Following the January 25th Revolution in Egypt, the Ministry of Interior arranged for the categorical release of political prisoners of Egyptian nationality. However, a significant number of refugee detainees, including EFRR clients Mr. Haroun and Mr. Khalil, have been kept in detention centers as political detainees under the Emergency Law, even though deportation proceedings against them have been halted due to lack of evidence. The decision of the Ministry of Interior to release political detainees after the Revolution did not apply to refugee victims of unfair detention.

Nearly 200 African migrants were feared drowned on Tuesday after a boat carrying them to Saudi Arabia caught fire off Sudan's northeastern coast, a semiofficial news agency reported.

Three people were rescued, the news agency, the Sudan Media Center, reported. The boat had departed from Red Sea State, one of Sudan's 26 states, and sailed for four hours in Sudanese territorial waters before the fire broke out, the news agency said.

The week from 20-26 June is Refugee Week, celebrated by many people across the UK, including a wide number of voluntary and refugee organisations seeking to "discover and celebrate the contributions refugees bring to the UK". [1] 2011 also marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention on Refugees.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) are deeply concerned about the violent crackdown on inhabitants around Syrian Turkish border. According to local sources, in the last few days, more than 130 persons died, 100 were wounded and over 2000 were arbitrarily arrested in the village of Jisr al-Shoghour and around the city of Idleb.