A recording of the event can be found here https://www.innertemple.org.uk/education/education-resources/social-context-of-the-law-recordings/asylum-and-immigration-do-sovereign-island-nations-have-a-duty-to-provide-refuge

Primary materials

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1984 <https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-against-torture-and-other-cruel-inhuman-or-degrading> accessed 9 June 2022Detention Guidelines: Guidelines on the Applicable Criteria and Standards Relating to the Detention of Asylum-Seekers and Alternatives to Detention (United Nations Refugee Agency, 2012) <https://www.unhcr.org/505b10ee9.html> accessed 8 June 2022European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 <https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/convention_eng.pdf> accessed 9 June 2022'Formal Meeting (Oral Evidence Session): The UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership and Human Rights' (Human Rights (Joint Committee), 8 June 2022) <https://committees.parliament.uk/event/13783/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/> accessed 10 June 2022The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols <https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/war-and-law/treaties-customary-law/geneva-conventions/overview-geneva-conventions.htm> accessed 14 May 2022Global Compact on Refugees (United Nations, 2018) <https://www.unhcr.org/5c658aed4> accessed 9 June 2022Human Rights Joint Committee,
Immigration Rules <https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-11-asylum> accessed 9 June 2022Immigration Act 1971, c. 77 <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/contents> accessed 13 June 2022International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 <https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights> accessed 14 May 2022Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda for the Provision of an Asylum Partnership Arrangement (Home Office, 14 April 2022) <https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/memorandum-of-understanding-mou-between-the-uk-and-rwanda/memorandum-of-understanding-between-the-government-of-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-and-the-government-of-the-republic-of-r> accessed 9 June 2022Nationality and Borders Act 2022, c. 36 <https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/36/contents/enacted> accessed 8 June 2022Ukraine Refugee Situation (UNHCR Operation Data Portal, [n.d.]) <https://data.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine> accessed 9 June 2022Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1941 <https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2021/03/udhr.pdf>

secondary materials

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(Oxford University Press, 2021)‘Britain Must Not Ignore its Obligation to Vulnerable Refugees’ (Financial Times, 5 March 2022) <https://www.ft.com/content/813e7021-a448-49c7-b2f6-3bb59733a1f1> accessed 9 June 2022 [Paywall]Grundler, M. & Guild, E. 'The UK-Rwanda Deal and Its Incompatibility with International Law' (EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy, 25 April 2022) <https://eumigrationlawblog.eu/the-uk-rwanda-deal-and-its-incompatibility-with-international-law/> accessed 9 June 2022Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status and Guidelines on International Protection (UNHCR, April 2019) <https://www.refworld.org/docid/5cb474b27.html> accessed 9 June 2022Hathaway, J. C. The Rights of Refugees Under International Law, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2021) [Held at the Inner Temple Library]'How Do the UK's Schemes for Ukrainian Refugees Work?' (BBC News, 8 April 2022) <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60555166> accessed 9 June 2022King, H. 'The Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations of States' (Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 9, Issue 4) <https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngp028> accessed 9 June 2022 [Paywall]Lee, D. 'Rwanda Asylum Plan: Court Allows First Flight to Go Ahead' (BBC News, 13 June 2022) <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61789982> accessed 13 June 2022Lock, L. ‘The Refugee Convention: Who Are Refugees and Asylum Seekers?’ (Free Movement, 5 June 2020) <https://freemovement.org.uk/refugee-convention/> accessed 8 June 2022Lupton, V. 'Lessons for the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis from Syria' (Financial Times, 23 May 2022) <https://www.ft.com/content/b29ab262-f48c-4ea7-9a6e-b5f20c128b79> accessed 10 June [Paywall]MacDonald, I. A. Immigration Law and Practice in the United Kingdom, 10th ed. (LexisNexis, 2021) [Held at the Inner Temple Library]Mustafa, S. 'Nothing About Us Without Us: Why Refugee Inclusion is Long Overdue' (The New Humanitarian, 20 June 2018) <https://deeply.thenewhumanitarian.org/refugees/community/2018/06/20/how-the-media-can-better-listen-to-refugees> accessed 8 June 2022'Nationality and Border Bill: Cruel Legislation Becomes Law' (Refugee Council, 28 April 2022) <https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest/news/nationality-and-border-bill-cruel-legislation-becomes-law/> accessed 8 June 2022Rausis, F. & Kreibick, K. 'Externalising Refugee Protection: Less A Vision Than A Mirage' (The Loop, [n.d.]) <https://theloop.ecpr.eu/externalising-refugee-protection-less-a-vision-than-a-mirage/> accessed 9 June 2022Shwayder, A. 'False Paradise: Caribbean Island-Nations Must Respect Venezuelans’ Rights' (New Humanitarian, 10 January 2019) <https://deeply.thenewhumanitarian.org/refugees/community/2019/01/10/false-paradise-caribbean-island-nations-must-respect-venezuelans-rights> accessed 9 June 2022'Standing Up for the World's Refugees from Afghanistan to Ukraine, with Rory Stewart' (New Statesman World Review Podcast, 1 March 2022) <https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/world-review-podcast/2022/03/standing-up-for-the-worlds-refugees-from-afghanistan-to-ukraine-with-rory-stewart> accessed 10 June 2022Syal, R. 'Rwanda Plan Challenged Over Alleged Failure to Identify Risks for LGBTQ+ Refugees' (The Guardian, 24 May 2022) <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/24/rwanda-plan-challenged-alleged-failure-identify-risks-lgbtq-refugees> accessed 8 June 2022Tan, N. F. 'Externalisation of Asylum in Europe: Unpacking the UK-Rwanda Asylum Partnership Agreement' (EIN Blog, 31 May 2022) <https://www.ein.org.uk/blog/externalisation-asylum-europe-unpacking-uk-rwanda-asylum-partnership-agreement> accessed 10 June 2022Tan, N. F. 'Offshore Asylum Processing: The Future of Asylum in the UK or Dead Letter?' (Refugee Law Initiative, 6 April 2022) <https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2022/04/06/offshore-asylum-processing-the-future-of-asylum-in-the-uk-or-dead-letter/> accessed 10 June 2022Taylor, D. 'Home Office Offers Asylum Seekers Choice Between War Zones They Fled and Rwanda' (The Guardian, 6 June 2022) <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/06/home-office-offers-asylum-seekers-choice-between-war-zones-they-fled-and-rwanda> accessed 10 June 2022Taylor, D. & Syal, R. 'UK Deportation Flight to Rwanda Can Go Ahead, High Court Judge Rules' (The Guardian, 10 June 2022) <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/10/uk-deportation-flight-rwanda-can-go-ahead-high-court-judge-rules?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other> accessed 10 June 2022'The UK's Syria Resettlement Programme: Looking Back, and Ahead' (UNHCR, 23 March 2021) <https://www.unhcr.org/uk/news/latest/2021/3/6059f1fd4/the-uks-syria-resettlement-progamme-looking-back-and-ahead.html> accessed 9 June 2022Walsh, P. W. & Sumption, M. 'Migration and the Ukraine Crisis' (The Migration Observatory, 14 March 2022) <https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/migration-and-the-ukraine-crisis/> accessed 9 June 2022

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