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New Statement of Changes to Immigration Rules introduces Skilled Worker modern slavery protections and expands Erasmus+
3 September 2026
Skilled Workers who experience exploitation and modern slavery will get greater freedom to find alternative employment
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EU citizens’ rights group begins legal challenge over Home Office EU Settlement Scheme ‘granted in error’ policy
3 September 2026
Pre-action protocol letter sent by the3million over policy it says is unlawful
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Joint Committee on Human Rights raises concern over asylum-seeking children still missing since 2023
1 September 2026
40 child asylum seekers missing after being housed in asylum hotels under Conservative government
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Asylum claims decline by 21% in year ending June 2026, with grant rate declining to 38%
27 August 2026
Home Office releases latest immigration statistics, showing Syrian asylum grant rate plunging from 98% to 10%
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
Upgrades and Improvements to EIN
As we all settle back into our routines after Summer breaks, it seems a good moment to bring our friends and subscribers up to date with the improvements and updates we have made to EIN and to provide a brief preview of what…
What is Next for the Immigration Tribunal? Part 2: A New ‘Independent Immigration Appeals Authority’
We are amidst a sea of change in the Immigration and Asylum Sector. Part 1 of this blog dealt with the imminent (and now live) changes to timetables for all appeals lodged from the 12th August 2026 onwards. This splits the…
What is Next for the Immigration Tribunal? Part 1: Fixed Timetables
It will come as no surprise to practitioners operating in the Immigration and Asylum chamber of the Tribunal that changes are afoot, but what exactly is happening, and how should we adapt?
There are two big but separate…
When Immigration Rules Change: What Happens to Migrants Already on the Journey to Settlement?
The UK's proposed reforms to settlement are often presented as a debate about numbers: should the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain remain five years, become ten years, or potentially be longer for some…
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Vacancies
Immigration Solicitor or Barrister
North & West Kent Citizens Advice and Kent Law Centre
Key case law
J's Supermarket Limited, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 1147
Court of Appeal
Moon Fish Limited, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 2289 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
MB, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 1132
Court of Appeal
LR (Male VOTs) Albania CG [2026] UKUT 00315 (IAC)
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
Key country reports
Destruction of Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank (December 2024 - January 2026)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Situation of human rights in Sri Lanka: Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (September 2026) (Advance unedited version)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
"We Are Living on Borrowed Time": Repression of Civil Society in Tunisia
Human Rights Watch
Country Policy and Information Note - China: Modern slavery (August 2026)
UK Home Office
Key legislation
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2026
SI 2026 No. 766 (C. 64).…
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2026
SI 2026 No. 683. These Regulations bring into force section 48 (extension of prohibition on employment to other working…
Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
SI 2026 No. 700. These Regulations amend the immigration status checks employers, landlords and agents must carry out to…