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Comprehensive new toolkit published for recognising and supporting asylum claims based on non-religion and apostasy
12 October 2026
Toolkit authored by University of York's Dr Lucy Potter in collaboration with Humanists UK and Migrants' Rights Network
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Amnesty UK warns Immigration and Asylum Bill would remove independent judicial scrutiny of Home Office decisions
8 October 2026
Briefing published on Bill's proposals to change the immigration and asylum appeals system
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Closure of ‘one in, one out’ small boats pilot scheme for returns of asylum seekers to France
6 October 2026
Pilot scheme closed on 1 October 2026 following return of over 1,400 asylum seekers during its operation
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Administrative Court publishes 2026 judicial review guide and issues new practice statement on applications for urgent consideration
1 October 2026
Court warns increase in applications for urgent consideration is placing significant pressure on judicial and administrative resources
Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals
By Mark Henderson & Rowena Moffatt of Doughty Street Chambers and Alison Pickup & Monika Nollet of Asylum Aid
Guest blog
New training course helps expert witnesses in asylum cases comply with Tribunal’s Practice Direction
Expert witness reports are often critical in shaping asylum decisions, providing essential context on the conditions that force individuals to flee their home countries. To be effective and accepted by the Tribunal's…
State Protection in Nigeria - Part 3: Would This Claimant Actually Get Police Protection? Money, Influence, Gender and the Ordinary Access Test
"Protection is available" is not a useful answer until we ask whether a person in this claimant's position can ordinarily obtain it, without buying access or finding exceptional intervention.
From Theoretical Availability To…
Immigration Salary List vs Temporary Shortage List: What Employers Need to Know
The Immigration Salary List (ISL)
The Immigration Salary List (ISL) is a list of specific occupations that qualify for reduced salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker and Health and Care Worker visa routes. It was…
State Protection in Nigeria - Part 2: Nigeria Has Laws, Institutions and Protection Mechanisms. Does That Mean Protection Is Available?
Part 2. Country evidence frequently proves that a protection architecture exists. The harder question is whether the architecture functions when an ordinary person tries to ordinarily activate it.
Institutional Existence Is…
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Key case law
DNM v Secretary of State for the Home Department SV/01/2025
Special Immigration Appeals Commission
Akinyemi, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 2388 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Guerrero v Secretary of State for Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 953
Court of Appeal
FNB & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 2374 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Key country reports
Country Policy and Information Note - Ukraine: Humanitarian situation (October 2026)
UK Home Office
Country Policy and Information Note - Iraq: Opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) (September 2026)
UK Home Office
Country Policy and Information Note - Palestine: Humanitarian situation in Gaza (September 2026)
UK Home Office
"No One is Spared": War Crimes Committed by the Malian Army and Foreign Allied Forces along the Mauritanian Border
Amnesty International