Ruvi has published a letter in the Times critiquing the government’s treatment of asylum-seekers from Afghanistan in response to the Home Secretary’s column.

Read Ruvi’s letter in The Times online or see the transcript below.

TAKING IN AFGHANS

Sir, The home secretary, implicitly acknowledging the dismal conditions facing Afghans who have come to the UK via the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), urges “landlords and local authorities to come forward with suitable homes” (Priti Patel, comment, Aug 30). This is yet another instance of the government outsourcing its responsibility towards those seeking protection here. Her article celebrates the UK’s “humanitarian approach to those fleeing oppression”. Yet the (legal) reality is that the many Afghans seeking protection in the UK who have not been able to access ACRS must find other means of getting to the UK, including through dangerous Channel crossings. When they do so they are subject to criminalisation under the Nationality and Borders Act. Should the home secretary get her way, they may find themselves on a deportation flight to Rwanda, alongside those fleeing conflict and persecution in Iran, Iraq, Eritrea and Syria.

Dr Ruvi Ziegler
Associate professor in international refugee law

Ruvi Ziegler spoke at a Grassroots for Europe virtual roundtable on asylum after the nationality and borders act alongside Enver Solom, CEO of the refugee council.  Read the report of the event here.

Ruvi appeared on CGTN last Thursday (14th April) to discuss the (il)legality of the government’s plans to off-shore asylum-seekers to Rwanda.

Citizenship still matters; its absence denotes precarity. As Covid19 travel restrictions reminded us, at its international core lies the right to enter one’s country and reside therein. Domestically, in most jurisdictions, citizenship serves as an eligibility criterion for electoral participation; excluded non-citizens have limited capacity to advance their rights through the political process.

Read Ruvi Ziegler’s full post on the Oxford Human Rights Hub.

Insider and Business Insider report on a project co-run by Dr Ruvi Ziegler (Law) that is looking at the numbers of British people of Jewish ancestry seeking EU citizenship due to Brexit.

Ruvi’s comment on the plight of migrants being held in Albania has been reported in The Times.

Listen to Dr Ruvi Zeigler talking about the importance of the universal declaration on human rights, the responsibilities of nations to refugees and the battle to protect their rights.

Dr Ruvi Ziegler was interviewed on Voice of Islam Radio’s ‘Drive Time’ about the state of asylum-seekers and the UK’s responsibilities in the light of the crisis in Afghanistan.

Ruvi Ziegler was interviewed on TRT on August 3rd to discuss whether Europe is doing enough to address the Afghan migration crisis.

Ruvi Ziegler was interviewed by TRTWorld about Greek border guards beating migrants and pushing them back to Turkey.

You can view the interview here.