On this page you can search and filter the UN recommendations submitted to the UK
Government should: Promote a full health service (including mental health) in line with the duty introduced by the Health and...
Government should: Develop policies to aid social integration, especially for migrants and refugees. Develop social integration policies, especially for migrants...
The implementation of ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies marked a reduction in human rights protections and court cases have found failures...
UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government introduced a Nationality and Borders Bill with the stated aims of...
Government should: Review British immigration laws and ensure they are in line with the CRC. Reviewing the laws on immigration...
Government should: Fully respect the sovereignty of Mauritius and recognise the right of resettlement of the Chagossians in line with...
Government should: Protect people without citizenship of another country and speed up the process of granting British nationality in an...
Government should: Put into practice recommendations of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Human Rights Committee regarding...
Government should: Take action to ensure unaccompanied children who are refugees or resettled in the UK can be reunited with...
Government should: Change the law to help reunite child asylum seekers and refugees in the UK with their families. Reform...
Government should: Align the UK Immigration Act 2016 with international human rights law, including the CRC. Improve on the United...
Government should: Like other European countries, limit the amount of time migrants and asylum seekers can be detained. Ensure children...
Government should: Ban the indefinite detention of migrants and find alternatives to detention. ncorporate a prohibition to indefinite detention of...
Government should: Update immigration laws to limit the amount of time migrants and asylum seekers can be detained. Ensure vulnerable...
Government should: Continue promoting the rights of migrants in the UK. Continue and strengthen the promotion of the rights of...
Government should: Update immigration laws to limit the amount of time migrants and asylum seekers can be detained. Consider revising...
Government should: Review the Immigration Act (2016) and put it in line with the CRC. Review the 2016 Immigration Act...
Government should: Review its reservations to articles 10 (on separating under 18s in detention from adults), 14 (on free legal...
Government should: Guarantee the rights of refugees and migrants. Take further action to combat hate crime. Effectively guarantee the rights...
Government should: Do more to end racism, xenophobia and islamophobia. End discrimination against migrants. Avoid detaining asylum seekers and stateless...
Government should: Ratify the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families....
Government should: Consider UN advice on unaccompanied and separated children and: (a) Collect and publish data on the number of...
Government should: Ensure CERD applies in all territories, including the British Indian Ocean Territory. Fully consult with the Chagossians (Îlois)...
Government should: Set a legal time limit for immigration detention. Ensure detention is used only as a last resort, and...
Government should: (a) Take steps to address the low prosecution and conviction rates for domestic abuse and sexual violence. Ensure...
Government should: (a) Ensure that caseworkers properly consider statements from health professionals about torture victims and other people who are...
Government should: (a) Provide the UN with detailed data on asylum applications that involve torture claims and the outcomes of...
Government should: (a) Improve training for government officials who make decisions about statelessness. Carry out regular reviews of the officials’...
Government should: in line with advice issued by the UN on women's asylum, nationality and statelessness issues: (a) Introduce a...
Government should: in line with advice issued by the UN on gender-based violence: (a) Ratify the Istanbul Convention. (b) Take...
Government should: (a) Introduce legal time limits on immigration detention. Ensure detention is used as a last resort and is...
Government should: Fully apply the ban on refoulement (forcibly returning people to countries where they are likely to be persecuted),...
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