Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK

Human Rights (Joint Committee) Closed Inquiry
Opened: 3 Nov 2022 Closed: 29 May 2024 Parliament page
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
Oral evidence sessions 9 sessions
Joanna Rowland · Home Office Michael Tomlinson KC MP · Home Office Simon Ridley · Home Office
Lewis Mudge · Human Rights Watch Paul Rusesabagina
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
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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
Dr Peter Walsh · Migration Observatory Elizabeth Ruddick · UNHCR Mark Symes · Garden Court Chambers Vicky Tennant · UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
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
Carolyn Housman · Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) Laura Durán · ECPAT UK (Every Child Protected Against Trafficking) Stewart MacLachlan · Coram Children’s Legal Centre
Charlie Taylor · HM Inspectorate of Prisons David Jones · Garden Court Chambers Pierre Makhlouf · Bail for Immigration Detainees Rachel Bingham · Medical Justice
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
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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
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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
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23 Aug 2023 Correspondence from the Home Secretary relating to unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK, dated 19 April - received 24 July
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16 Mar 2023 Correspondence to Good Law Project and other organisations relating to hotel accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, dated 16 March
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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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