Why do death estimates on the Atlantic migration route differ by 10x? What does that say about how migrant deaths are tracked or overlooked? Peter Grant roberto forin Bram Frouws look at the role of data in understanding the scale of migrant deaths & implications on policy 🔗⬇️

Our aid workers were killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. Our staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shrouds. This should never happen again. For the sake of humanity. My op-ed in The Guardian: bit.ly/3YiQZpA

Our new asylum backlog briefing is out: it shows that the UK’s backlog fell to 91,000 by end-2023—down a third from the 2022 peak—but progress has stalled. Meanwhile, the appeals backlog has grown to 42,000 cases. Read the full story here👉 migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/brie….

The implications of US funding terminations stand out as a key development in Asia and the Pacific during the first quarter of 2025. 🔗 Read the full updates: f.mtr.cool/jcgrkbmnet #QMMU #MixedMigration

On World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, and every day, we stand with people in crisis. We stand on the side of empathy. We stand on the side of kindness. We stand on the side of humanity. We are the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Updated Policy & Legislative timeline showing key changes to the UK asylum system now available at andyhewett.com/policy-timeline. This latest update includes details of the Afghan Response Route (ARR) #afghanrefugees

Updated interactive graphs showing key trends in UK asylum data including the number of applications, outcomes at first decision, grant rates, number of outstanding cases and caseworker productivity now available at andyhewett.com/asylum #asylum

Updated graphs and heat-map showing the number of refugee family reunion visas granted now available at andyhewett.com/family-reunion Great to see a record number (10,791) of visas granted in the first half of 2025 compared to previous years. Families Together Coalition

Updated heat-map and graphs showing the number of people in receipt of asylum support at local authority level broken down by type of support and accommodation now available at andyhewett.com/section-95-by-…… #asylumsupport

Updated interactive graphs showing the number of people entering, held and leaving immigration detention in the UK now available at andyhewett.com/detention #detention #immigrationdetention AVID TheDetentionForum Detention Action Gatwick Detainees

Updated interactive heat-map and graphs showing the number of refugees resettled to the UK, broken down by local authority and resettlement scheme now available at andyhewett.com/resettlement #resettlement #acrs #arap #ukrs

Restricting safe routes by introducing regressive changes to refugee family reunion rules will prolong the pain of family separation for refugees, and may well increase the likelihood of family members making dangerous journeys attempting to reach the UK. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/s…

Updated Policy & Legislative timeline showing key changes to the UK asylum system now available at andyhewett.com/policy-timeline. The latest update includes the announcement by the Home Secretary to suspend Refugee Family Reunion applications until the Spring of 2026. #familyreunion

Updated Policy & Legislative timeline showing key changes to the UK asylum system now available at andyhewett.com/policy-timeline Updated to include changes to asylum policy announced in the government's new policy paper “Restoring Order and Control” #asylum #familyreunion #refugees

Updated interactive graphs showing key trends in UK asylum data including the number of applications, outcomes at first decision, grant rates, number of outstanding cases and caseworker productivity now available at andyhewett.com/asylum #asylum

Updated interactive graphs and heat-map showing the number of refugee family reunion visas granted in the UK now available at andyhewett.com/family-reunion Families Together Coalition #familiestogether #familyreunion

Updated heat-map and graphs showing the number of people in receipt of asylum support at local authority level broken down by type of support and accommodation now available at andyhewett.com/section-95-by-… #asylumsupport

Updated heat-map and graphs showing the number of people in receipt of asylum support in London broken down by borough and type of support/accommodation now available at andyhewett.com/london-section… #asylumsupport

Updated interactive graphs showing the number of people entering, held and leaving immigration detention in the UK now available at andyhewett.com/detention #detention #immigrationdetention AVID TheDetentionForum Detention Action Gatwick Detainees

Updated interactive heat-map and graph showing the number of refugees resettled to the UK, broken down by local authority and resettlement scheme now available at andyhewett.com/resettlement #resettlement #acrs #arap #ukrs