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Court grants permission for legal challenge to reduction of refugee protection from five years to 30 months
25 August 2026
Asylum Aid and Duncan Lewis Solicitors both report receiving permission to proceed with challenge
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Removal of foreign criminals and irregular migrants reaches near-decade high, Home Office says
24 August 2026
Latest Home Office figures show around 80,000 enforced and voluntary returns under Labour government
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BID’s latest legal survey finds only 14% of immigration detainees held in prison had legal representation
20 August 2026
Bail for Immigration Detainees says findings raise serious concerns about implementation of interim policies following SM v Lord Chancellor
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RPC gives ‘red’, ‘not fit for purpose’ rating for two measures in Immigration and Asylum Bill’s impact assessment
19 August 2026
Regulatory Policy Committee considers assessment's measures 11 (public interest test/Article 8) and 16 (prevention of modern slavery)
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
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…
The Hidden Mental Toll of Displacement: Afghan Refugees Facing the Invisible Wounds of Forced Migration
What happens when people escape war but cannot escape its psychological scars? Can a person truly be safe if fear follows them wherever they go? What is the greatest cost of displacement—the loss of a home, or the loss of…
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Vacancies
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Key case law
LR (Male VOTs) Albania CG [2026] UKUT 00315 (IAC)
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
Sadat & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 2157 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
CBC & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Defence & Anor [2026] EWHC 2147 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
MUF, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Defence [2026] EWHC 2108 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Key country reports
Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (August 2026) (Advance unedited version)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
At the brink: Preventing atrocity crimes and safeguarding South Sudan's transition
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Country Bulletin - Albania: Human trafficking (August 2026)
UK Home Office
DFAT Country Information Report: Ethiopia (August 2026)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Australia
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…