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🚨The government has said it is going to start arresting people they think they can send to Rwanda. Solid calm advice from the brilliant Lou Calvey here ⬇️and keep reading down for excellent advice from Toufique Hossain from DuncanLewisPublicLaw.
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NEWS: Our client Migrants At Work LTD. seeks to challenge the SSHD's failure to properly consider the impact that changes to visa rules for care workers will have on vulnerable people.
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Public Law Solicitor Nicholas Hughes has joined several prominent media outlets to discuss the recent passing of the Rwanda Bill through Parliament and what this means for asylum seekers in the UK. DuncanLewisPublicLaw #RwandaBil
Find his discussions here: buff.ly/3UB2bNd
It is a dark day in the #UK after the #RwandaBill was passed.
It will have a devastating impact on human rights & the rule of law, risking the lives of asylum seekers & setting a dangerous global precedent.
New from Yasmine Ahmed & me ⬇️ Human Rights Watch
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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk and UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi call on the #UK government to reconsider its plan to transfer asylum-seekers to #Rwanda .
New legislation seriously hinders the rule of law in the UK and sets a perilous precedent globally.
The “Safety of Rwanda” bill was passed by the UK Parliament: both UN Human Rights and UNHCR are very concerned by this decision, which breaches refugee law and won’t help address the challenges of irregular population movements.
Read our joint statement:
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Asylum seekers of Tamil ethnicity have been granted bail after being held in a camp since Oct 2021.
The substantive hearing will take place in July 2024. Chris Buttler KC and Jack Boswell represent the second to sixth Claimants, instructed by Duncan Lewis Solicitors ow.ly/9mVf50RlYoL
Almost 4 yrs ago, our highly vulnerable Jamaican client was in detention facing deportation. He’s now a recognised trafficking victim & the FTT has allowed his appeal on refugee & Art 3 ECHR grounds.
Our Hannah Baynes & Hannah Louise instructing Gordon Lee of Garden Court Chambers
Mark Townsend Waging Peace 🧡 DuncanLewisPublicLaw Additionally, Waging Peace has compiled an impactful book of drawings by child survivors of genocide and mass atrocities in Sudan. This 80-page, full-colour hardback, available in English and Arabic, tells their powerful story.
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Mark Townsend Waging Peace 🧡 DuncanLewisPublicLaw Read Mark Townsend's report 'Darfur's unfolding dystopian nightmare': buff.ly/4431Y8D
Waging Peace is an NGO based in the UK dedicated to building better lives for Sudanese refugees. Visit their website: buff.ly/2Zpgmp9
📣 High Court orders release from immigration detention to Schedule 10 accommodation.
Our Alex Schymyck of Garden Court Chambers acted for the claimant, instructed by Lewis Kett & Dominic Chambers of Duncan Lewis Solicitors.
Read on here 🔽
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Last week, the Home Office made a decision disqualifying vulnerable victim of trafficking from protection+support, because of their 'threat to public order'. Decision withdrawn at last minute following urgent legal action. Jamie Bell Elle Wilkins Bell Camila Zapata Besso DoughtyStPublic