Ruvi Ziegler spent the weekend at the Lib Dem Spring Conference in York where he participated fully.

Ruvi proposed an amendment to a foreign policy motion, which conference adopted, to make firm commitments to resettlement (including of unaccompanied minors), to the establishment of humanitarian visas with applications from outside the UK, and to ensuring rapid humanitarian responses to displacement from conflicts globally in line with the ‘Homes for Ukraine’ and Ukrainian family visa schemes. The motion (post and pre amendment) is available here. Listen to Ruvi’s conference speech proposing the amendment below.

Ruvi also spoke at a debate on the emergency motion ‘Beyond Rwanda: A Fairer way towards Asylum‘. The motion was adopted unanimously.

Click on the link below to listen to Ruvi addressing conference during the debate.

Finally, Ruvi spoke alongside Emily Graham from ‘Safe Passage’ at a fringe meeting of ‘Liberal Democrats for Seekers of Sanctuary’ about the need for ‘safe and legal routes’ to asylum in the UK and other responses to recent legislation, particularly the Nationality and Borders Act and the Illegal Migration Act.

In the latest BUL Emerging Law Voices series episode, Ruvi Ziegler speaks to Dr Solon Solomon from Brunel University London on the recent reshuffle in the UK government, the entering of David Cameron in the Foreign Office and what this may mean for the British foreign policy when it comes to human rights law and refugee law in the aftermath also of the UK Supreme Court’s Rwanda ruling.

Listen to the full interview here.

Ruvi Ziegler voices his opinion on the home secretary’s claim that the global framework that exists to protect forced migrants requires reform. Here is the text of his letter to The Times.

Ruvi highlighted the detrimental effects of the 2023 illegal migration act on victims of modern slavery and the motion passed.

You can listen to Ruvi’s presentation here.

Dr Ruvi Ziegler was interviewed on to discuss the legal implications of the government housing asylum-seekers on a floating barge.

Ruvi Ziegler, associate professor of International Refugee Law at Reading University, discusses the British government’s illegal migration bill moving a step closer to becoming law as it passes through the House of Lords. See his interview on TRTWorld here.

See Ruvi’s discussion on TRT World

The invite to the interview was prompted by the following quote from Ruvi posted in the Jewish News

‘‘The Israeli government states that it seeks to ‘reform’ Israel’s legal system. In reality, the legal changes it seeks to implement will significantly weaken constitutional review of human rights violations, leaving Israel’s already vulnerable minorities subject to the exercise of untrammelled power by its majority.” He said the changes would also “undermine the independence of the judiciary by altering a long-standing balanced Judicial Appointment Committee, handing over absolute power to the government of the day.” ”Given the severity of the threat to Israel’s democratic character, it is vital to speak out against these dangerous proposals.’’

Listen to Ruvi’s interview on Good Morning Scotland

The segment starts at 1h 45min in.

Dr Ruvi Ziegler joined a demonstration against the judicial ‘reforms’ in Oxford on March 12th.