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Maria Serrano

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Researcher/ Advisor on refugee & migrant rights @amnesty

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51 killed in Khan Younis as they queued for food distribution outside the "humanitarian" compound

Every. Day

17.06.2025 08:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 178 ๐Ÿ” 88 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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A candle in the dark: the CJEU rules against criminalising parents for smuggling their children Professor Steve Peers , Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Bologna, taken byย  ะ’ะฒะปะฐัะตะฝะบะพ , via Wikimedia Commons Introd...

The CJEU has ruled that Member States cannot prosecute asylum-seeking mothers who travelled on false documents with their children as people smugglers - in a judgment with broader implications for the criminalisation of immigration.

My analysis: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-ca...

04.06.2025 07:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 152 ๐Ÿ” 80 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Please read or watch OCHA head Tom Fletcherโ€™s remarkable and damning UNSC briefing.

13.05.2025 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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For four Venezuelan friends, Alien Enemies Act cuts short an American dream President Donald Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. Relatives of men sent to El Salvador deny the allegation.

Based on this fast and excellent WaPo reporting, these four guys are not gang members, just Venezuelan dads who came to the US to work. Theyโ€™re now being paraded in shackles in El Salvador www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

18.03.2025 12:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 4221 ๐Ÿ” 2002 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 130 ๐Ÿ“Œ 186

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

09.03.2025 11:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My 3-year-old daughter:
- says 'lovely' for everything.
- refuses to put her gloves on whatever the weather.
- loves 'pudding' after 'tea'.
- corrects my pronunciation.
- assures me I'm 'most welcome'.

Her parents were not born in the UK.

My daughter is English.

And Suella Braverman is wrong.

28.02.2025 12:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸงตUK immigration department culture

Iโ€™ve litigated against the dept for most of last 33 years, reading civil service files & witness statmts, sometimes talking confidentially to them. For almost 8 yrs, I sat on Gov Committee that writes rules for immigrtโ€™n appeals & so consults directly with them 1/

14.02.2025 11:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 79 ๐Ÿ” 40 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Please take the time to support one of the most important and inspiring leaders in the human rights movement, Tirana Hassan (by sharing and supporting her statement)
www.linkedin.com/posts/tirana...

21.02.2025 09:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the

This should be changed asap.

If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...

11.02.2025 15:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2020 ๐Ÿ” 617 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 189 ๐Ÿ“Œ 85

On June 2023 , the Adriana, a fishing trawler, capsized, leading to the death of more than 600 people.

In its investigation, the Greek Ombudsman has concluded that Greek authorities acts and omissions to rescue constitute criminal offences.

Survivors are still waiting for justice & accountability.

05.02.2025 16:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Border Technologies Under Trump 2.0 With few safeguards to govern AI deployment, high-risk experimentation at the border will likely continue during Trump's second term.

"An already multi-billion dollar #border and #surveillance industry is set to profit under #Trumpโ€™s plans for new border enforcement spending, #immigration surveillance and mass #deportation".

By @petramolnar.com

www.justsecurity.org/105662/borde...

03.01.2025 11:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A graphic illustration of the Palestinian grandfather, embracing his martyred granddaughter with the cute ponytails, and it says in graphic text โ€œthe soul of our souls. โ€œ

A graphic illustration of the Palestinian grandfather, embracing his martyred granddaughter with the cute ponytails, and it says in graphic text โ€œthe soul of our souls. โ€œ

16.12.2024 12:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 100 ๐Ÿ” 24 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The Spanish Minister of Home Affairs rejects the suspension of asylum processing for Syrians.

He argued that the situation in #Syria is unclear. He cautioned against the adoption of measures that could undermine the right of Syrians to seek #asylum.

12.12.2024 22:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿงต It is incredulous that within just days of the Assad regime's fall, a number of European countries, including Germany, Austria, Denmark, and others have announced pauses in the processing of asylum applications. (1)

11.12.2024 01:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 84 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Europe: Safety of Syrians in Europe must not be sacrificed to political interests Responding to the decision of several European governments to suspend asylum applications of Syrians following the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, Director of Amnesty Internationalโ€™s European In...

Amnesty International firmly rejects current calls to forcibly return Syrians, cease or review their #refugee status or restrict or suspend their family reunification procedures.

#Syria

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/pr...

10.12.2024 12:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1/ Some general points about how asylum and immigration law applies when an appalling dictatorship is ousted in another country. #Syria ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ

08.12.2024 13:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 267 ๐Ÿ” 162 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 43

Truly hope the images of starved & tortured freed detainees, some of whom canโ€™t recall their name or havenโ€™t had news from outside world in decades, haunt those who kept claiming Syria was safe / pushed for refugeesโ€™ return. Though that would assume baseline for morality / expectation of remorse.

09.12.2024 15:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Sednaya โ€” all who were murdered and tortured there must be accounted for. International fact-finding and forensic capacity must be deployed with urgency and speed. If international criminal justice was meant for anything โ€” it was meant for this.

09.12.2024 22:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Prรณxima parada: Stop Genocidio
Prรณxima parada: Stop Genocidio YouTube video by Amnistรญa Internacional Espaรฑa

Hoy, Dรญa Internacional Contra el Genocidio, hemos renombrado junto a @redretro.bsky.social cinco estaciones de metro en Madrid, Barcelona y Ciudad de Mรฉxico con mensajes contra el genocidio de Israel el Gaza. ยกNo en nuestro nombre! #StopGenocidioIsrael www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDxD...

09.12.2024 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Amnesty urges the international community to center Syrian voices in the transition.

Victims deserve truth, justice and reparations.

#Syria

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

08.12.2024 12:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thinking about those slaughtered, imprisoned, tortured; those who were made disappear; those who were forced to flee, those whose lives were shattered by the regime, who had to endure the separation of family members.
Whatever the future holds, the future belongs to Syrians.
#FreeSyria

08.12.2024 08:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Quote from Budour Hassan, Amnesty International researcher: 

"If there is any country that has the capacity, the power and the tools to stop this genocide, it's the United States. 

It has consistently continued to flout the United Statesโ€™ own laws in order to continue giving Israel the weapons โ€” the very same weapons that are used by Israel to commit the genocide in Gaza."

Quote from Budour Hassan, Amnesty International researcher: "If there is any country that has the capacity, the power and the tools to stop this genocide, it's the United States. It has consistently continued to flout the United Statesโ€™ own laws in order to continue giving Israel the weapons โ€” the very same weapons that are used by Israel to commit the genocide in Gaza."

โ€œIf there is any country that has the capacity, the power and the tools to stop this genocide, itโ€™s the United States." www.democracynow.org/2024/12/6/am...

06.12.2024 15:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 143 ๐Ÿ” 48 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty report finds Report says Israel has acted with โ€œgenocidal intentโ€ to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.

Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, a landmark report from Amnesty International published today concluded, the organizationโ€™s first such determination during an active armed conflict.

05.12.2024 17:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 208 ๐Ÿ” 85 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Amnesty International Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza Israel rejected the charge โ€” the first of its kind by a major human rights organization โ€” saying it was โ€œbased on lies.โ€

Amnesty International on Thursday became the first major international human rights organization to accuse Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza, drawing a rebuke from Israeli officials who denied the claim.

05.12.2024 17:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 551 ๐Ÿ” 136 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Una investigaciรณn de Amnistรญa Internacional concluye que Israel ha cometido genocidio en Gaza La organizaciรณn seรฑala por primera vez este delito en el contexto de un conflicto armado tras 14 meses de recabar pruebas y espera que los tribunales internacionales lo investiguen

Una investigaciรณn de Amnistรญa Internacional concluye que Israel ha cometido genocidio en Gaza

elpais.com/internaciona...

05.12.2024 12:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More by Amnesty on the genocidal intent in its #GazaGenocide report. Usually, the special intent / dolus specialis part is hardest to establish in court because it has to be inferred from conduct: genocidaires seldom state their intent explicitly. It may be different this time.

05.12.2024 09:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Amnesty Internationalโ€™s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

It is #genocide.

The conclusion of a new @amnesty investigation.
#Gaza

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

05.12.2024 06:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Talking of immigration as a "failure" is a dangerous move, which has been shown to stoke hostility against migrants. It is insulting to those of us who have made our lives here, and is akin to the same hostile rhetoric which helped stoke the riots we saw earlier this year.

28.11.2024 21:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Is the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on granting asylum to Afghan women an implication of qualification of gender apartheid in Afghanistan? Introduction From a feminist perspective, international law has frequently failed to adequately address gender issues, primarily due to the challenges posed by a male-centric discourse reflected inโ€ฆ

ECJ found that the discriminatory measures imposed on women deliberately & systematically denies them fundamental rights solely because of their gender, reflecting "the establishment of a social structure based on a regime of segregation & oppression" #Afghanistan

www.ejiltalk.org/is-the-europ...

22.11.2024 11:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
La crisis de la vivienda nos exige que repensemos el derecho a la propiedad - Cร tedra Barcelona Estudis Habitatge

La crisis de la vivienda nos exige que repensemos el derecho a la propiedad. Acabo de publicar este working paper en la Cรกtedra de Vivienda de Barcelona - Cร tedra BCN d'Estudis d'Habitatge. Comentarios bienvenidos. ๐Ÿ˜๏ธ๐Ÿงต cbeh.cat/es/workingpa...

22.11.2024 09:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3