In this issue:

Announcements

News on countries of origin and asylum

Deportation News

Dozens of organisations urge member states to accede to statelessness conventions

Joint Statement from Human Security Alliance, Asian Muslim Action Network and Odhikar: International support needed to protect Rohingyas from persecution

Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network statement on changes to Australian policy

Xenophobic attacks on the rise in Greece: asylum seekers and refugees at increasing risk

‘Non-clinicians’ judgments about asylum seekers’ mental health: how do legal representatives of asylum seekers decide when to request medico-legal reports?’

EASO country of origin information report Afghanistan: A critical review

Two years after the attack on the 2010 Rainbow Festival: Justice delayed for victims of racist violence and for KISA’s Executive Director

Human Rights Watch documents five serious cases challenging the principle of non-refoulement in 2012

Ghanaian detainees statement on the death of Prince Ofosu at Harmondsworth IRC

The top 10 neglected refugee crises

ECRE recounts important cases in Europe

Recent case commentary from Garden Court Chambers in London

Nuclear Family a ‘Social Group’

Hode & Abdi v. the United Kingdom

MN and others: Pakistan Pakistan v. the SSHD

HM Iraq 2: Country guidance

Solitary confinement of homosexual found to be discriminatory: The Case of X v Turkey

Rwanda: Why UNHCR is wrong about Cessation

Eight-Year Sentence for Opposition Leader, Victoire Ingabire Found Guilty of Two Charges in Flawed Trial

An introduction to Frontex: frequent criticism

Japan Announces that ‘0’ Refugees will be Resettled this Year

Regional cooperation: an impossible dream?

Open Letter to Australian Minister of Immigration and Citizenship from the Refugee Council of Australia, following doorstep interview

Publications

Resources

Requests

Call for papers and applications

Training

Conferences and workshops

Grants and awards

Vacancies