As we observe Human Rights Day and Int' Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination...we remember that Migrants Rights are Human Rights. #LivingUbuntu #AllHumanAllEqual #NoToHate #Standup4HumanRights EU in SA Southern Africa Migration Management Africa Unite ZA AdonisMusatiProject African Solidarity campaign-Afrisoc

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is profoundly concerned by the asylum bill introduced by the UK Government to the House of Commons today.

Our statement here: unhcr.org/uk/news/press/… Tweet 1/2

“It breaches the Refugee Convention”

UK Rep. of the UN Refugee Agency, Vicky Tennant, says “we’re very concerned” about the Illegal Immigration Bill

#Newsnight | bbc.in/2Ps915G

The legislation, if passed, would amount to an asylum ban – extinguishing the right to seek refugee protection in the United Kingdom for those who arrive irregularly, no matter how genuine and compelling their claim may be. unhcr.org/uk/news/press/…

Happy #FreedomMonth South Africa!
We are proud to celebrate the first time South Africans voted, 28 years ago. Sihle finally got that right 1 year ago after being stateless for 35 years.
We can #EndStatelessness in South Africa.
Let’s make sure everyone can say #IBelong

UNHCR regrets that final amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill were rejected.

The Bill will now become law.

The new law undermines established international refugee protection laws and practices and risks causing very real suffering to vulnerable people.

Happy Freedom Day South Africa! 

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
– Nelson Mandela

#free dom #free dom day #free dom daysouthafrica #free #celebration #celebrate #publicholiday

[PODCAST] In this conversation we look at the relocation of #Ukraine refugees from the UK to #Rwanda .

In this debate I speak to Rwandan ambassador Vincent Karega, the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency spokesperson Laura Padoan and Dr Cristiano D'Orsi, a law expert @SARCILa. omny.fm/shows/african-…

Yesterday he lost his 3 month old daughter, wife and mother in law in a Russian missile strike

We found Yuriy Glodan trying to salvage his memories from the rubble of the building

He wanted the world to hear about his family

Producer: Olivia Lace-Evans

bbc.com/news/world-eur…

I'll be speaking to Channel Africa shortly after 11am about the UK's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. 📻

Homeward bound: Congolese refugees in South Africa opt to restart their lives in Kinshasa unhcr.org/afr/news/stori…

Shipping asylum-seekers to Rwanda could wreck the 1951 Refugee Convention - that British lawyers helped write. economist.com/leaders/2022/0…

This is the happier side of the refugee experience - going home. I met the hugely charismatic Yanis yan 🇨🇩🇿🇦 and his family, and they told me why they’re going back to DRC. unhcr.org/afr/news/stori…

The government has vowed to jail asylum seekers for steering their own dinghies across the Channel, claiming they could face life sentences

The UN Refugee Agency has said such prosecutions could violate the Refugee Convention and should not happen

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

“Unless you are fleeing Ukraine or Taliban repression in Afghanistan, there are no safe and legal routes to get to Britain and claim asylum.”

Strong piece on the Rwanda plan and #AntiRefugeeBill from former immigration minister Caroline Nokes MP.

thetimes.co.uk/article/d1351c…

Don’t we all need good news? We just heard that G, hosted since February by Daniel Gerring Gary Lineker and, currently, another host, just got a fully funded scholarship to study for a Phd in Aerospace Engineering at University of Bristol #RefugeesWelcome

Relocating asylum seekers won't solve contemporary #slavery as many have been victimised already by that stage. The best way is to offer legal routes. More should also be done to catch those responsible & address its root causes. I urge #UnitedKingdom to reconsider its plan.

Our thoughts are with all those lost homes and loved ones as a result of the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal. Our staff are on the ground in affected areas, working with authorities and partners to provide assistance to the most vulnerable.

The UK must not downgrade #HumanRights safeguards and protections in its asylum system.

Today’s announcement by the UK government of its intention to offshore asylum processing to Rwanda sends a worrying signal. 👇coe.int/en/web/commiss…

I arrived as a single man in the back of a lorry. That was the only route available to seek protection. When I look back on those of us that arrived 22 years ago, I see teachers, doctors, accountants, taxi and bus drivers. All going about our lives just like the rest of us.