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Framing of Albanian asylum seekers as criminal and undeserving underpinned Home Office policy decisions, new academic study finds
: Ingi Iusmen and William Shankley explore the "concerted political effort to deny Albanians sanctuary in the United Kingdom"Report warns UK asylum housing prioritises ‘containment over care’ and harms physical and mental health
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: Minister for Courts and Legal Services says contracts awarded to thebigword, Translate UK, Clarion UK, and The Language ShopMedical Justice raises concerns over detention and removal of vulnerable asylum seekers under UK-France “one in, one out” scheme
: New report says scheme knowingly harms and forcibly removes torture and trafficking survivorsGuest blog
Immigration Law Review of the Year: Key Cases and Rule Changes From 2025
Additional Work and Secondary Employment for Skilled Workers
Key takeaways:
You can only do additional work while working for the sponsor of your skilled worker visa
You cannot do more than 20 hours of additional work per week
There are restrictions as to the type of work you…
Expert immigration services in higher demand in 2026 as tougher compliance raises stakes for omissions of evidence in UK visa applications
Recent internal data from Total Law suggests that UK visa behaviour is shifting. Risk aversion is higher than it was 12 months ago, and applicants are placing greater emphasis on compliance amid sweeping changes to the UK…
Guardianship Without Erasure: Understanding Kafala in Islamic Law
In both legal and popular discourse, it is often claimed that Islamic law does not permit adoption. While this statement holds some truth when adoption is defined in Western legal systems, where a child's identity and…
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Molnar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 31
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Tasib, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 139 (Admin)
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Migrants' Rights Network, R (on the application of) v Secretary Of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 39 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
AA, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 3404 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
EAV v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1677
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2026
SI 2026 No. 59. These Regulations bring into force Sections 17–20, 30–36, 43 (partially), 51, 57 (partially) and Schedule…
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025
SI 2025 No. 1318. These Regulations bring into force sections 1 to 16, 20 to 29 and 46 of the Border Security, Asylum and…
Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2025
SI 2025 No. 1279. This Order amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 to add Nauru to the list of…
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