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Ronnie was 47 years old when he died at HMP Woodhill on 30 April 2024 as a result of Spice use. He was known by his family as a practical joker who loved to make people around him laugh.

The High Court has delivered a judgment that could have a major impact on how the UK government treats some of the most vulnerable asylum seekers.

In a significant development for survivors of trafficking, the Home Office has conceded[ES1.1] a claim for judicial review relating to serious failures to identify and protect a survivor of trafficking and to instead prosecute him after he was forced at gunpoint to pilot a dinghy across the English Channel.

When Alison McDermott, Dr Hinaa Toheed and Susanna Hickman Gray issued a claim for judicial review against the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (“JCIO”), it was the first time that the judicial regulator had faced scrutiny over its interpretation of “judicial misconduct”.

The judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action takes place in the Court of Appeal on 28-30 April 2026. The hearing can be viewed here:

The Home Office accommodated our clients, SH and BWO, and their families each in a single hotel room for 3 years. On 26 March 2026, the High Court found that any period in these living conditions longer than 3 months was “too long to be consistent with providing them with a dignified standard of living, adequate for health and meeting their essential needs”. The Home Office was therefore in breach of its duty to provide destitute asylum seekers with “adequate” accommodation.

Clare’s death at HMP Eastwood Park in 2022 highlights continuing fire safety failings across prison estate.

We at DPG wish to reaffirm our fundamental commitment to those seeking sanctuary in the UK.

We are horrified by the demonising and divisive rhetoric which is increasingly being used in mainstream political discourse, and which has fuelled an increase in racist violence across this and other countries. We reject the spread of dangerous misinformation about those seeking asylum, including unfounded claims that people seeking asylum have a greater propensity to commit criminal offences.

At DPG, we believe strongly in our shared humanity and that people seeking asylum, like all of us, should be treated with dignity and respect. We continue to work towards making that a reality.

In a significant development for survivors of trafficking, the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) has accepted that she operated internal policy which directed its caseworkers to an unlawful “objective evidence” threshold when making Reasonable Grounds decisions and has agreed to amend internal policy.

When two newly granted refugees took on the Home Office, they did so not just for themselves but for thousands of others across the UK. Their successful challenge has reshaped a critical policy affecting newly recognised refugees — ensuring that many will now avoid the devastating reality of street homelessness.

The High Court has today handed down a landmark judgment in the case of R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin) finding that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully by proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000.