Securing Europe’s borders versus saving lives

Amnesty International charges in a new report (PDF) and campaign that European governments care more about reinforcing their borders than saving lives, and that they often endanger migrants by outsourcing security along their boundaries.  Amnesty’s When you don’t exist campaign focuses on the plight of these ‘people on the move’. According to Amnesty: Last year, at…Continue reading Securing Europe’s borders versus saving lives

UK breaches article 3 ECHR in its treatment of immigration detainee

This post comes from Anna Morvern, an immigration lawyer at Law Centre (NI) who writes here in a personal capacity.  Anna has worked with and for immigration detainees for a number of years, as Legal Officer at Bail for Immigration Detainees and as an activist with various groups, including the Refugee Action Group in Northern…Continue reading UK breaches article 3 ECHR in its treatment of immigration detainee