The statement garnered 597 signatories from across the legal profession as well as the university sector.

Dr. Ruvi Ziegler made two media appearances on Monday 17th November, on television (CGTN) and radio (BBC) to discuss the UK government’s new asylum policies.

The policies are laid out in the University of Reading Expert Comment blog.

View the CGTN interview on their ‘World Today’ program here.

Listen to the BBC Radio Berkshire interview here.

Dr Ruvi Ziegler gave a radio interview regarding the UK’s asylum policies.

Listen to the Voice of Islam podcast of the show here.

Dr Ruvi Ziegler as Chair of New Europeans UK convened a meeting in Parliament on 25 March 2025 of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Citizens’ Rights to highlight on-going risks to vulnerable EU citizens in the transition from pre-settled status to settled status.

Speakers outlined the sub-groups of EU citizens who are facing difficulties in securing their immigration status in the UK, the challenges they face, and the challenging circumstances arising from cuts in funding for advice/assistance services.

Speakers includes Anna Yassin, Migrant Services and Advocacy Manager, Glass Door; Chris Benn, Legal and Policy Manager, Seraphus; Fiona Costello, EU Migrant Worker Project and Cambridge University; Andrew Jordan, Senior Immigration Advisor, Settled.

Ruvi at the Lib-Dem Spring conference held in Harrogate – making the moral and environmental case for explicitly encouraging a move to more plant-based diets.

Listen to Ruvi’s speech here.

You can listen to the debate on the motion here.

The text of the motion as passed can be viewed here.

Ruvi Ziegler, as Chair of New Europeans UK (a citizens’ rights charity), spoke on 15 January 2025 at the inaugural meeting of the re-constituted All-Parliamentary Party Group on citizens’ rights (chair: Manuela Perteghella MP) where he presented the rationale for establishing overseas constituencies to represent British citizens living abroad (under the current model their representation is fragmented across the 650 territorial constituencies. The meeting also addressed the postal votes scandal, resulting in effective disenfranchisement of the majority of registered Britons living overseas. Other speakers: Tom Brake, Director of Unlock Democracy; Mike Tuffrey, Trustee of the British Overseas Voters Forum; Sue Wilson MBE, Chair of Bremain in Spain; Clarrisa Kilwick, co-founder of Beyond Brexit -UK citizens in Italy.

NEUK’s campaign webpage and the APPG meeting feature in the forthcoming February edition of The Connexion – newspaper for Britons in France…

Click on the image to go to the online version of the newspaper.

Dr Ruvi Ziegler spoke at a panel on Israel and international law alongside Prof Noam Lubell (Essex), chaired by Hannah Weisfeld (Yachad), at the high-level  ‘Israel after October 7th’ public conference held in London on 27 October 2024. 650 people attended the conference.

The panel considered questions pertaining to the  ICJ and ICC cases concerning Israel / Israeli leaders and their ramifications, including for third states (like the UK).

You can view the programme here.

The Elections Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. Section 14, amending sections 1 and 2 of the Representation of the People Act 1985, removed the 15-year limit that had hitherto applied to electoral registration of British citizens who reside abroad. Following the commencement of the Representation of the People (Overseas Electors) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 on 16 January 2024, overseas voters were able to register to vote in July’s General Election; they did so either at the last address they were registered to vote before leaving or, for newly eligible voters, at the last address they were resident in the UK before emigrating. This post argues that the establishment of overseas constituencies in UK Parliamentary elections is a further desirable electoral reform.