahead of UNHCR’s recommended invocation of the Cessation Clause

UNHCR’s Bangkok office defies the right to counsel

The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network and International Detention Coalition statement on New Zealand’s announcement that it will take 150 refugees from Australia

Between a rock and a hard place: Conflict in Kachin state

Refugees in Kenya: A briefing on recent developments and implications for urban refugee policy

End FGM Campaign: Asylum directives will provide better protection for victims of Female Genital Mutilation

Little to celebrate on Dublin’s 10th anniversary: New research shows that the system continues to violate the rights of refugees

UK asylum caselaw developments

The residence rights of former durable partners of EEA nationals in domestic violence cases: Guidance on the applicable EU law

Case note on Article 5 § 1 ‘right to liberty and security,’ Article 5 § 4 ‘right to have lawfulness of detention decided speedily by a court,’ and Article 8 ‘right to respect for private and family life’: Amie and Others v. Bulgaria

Slovak Human Rights League declares that obstacles to legal assistance for foreigners imply breach of international obligations

Understanding the new refugee determination system in Canada

Canada declares Mexico and Israel ‘Designated Countries of Origin’

G4S takeover has been a ‘disaster for asylum seekers’

UK ministerial authorisation under Equality Act 2010 for Palestinian, Syrian and Kuwaiti language analysis

ARTICLES

International intervention in Mali and its impact on refugees

Protection in practice: The situation of refugees in East Asia

Article 3 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC): A tool for protecting migrant children?

Protected or excluded? A case study of the interpretation and implementation of Article 1D with regard to Palestinian asylum seeker