Migration & Refugee Rights Stories

Read real-life stories of our Human Rights Act being used to protect migrants and people seeking asylum and with refugee status.

Patience's Story

Patience relied on her right to be free from slavery or forced labour when the police refused to investigate her modern slavery case.

O.O.O v Metropolitan Police

O.O.O. relied on her right to be free from slavery or forced labour to challenge the police’s refusal to investigate her trafficking case.

Befriending Group's Story

A befriending group relied on the right to liberty and the right to be free from discrimination when a mental health hospital failed to use interpreters.

The UK-Rwanda Asylum Agreement

People seeking asylum argued that sending them to Rwanda to have their cases heard risked breaching their right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment.