RSI Repatriation Tracker in the news
23rd February 2024
RSI's repatriation tracker has been cited by Reuters and South China Morning Post on their articles about Shamima Begum's case. Read more
Shamima Begum Decision Leaves Trafficking Survivors and British Migrants Out in the Cold
22nd February 2023
Today, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) released Read more
Europe’s highest court stresses RSI’s work in major ruling
15th September 2022
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled yesterday in a Read more
UK failing to prevent torture of citizens in northeast Syria, despite global move to protect vulnerable people
13th July 2022
The United Kingdom (UK) is becoming increasingly isolated in its refusal to repatriate any British women and the majority of British children from squalid, life-threatening camps in northeast Syria, Rights... Read more
UK must repatriate all British children and women from detention camps in northeast Syria now
20th October 2021
Authorities should also avoid separating families Rights & Security International (RSI) welcomes the news that the UK government repatriated three British children from detention camps in northeast Syria on Monday... Read moreUK: Investigate human trafficking of British children and women in Syrian camps
30th April 2021
London, 30 April 2021 - The UK Parliament should begin an urgent inquiry into government policies in response to Read more
Home Office refuses to disclose how many British women have been stripped of citizenship
29th March 2021
Home Office refuses to disclose how many British women have been stripped of citizenship The Home Office’s refusal to disclose how many British women it has deprived of their nationality... Read more
Home Office refuses to disclose how many British women have been stripped of citizenship
29th March 2021
Home Office refuses to disclose how many British women have been stripped of citizenship The Home Office’s refusal to disclose how many British women it has deprived of their nationality... Read more
Follow Belgium by repatriating children and women from squalid Syrian camps, RSI urges governments
5th March 2021
Belgian policy announced yesterday should prompt other returns and rights protections(London, 5 March 2021) - Belgiums decision to take back a significant number of Belgian children and women from squalid... Read more
UK SUPREME COURTS RULING IN SHAMIMA BEGUM CASE IS INCONSISTENT WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
26th February 2021
(London, 26 February 2021) - Today, the UK Supreme Court has disappointingly ruled that Shamima Begum, who travelled to Syria as a school child in the context of the Islamic... Read more
RSIs response to UN statement on repatriation from North East Syrian camps of women and children from 57 States
9th February 2021
(London, 8 February 2021) - The 57 countries that have citizens languishing in life-threatening and rights-violating conditions in camps in North East Syria, including the UK, Belgium, Germany, France and... Read more
RSI Statement on weekend repatriations from Germany and Finland
22nd December 2020
(22.12.2020) – UK, other governments should follow Germany and Finland in bringing back women and children from Syrian camps The UK and other governments should follow Germany’s and Finland’s lead... Read more
RSI publishes landmark Report ‘Europes Guantanamo: The indefinite detention of European women and children in North East Syria’
25th November 2020
Today Rights and Security International (RSI) publishes its Read more
RSI Executive Director responds to former Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Shamima Begum’s appeal win
20th July 2020
Response to Read more
RWUK and Save the Children host urgent briefing on the situation of British women and children detained in islamic state-affiliated camps in North East Syria
6th October 2019
On 23 October 2019, Rights Watch (UK) and Save the Children hosted an urgent briefing on the situation of the British women and children stranded in Islamic State-affiliated camps in... Read more
RWUK Expresses Concern About the Deprivation of Shamima Begums British Citizenship
21st February 2019
In response to the Home Secretarys decision of 19 February 2019 to deprive Shamima Begum of her British citizenship, Executive Director of Rights Watch (UK), Yasmine Ahmed commented:u201cFirst and foremost... Read more