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UN Committee against Torture expresses concerns over UK's use of immigration detention and treatment of asylum seekers

20 May 2019:
Concluding observations issued following review into UK's record of preventing torture and ill-treatment
Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees publishes updated and expanded handbook

17 May 2019:
Practical new handbook for visitors is available as an e-book or in print
The Guardian: Home Office scraps six-month service standard for asylum claims

15 May 2019:
Home Office says it will now concentrate on cases with acute vulnerability, including unaccompanied children
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration examines Home Office's approach to illegal working

13 May 2019:
Comprehensive new report finds problems identified in earlier 2015 report persist

Guest blog

Family members of British citizens: the Surinder Singh route after Brexit

By Gabriella Bettiga, 13 May 2019

A set of new immigration rules applicable to European nationals – Appendix EU – has been updated on 30th March 2019 to include rules applicable to family members of British citizens who have lived in another EEA country...

Planning for Brexit's impact on EU labour in the retail sector

By Fletcher Day, 1 May 2019

At this point in time, it is arguably more reasonable than ever to work on the basis of "hope for the best, prepare for the worst", which, in this context, means, hope for a soft Brexit but prepare for the increasing...

Paragraph 322(5) and Tier 1 (General): Home Office policy of refusing ILR in earnings discrepancy cases is 'legally flawed'

By Asad Ali Khan, 25 April 2019

Balajigari v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 673 (16 April 2019) In a complex judgment, the Court of Appeal has held that the ongoing use of paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration Rules in the cases of highly...

Upcoming events

ILPA: Mental Capacity - law and practice, for Immigration lawyers

London

21 May 2019 - 5:45pm

ILPA: Financial requirements of the rules for applications by partners

London

29 May 2019 - 4:00pm

RLI 4th Annual Conference: Rethinking the 'Regional' in Refugee Law and Policy

London

3 June 2019 - 9:00am

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Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

SI 2019 No. 745. These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (...
Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019

SI 2019 No. 686. This Order makes provision in connection with nationals of the European Economic Area and Swiss nationals, together with their family members, following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union....
Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

SI 2019 No. 468. These Regulations make provision for nationals of the European Economic Area who have a right of residence in the United Kingdom by virtue of Appendix EU to the immigration rules. The Regulations also make provision for...