Select Committee · Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Status: Closed
Opened: 3 Nov 2022
Closed: 29 May 2024
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 .
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2024 | Joanna Rowland · Home Office, Michael Tomlinson KC MP · Home Office, Simon Ridley · Home Office | View ↗ |
| 21 Feb 2024 | Lewis Mudge · Human Rights Watch, Paul Rusesabagina | View ↗ |
| 8 Nov 2023 | Antonia Benfield · Doughty Street Chambers, Colin Pettigrew · Migrant Families Taskforce, Deputy Chief Constable Catherine Hankinson · National Police Chiefs’ Council, Kama Petruczenko · The Refugee Council | View ↗ |
| 15 Mar 2023 | 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 | View ↗ |
| 25 Jan 2023 | Dr Peter Walsh · Migration Observatory, Elizabeth Ruddick · UNHCR, Mark Symes · Garden Court Chambers, Vicky Tennant · UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) | View ↗ |
| 11 Jan 2023 | 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 | View ↗ |
| 23 Nov 2022 | Carolyn Housman · Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB), Laura Durán · ECPAT UK (Every Child Protected Against Trafficking), Stewart MacLachlan · Coram Children’s Legal Centre | View ↗ |
| 16 Nov 2022 | Charlie Taylor · HM Inspectorate of Prisons, David Jones · Garden Court Chambers, Pierre Makhlouf · Bail for Immigration Detainees, Rachel Bingham · Medical Justice | View ↗ |
| 26 Oct 2022 | Jonathan Ellis · Refugee Council, Mr James Fookes · Anti-slavery International, Zehrah Hasan · Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Minister of State for Minister of State for Countering … |
| 23 Aug 2023 | — | Correspondence to the Home Secretary relating to delays in correspondence, and … |
| 23 Aug 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Home Secretary relating to unaccompanied children seeki… |
| 23 Aug 2023 | — | Correspondence to the Home Secretary relating to delays in correspondence on un… |
| 16 Mar 2023 | — | Correspondence to Good Law Project and other organisations relating to hotel ac… |
| 16 Mar 2023 | — | Correspondence from Good Law Project and other organisations relating to hotel … |