May 2014 Issue of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE:

News on Countries of Origin

News on Countries of Asylum

Detention and Deportation News

Announcements

Conferences and workshops

Event Announcements: Harvard Clinical Programme & UNHCR Annual Consultations

Grants & Awards

Courses

Vacancies

Resources

Publications

CASE NOTES AND SHORT PIECES

An open letter to UNHCR from the Kakuma News Reflector on the Kenyan internment of Somalis

FreeMovement: UNHCR’s Guidelines on Military Service

Western Sahara: MINURSO’s mandate should be extended to include human rights

MALTA: NGOs welcome Prime Minister’s pledge to stop detaining children

UNHCR recommends starting the cessation process for refugees from Croatia

Stop the arrest and detention of asylum seeking women accessing maternal health care

The Italian Refugee Council: Access to protection in Italy

UK High Court judge rules that current Home Office policy on asylum support rates is unlawful: a letter from Refugee Action

CASE NOTE: Refugee Action, R (On the Application Of) v SSHD [2014] EWHC 1033 (Admin) (09 April 2014)

UNHCR seeking access to detained asylum-seekers and refugees in Nairobi

COURT NOTES: High Court of Justice hearing regarding Israel’s Anti-Infiltration Law

Refugee Law Project’s position on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill

A short testament from Rwandans in Zambia

Transitioning from UNHCR to government RSD: An overdue assessment

GREECE: Commissioner Muižnieks calls on the Greek Parliament to reject the amendment to Article 19 of the draft immigration code

Israeli Immigration Authority promises not to fine employers of asylum-seekers whose visas expired

ARTICLES

The new asylum regime in Kenya: a commentary from the Refugee Consortium of Kenya

Refugee Legal Aid in Morocco: Moroccan NGO launches lawyer training program in border city of Oujda