Eritrean migrants after being caught by Sudanese border police in 2017. File image: AFP A new court ruling opens the door for the deportation of Eritreans who have failed in their bid to win asylum in Switzerland even if they if they face national service back home. In a statement dated July 10th, Switzerland's Federal Administrative Court (FAC) stated deporting failed Eritrean asylum seekers who had not carried out compulsory military service was "both lawful and reasonable". It comes after an Eritrean man appealed a deportation order arguing he would face national service on his return home. Examining the man's appeal, the FAC addressed the issue of whether military service in the African nation constituted forced labour – something which is banned by the European Court of Human Rights (EHCR) and which would therefore make the man's deportation impossible. … [Read more...] about Swiss court rules Eritreans who face national service can be deported
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Fresh calls for action on abortion clinic buffer zones after High Court ruling
News / UK and world by Press Association July 2, 2018, 5:10 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter The Government faces renewed calls for buffer zones around abortion clinics after a High Court judge upheld a ban on protests outside a London facility. Ealing Council was the first in the country to create a 100-metre protest-free zone outside a Marie Stopes clinic in the west London borough following demonstrations. Anti-abortion campaigners Alina Dulgheriu and Andrea Orthova argued the ban was an unlawful interference with the protesters’ rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, including the right to freedom of expression. But their case was dismissed on Monday by Mr Justice Turner, who found the ban does interfere with activists’ rights but said the council was “entitled” to conclude it was a “necessary step in a democratic society”. Following the ruling, Ealing Central and Acton … [Read more...] about Fresh calls for action on abortion clinic buffer zones after High Court ruling
Supreme court ruling deals big blow to unions in the US
The US supreme court has ruled that government workers cannot be forced to contribute to unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organised labour in America.The court's conservative majority scrapped a 41-year-old decision which had allowed states to require that public employees pay some fees to unions that represent them, even if the workers choose not to join.The 5-4 decision fulfils a long-standing wish of conservatives to get rid of the so-called fair share fees that non-members pay to unions in roughly two dozen states. Organised labour is a key Democratic constituency.The court ruled that the laws violate the US Constitution's First Amendment by compelling workers to support unions they may disagree with.Justice Samuel Alito said in his majority opinion: "States and public-sector unions may no longer extract agency fees from non-consenting employees."It in the latest case in which Justice Neil Gorsuch, an appointee of President … [Read more...] about Supreme court ruling deals big blow to unions in the US
Asylum seekers unlawfully held in removal centres for months despite courts ruling they can be released, lawyers warn
The Home Office is unlawfully holding asylum seekers in immigration detention despite courts ruling they can be released, lawyers have warned. Immigrants are being left to “languish” in removal centres for months on end after being granted bail because the Home Office is refusing to fulfil its duty to provide asylum accommodation, claiming emergency housing is “not dissimilar” to detention. The government has a duty to provide housing for asylum seekers and refused asylum seekers who are released from detention and would otherwise be “destitute”. Read more High Court victory for detainees abused by G4S staff Use of force against immigration detainees more than doubles in a year Yarl’s Wood: Inside the crisis-hit immigration detention centre But The Independent has been made aware of cases where immigrants with the right to be in the UK are denied housing, meaning they cannot be released. In other cases vulnerable asylum … [Read more...] about Asylum seekers unlawfully held in removal centres for months despite courts ruling they can be released, lawyers warn
Supreme court rules parliament must have vote to trigger article 50
The government has lost its fast-tracked appeal to the supreme court, forcing ministers to introduce emergency legislation into parliament to authorise the UK’s departure from the EU. In a judgment that sets a far-reaching constitutional precedent and upholds parliamentary sovereignty, the court ruled by a majority of eight justices to three that MPs and peers must give their consent before the government can trigger article 50 and formally initiate Brexit. The decision sets clear limits on the extent of the government’s executive powers. Rights embedded in the law by the 1972 European Communities Act, which took the UK into what was then the European Community, cannot be removed by the government’s prerogative powers, a majority of the justices declared. The eagerly awaited ruling by the largest panel of judges ever assembled in Britain’s highest court routes the protracted Brexit process through parliament, handing over to MPs and peers the authority to … [Read more...] about Supreme court rules parliament must have vote to trigger article 50