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New Report: Construction of Illegal Jewish Settlements Increased by 62% in the Past Year

2Jul

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New Report: Construction of Illegal Jewish Settlements Increased by 62% in the Past Year

An illegal Jewish settlement in the Occupied West Bank. (Photo: Oren Ziv, via ActiveStills.org) A new report has revealed that Israel’s construction of illegal settlements on Palestinian land increased by 62 percent under the government led by far-right Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, since it came to power in June 2021, The New Arab reported. The report was compiled by Peace Now, an NGO and activist group in Israel that promotes the two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians. Peace Now And what happened this year in East Jerusalem? There were 189 structures demolished, and 450 Palestinians had consequently become homeless. This is a 59% increase compared to the Netanyahu years. It also stated that the planning of new settlements had increased by 26 percent...

2Jul

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Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Where All the Troubles of the World Converge

Stories from Qalandiya: Where All the Troubles of the World Converge Palestinians waiting at the Israeli Qalandiya military checkpoint to obtain permits from the Israeli army. (Photo: Tamar Fleishman, The Palestine Chronicle) By Tamar Fleishman I was going home after spending a long time on the Palestinian side of the Israeli Qalandiya military checkpoint. I had filled my basket with fresh seasonal fruits after taking pictures near the Qalandiya refugee camp. It was then that a Palestinian man asked me to join him at the Israeli Civil Administration (DCO) offices. He was hoping that my presence could help him obtain a permit for his daughter, who needed to reach the St. John Hospital in East Jerusalem. “God willing,” he said, “she would immediately have surgery,...

Nazi regime has no mercy on Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra

2Jul

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Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

Nazi regime has no mercy on Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra

Israel has no mercy on Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra, whose mental health is worsening CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG ahmad manasra at the beginning of his time in Israeli prison and now. He has been subject to torture, solitary confinement, and poor conditions, and suffers from extreme mental health problems. (Twitter) Ahmad Manasra has endured years of harsh interrogations, abuse, and solitary confinement; mental health experts say his life is in danger – but Israel refuses to release him. Ahmad has served 6 years for a crime in which he did not participate. by Mariam Barghouti, reposted from Mondoweiss On Tuesday, 28 June, 20-year-old Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra was denied early release by the Israeli parole board of Ramle prison. The decision...

Assange Put on Suicide Watch After Patel Decision, Father Says

2Jul

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Human Rights, United Kingdom

Assange Put on Suicide Watch After Patel Decision, Father Says

By Joe Lauria, After British Home Secretary Priti Patel signed Julian Assange’s extradition order on Friday the authorities in Belmarsh prison stripped Julian Assange and threw him into a completely empty cell in an attempt to prevent his suicide, Assange’s father has said. Read more Guantanamo: Afghan National Released After 15 Years in Detention Without ChargeBy Middle East Eye, An Afghan prisoner who was held in US custody for nearly 15 years without charge was released from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre on Friday and returned to his home country of Afghanistan. Read more The Brutality of “Bulldozer Justice” in IndiaBy Dr. Binoy Kampmark, It looks all too eerily similar as a method: the expulsion of individuals from their home, the demolition of said home and the ...

Briefing: What rights do refugees have under the Refugee Convention?

2Jul

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IMMIGRATION, United Kingdom

Briefing: What rights do refugees have under the Refugee Convention?

By Colin Yeo Asylum lawyers like me tend to focus on just one clause of the Refugee Convention: the definition of a refugee. This is the gateway to formal recognition as a refugee and is therefore of vital importance to any person seeking asylum. From this definition, set out at Article 1A(2) of the convention, all the other rights of a refugee flow. But what are those other rights? This briefing focuses on the rights which are explicitly conferred on refugees by the Refugee Convention itself, at Articles 2 to 34. It is important to make clear that refugees are humans and they also therefore benefit from human rights protections in other international...Ministry of Justice launches consultation on legal aid in asylum appealsBy Jo Wilding Many in the immigration and legal aid sectors a...

New guidance on private life and family relationships

1Jul

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IMMIGRATION

New guidance on private life and family relationships

We mentioned on the podcast last month that revised Immigration Rules on private life — getting permission to stay in the UK based on various forms of long residence, essentially — would need fleshed out in policy guidance. That guidance has duly emerged, to coincide with Appendix Private Life coming into force on 20 June: see Private life: caseworker guidance. This topic used to be covered in the 101-page document covering both family life and private life; that has been reduced to a mere 91 pages and now just covers family life (including exceptional circumstances). Also out this week is brand new policy guidance on Relationship with a partner. This relates to Appendix Relationship with Partner, which was introduced recently to defi...

Humanitarian protection is being downgraded from 28 June 2022

1Jul

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Human Rights, IMMIGRATION, United Kingdom

Humanitarian protection is being downgraded from 28 June 2022

Page contents Background to the changesThe new humanitarian protection rules in more detailWhat will be the impact of the changes?Practical steps to take now New rules on humanitarian protection status will apply to claims made on or after 28 June 2022. The changes are another example of how the government’s New Plan for Immigration is creating a crueller, less efficient and more costly asylum system. Around 1,000 people a year are granted humanitarian protection. The Immigration Rules say that it is available to asylum seekers where, among other things, “substantial grounds have been shown for believing that the person concerned, if returned to the country of origin, would face a real risk of suffering serious harm and is unable, or, owing to such risk, u...

Factors to consider in EU law shared household cases

1Jul

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Europe

Factors to consider in EU law shared household cases

The headnote to Sohrab and Others (continued household membership) Pakistan [2022] UKUT 157 (IAC) provides a useful guide to the assessment of EU law extended family member cases based on shared membership of a household. It could perhaps make things clearer by spelling out more explicitly that “member of household” does not absolutely require continuous co-habitation. 1. A person seeking recognition as an “extended family member” (“EFM”) under regulation 8(2) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 must establish a relevant connection with their EEA sponsor in the country of origin, and in the UK.2. The relevant connection may be through being a dependent of the EEA national sponsor, or through being a member of the EEA national’s household. The...

Whether income is “lawfully derived” to be assessed case by case, Upper Tribunal holds+

1Jul

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IMMIGRATION

Whether income is “lawfully derived” to be assessed case by case, Upper Tribunal holds+

In a refreshing example of the Upper Tribunal choosing not to lay down wide-ranging obiter guidance on limited facts having not heard relevant submissions, the headnote for Fatima (paragraph 1 (d) Appendix FM-SE: interpretation) [2022] UKUT 155 (IAC) says simply: Interpretation of the phrase “lawfully derived” in paragraph 1 (d) of Appendix FM-SE is to be on a case-to-case basis. The drafter of the Rule did not see fit to provide a definition, and it would not be appropriate for the Tribunal to do so. The sponsor in this case had worked for an employer who had, unbeknownst to the sponsor, failed to make national insurance and tax contributions. This did not stop the income being lawfully derived, as “his income arose perfectly lawfully fro...

CSI where am I: can EU citizens get compensation for Comprehensive Sickness Insurance?

1Jul

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Europe

CSI where am I: can EU citizens get compensation for Comprehensive Sickness Insurance?

Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Comprehensive Sickness Insurance continues to hang over the heads of many EU citizens who, over the years, were told that they needed private health coverage for their residence in the UK to be lawful. The UK government’s insistence on this was always legally controversial, but it took until after Brexit for the EU Court of Justice to rule (in a case referred to it just before the UK’s departure) that CSI was not in fact required. What are the implications of the court’s decision for EU citizens affected by the supposed CSI rule over the years? People were denied benefits, British citizenship and even protection against criminal deportation — no...