We started our autumn training (for approximately 100 new volunteers total) with a fantastic group today! Really great to have so many students and commercial lawyers keen to work on fresh claims for asylum with our Clinic! Welcome to all our new volunteers!

Join us for the first seminar of our 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: 'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law', 25 September, 6pm, Senate House rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-f... #RefugeeLaw #ClimateChange #HumanRights #RLI #SeminarSeries

Are you a consultant with an interest in the #refugee and #displacement field? We’re hiring! We're looking for a short-term consultant #fundraiser with existing strong connections to charitable trusts, #law firms and other potential donors. Learn more and apply here: rli.sas.ac.uk/get-involved...

Latest post from us: Refugee family reunion route closed in statement of changes: HC 1298 | Sonia Lenegan

💔⏰ As of 3pm today, family reunion has been suspended.⁣ Just days after it was announced. ⁣ It will now be even more difficult for women to reunite with their children, their partners and loved ones.⁣ ⁣ Removing family reunion is cruelty beyond words. 1/🧵

The UK Home Office is to resume processing of protection claims by Syrians and has published new country information on Syria. Careful consideration of safety of return for individual applicants is needed.

New #RLI Policy Brief Series on Externalisation edited by Mariana Gkliati and Stephen Phillips 1. 'What is Externalisation?' 2. 'Border Externalisation: Pullback and Pushback Practices' Read them here: rli.sas.ac.uk/about-us/wor... #Externalisation #Asylum #Migrants #Refugees #BorderControls

Apply to our MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies from the University of London! Apply by 1 August for the October 2025 start: www.london.ac.uk/study/course... #Refugees #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration

❗Vacancy: we are recruiting a young graduate or professional with a legal background to fill a remunerated traineeship as Research and Project Assistant. Deadline for applications: July 15, 2025 midnight odysseus-network.eu/vacancies/

Our annual report for 2024-25 is available on our website, just in time for #WorldRefugeeDay. Highlights: successful outcomes in 77% of cases for which we have received decisions and 100% of our cases which have gone to appeal: rli.sas.ac.uk/projects-0/r... #RefugeesWelcome

We're celebrating the Clinic's 5th Anniversary at our summer event on 23 June! 🎉 We help vulnerable people who've been through the UK's asylum system but have ongoing protection needs. If you'd like to attend, it is essential to book in advance by 9 June: rli.sas.ac.uk/events/refug...

Yesterday the Govt issued statistics relating to refugees and people seeking asylum in Britain. Here we break down the most important figures and explain what they mean🧐 www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/stay-informe...

People are living in agonising - and indefinite - limbo because of Government's freeze on asylum applications from Syria 💔 This is not right. Government must start processing claims again on a case-by-case basis, starting with claims unrelated to the previous regime. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The debrief. Why this parliament must lift the ban on work for people seeking asylum. Got 5 mins? Read our full report with the Lift The Ban coalition: www.refugee-action.org.uk/wp-content/u... Got 60 seconds spare? Read this thread! 🧵

📢BREAKING Our report #SafetyAndSurvival uncovers shocking findings about the impact of the work ban on women seeking asylum. Instead of finding safety, women are retraumatised and harmed. www.refugeewomen.co.uk/safety-and-s... [Content warning: rape, sexual assault, suicidality] 1/🧵

Do you have experience advocating for vulnerable young people to access their rights and entitlements? Are you a fighter? 💪 We are looking for a Casework volunteer to start asap with us. 👉 Details on our volunteering page here: www.baobabsurvivors.org/about/jobs/

Our Supervising Lawyers will be contributing to this excellent training opportunity for country experts, led by our colleague Dr Victorie Knox of the Refugee Law Initiative. Sign up for the 30 June session, or register interest for a later session. Please share widely!

Alf Dubs and Jacob Rees-Mogg: citizenship stripping is fundamentally unBritish on.ft.com/4jpLAFj

Excellent opportunity for country experts to learn how to write effective expert reports in relation to UK asylum cases. Please share widely!

In case you missed it: Fresh claim rejection successfully challenged in Upper Tribunal | Sonia Lenegan

On #InternationalDayofFamilies, we’re celebrating Article 8 of the Human Rights Act which protects our right to private and family life. It has helped survivors of torture and trafficking reunite or remain with their family in the UK. Read more here: buff.ly/NlCxD2M

Just a short time left to register for RLI's annual conference!

New #RLI Working Paper: No. 76, April 2025 Childhood Statelessness in European Courts: An Avoidable Crisis by Rachael Trudelle Pop, MA (School of Advanced Study, University of London) Read it here: sas-space.sas.ac.uk/10047/ #Statelessness #ChildhoodStatelessness #EuropeanCourts

New on the #RLI blog: 'Inclusive Policies: The Path for Promoting Refugee Rights and Enhancing Social Cohesion in Kabribayah, Somali Region' written by Guled Ali, Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat, Jigjiga rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/05/08/i... #Refugees #RefugeeRights #Ethiopia #Displacement

Refugees are not the problem. Persecution that forces people to flee their homes is a problem. Failure to protect refugees is a problem. Xenophobia and racism are problems. Failure to invest in vital infrastructure (and then scapegoat refugees and migrants)-- also problems.... #refugeeswelcome

📅 Save the Date: 3rd-7th November 2025 📆 The 24th annual #ProBonoWeek is coming! This year’s theme: Pro Bono in Action ⚖️ 🔹 Impact stories 🔹 Skills & career growth 🔹 How to get involved 🎉 Plan events, share stories and bake for justice! 🔗 probonoweek.org.uk #WeDoProBono #GreatLegalBake2025

📡Don't miss this free online event from Women in Refugee Law (WiRL) Network's seminar series "Refuge in a cold #climate: the impact on #women" - ‘#SafeCountries’ & Women’s International Protection. 🗓️Weds 7 May, 14:00-15:15 BST | 13:00-14:15 UTC +infos: www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirl/t-vvnxkdq

🔊 REGISTER NOW for our #COI #Training webinars! Kicking off in May: asylos.org/coi-training... With @refugeeaction.bsky.social, we will be delivering free COI research training webinars on: fundamentals, #Statelessness, #Family & Private Life, #Disability-Specific, #Child-Specific and #Trafficking.

Drastic cuts in #HumanRights issues concerning women, LGBTQI+ people, people with disabilities, & refugees in the forthcoming annual US Department of State Human Rights reports are highly concerning ➡️ www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n... 📢 What can the COI community do to respond to this challenge?

In case you missed it: New Iran country policy and information note on social media, surveillance and sur place activities | Niamh Fegan

Great to see more support for asylum seekers to access travel around London. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

Free webinar: Safety, Not Suspicion: Advocating for LGBTQI+ People Seeking Asylum In a Changing Legal Landscape Monday 19th May 2025 Book at: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/event/free-w... Hosted by Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social

Only a couple of days left until the deadline 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

📣 We're hiring! Advocate is seeking a Schemes and Programmes Coordinator to manage our duty schemes & Bar in the Community (BIC) programme. 📍 Hybrid | 💷 £30,661 | 🗓 Deadline: 27 April 2025 ⚡ Apply now: bit.ly/4i9MiFY

Sad to see this: "An Afghan woman who risked her life to defend human rights in her home country before fleeing to the UK has been told by the Home Office it is safe for her to return..." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

📢 SAVE THE DATE - ‘Beyond Borders: Advancing Justice for Migrants’ - @legalactiongroup.bsky.social's Migrant Law Conference Sponsored by Garden Court Chambers, this event on 21st May will explore challenging Home Office policies, citizenship pathways & discrimination. To book🔽 tinyurl.com/mdkzyvmh

Call for Proposals: Workshop on Feminist Approaches to Refugee Law. We invite scholars to submit proposals for this workshop on 4 June from 14:00-17:30. Submission Deadline: 28 April 2025. For more details: rli.sas.ac.uk/news/call-pr... #FeministTheory #Feminism #RefugeeLaw #ForcedMigration

📣 Significant victory for victims of trafficking seeking Exceptional Case Funding for legal assistance with criminal injuries compensation applications 📣 Maria Moodie of Garden Ct Chambers was led by Shu Shin Luh of Doughty Street Chambers. Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/significant-...

RLI ANNUAL CONFERENCE - DRAFT PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE 👇 👇 👇 "Refugee Law and Forced Migration Studies: Debates, Interactions and Futures’’, the RLI's 15th Anniversary Conference, 2 - 4 June 2025, Senate House, London rli.sas.ac.uk/rli-annual-c... #law #refugees #refugeeprotection #forcedmigration

We were recently affected by technical issues beyond our control, which apparently are now resolved. If you attempted to email the Clinic the evening of 19 March or anytime on 20 March 2025, please kindly re-send your emails.

Important RLI Working Paper by Daisy Vaughan Liñero: Memory and trauma in LGBTQ+ women’s asylum claims on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) grounds: disregarded, dismissed and denied. sas-space.sas.ac.uk/9974/ Other helpful @rli-sas.bsky.social resources at rli.sas.ac.uk/publications.

1st paper in our new series on organsed crime, drawing on research by experts at the RLI working with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs for her 2025 Call for Inputs. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social @idmc-geneva.bsky.social @unhcr.org

RLI ANNUAL CONFERENCE - EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE UNTIL 11 MARCH 2025 👇 👇 👇 "Refugee Law and Forced Migration Studies: Debates, Interactions and Futures’’, RLI's 15th Anniversary Conference, 2-4 June 2025, London rli.sas.ac.uk/rli-annual-c... #refugees #refugeeprotection #forcedmigration

Check out the latest news and upcoming events from the Refugee Law Initiative at the University of London: @rli-sas.bsky.social

An exhibition at SOAS uses comics and animation to share powerful stories of migration, told by migrants and refugees. 'Stories of Migration' is on until 22 March at the SOAS Gallery in London. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Online #RLI Seminar this month 👇👇👇 Maritime refugee journeys: Solidarity, regional processing and saving lives at sea, 28 February 2025, 9:00AM - 10:30AM, online via Zoom rli.sas.ac.uk/events/marit... #IndochineseRefugees #Refugees #MaritimeRefugee

New #RLI Working Paper: No. 74, Nov 2024 - 'Memory and trauma in LGBTQ+ women’s asylum claims on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) grounds: disregarded, dismissed and denied' by Daisy Vaughan Liñero sas-space.sas.ac.uk/9974/ #LGBTQ #WomensAsylum #SexualOrientation #GenderIdentity

These are the faces of forcibly displaced people. Artist Es Devlin’s FACE to FACE: 50 Encounters with Strangers shares the stories of 50 people who fled their homes and now call London their home. Learn more: bit.ly/4fYLXog @unrefugeesuk.bsky.social

UNHCR UK's new report on fresh claims for asylum makes recommendations to improve Home Office decision-making, including to embed culture of prompt, appropriate case resolution. We're pleased to have contributed to this report and hope it helps Home Office improve. www.unhcr.org/uk/media/fur...