📌 Comment "UK" or DM us to know more! UK Asylum & Settlement Updates (2025–26) — What’s really happening • Govt push vs Court checks Ministers signalled tougher action on irregular arrivals and faster removals — but UK courts continue to pause individual removals where rights risks are flagged (e.g., a Sept 2025 case halted removal to France). • Human-rights lens stays on Courts and guidance still require removals to respect ECHR/Refugee Convention protections; people with pending asylum claims

Syrian refugee and aid worker Sara Mardini continues to fight for the rights of displaced people, five years after she was arrested for helping refugees on the coast of Greece. Her story is covered in the new documentary “Long Distance Swimmer.” | AJ

ASRC is proud to have joined 268 human rights groups around the world in signing on to an open letter to reject Donald Trumps attempts to roll back protections to the global refugee protection system. At a time of record high humanitarian crises around the world, we should be strengthening the rights of people seeking asylum and human rights protections, not seeking to rip them up. https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/threats-to-refugee-and-human-rights-treaties/ | Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

Thank you Senator David Shoebridge for asking questions about how much public money is going to private companies to offshore a system that abuses the human rights of people seeking asylum and refugees. | Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)