Now available: October edition of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid newsletter

The October edition of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid newsletter, a monthly electronic publication that provides news, reflection, and learning on the provision of refugee legal, is available. Visit to access the edition.

The latest issue includes:

- Country of Origin and legal news
- Deportation and third country removal news
- Announcements
- Reader response: Rwandans in Zambia subject the the Cessation Clause
- Open letter to ExCom: The threat of invoking the Cessation Clause in particular reference to Rwanda
- Petition presented to the Djibouti delegation attending the UN meeting in New York, concerning Eritreans detained in Djibouti
- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) human rights violations against asylum seekers on the Israeli-Egyptian border
- Afghan refugees in Pakistan
- European Court issues freedom of religion judgment
- Unlawful detention and refoulement of asylum seekers in South Africa
- China’s new exit-entry law
- Croatia to join EU, drawing attention to refugee treatment
- The Refugee Consortium of Kenya: code of conduct
- Zimbabwe’s resettlement rumours
- The right to asylum of unaccompanied minors in the European Union
- Sources of persecution seldom spoken about: witchcraft accusations and asylum
- Serbia: a worrying situation outside the centre for asylum seekers in Bogovada
- Hong Kong refugee NGO calls for ‘march for protection’ in response to zero percent recognition rate for torture survivors
- Deportations of failed Ugandan asylum seekers
- Announcing the European database of asylum law
- As Syria stalemate continues, UN Security Council ponders options for protection of refugees and civilians
- Analysis: Was Hungary the first EU country of arrival? Legal responsibility before human rights: a short story on Dublin
- Argentina introduces state-run refugee status determination (RSD) system.