Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Closed
Inquiry
The Joint Committee on Human Rights is looking into the rights of asylum seekers in the UK, with a view to identifying human rights concerns. Read the terms of reference to find out more about this inquiry .
9
Oral sessions
6
Letters
10
Events
Activity timeline 16 events
23 May
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15 May
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Oral evidence
21 Feb
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Oral evidence
8 Nov
2023
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Oral evidence
23 Aug
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23 Aug
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23 Aug
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19 Apr
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Informal meeting · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
16 Mar
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16 Mar
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15 Mar
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Oral evidence
25 Jan
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Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 9 sessions
15 May 2024
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Joanna Rowland · Home Office
Michael Tomlinson KC MP · Home Office
Simon Ridley · Home Office
21 Feb 2024
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Lewis Mudge · Human Rights Watch
Paul Rusesabagina
8 Nov 2023
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Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Antonia Benfield · Doughty Street Chambers
Colin Pettigrew · Migrant Families Taskforce
Deputy Chief Constable Catherine Hankinson · National Police Chiefs’ Council
Kama Petruczenko · The Refugee Council
15 Mar 2023
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Panel One; Panel Two
Kate Elsayed-Ali · Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU)
Major Kathy Betteridge · Salvation Army
Professor Dame Sara Thornton · The Rights Lab, University of Nottingham
Robyn Phillips · Human Trafficking Foundation
25 Jan 2023
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Dr Peter Walsh · Migration Observatory
Elizabeth Ruddick · UNHCR
Mark Symes · Garden Court Chambers
Vicky Tennant · UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
11 Jan 2023
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David Worden · North Devon Council
Lesley Storey · Newcastle City Council
Maria Stephens · Refugee Action
Polly Glynn · DPG Law
Roger Gough · The County Councils Network (CCN)
Susan Aitken · Glasgow City Council
23 Nov 2022
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Carolyn Housman · Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)
Laura Durán · ECPAT UK (Every Child Protected Against Trafficking)
Stewart MacLachlan · Coram Children’s Legal Centre
16 Nov 2022
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Charlie Taylor · HM Inspectorate of Prisons
David Jones · Garden Court Chambers
Pierre Makhlouf · Bail for Immigration Detainees
Rachel Bingham · Medical Justice
26 Oct 2022
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Jonathan Ellis · Refugee Council
Mr James Fookes · Anti-slavery International
Zehrah Hasan · Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
Correspondence 6 letters
23 May 2024
Correspondence from the Minister of State for Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration regarding the Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK dated 21 May 2024
Parliament page
23 Aug 2023
Correspondence to the Home Secretary relating to delays in correspondence on unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK and on the Illegal Migration Bill, dated 18 July
Parliament page
23 Aug 2023
Correspondence to the Home Secretary relating to delays in correspondence, and inviting the Home Secretary to provide oral evidence, dated 23 August
Parliament page
23 Aug 2023
Correspondence from the Home Secretary relating to unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK, dated 19 April - received 24 July
Parliament page
16 Mar 2023
Correspondence to Good Law Project and other organisations relating to hotel accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, dated 16 March
Parliament page
16 Mar 2023
Correspondence from Good Law Project and other organisations relating to hotel accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, dated 3 March
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