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New reports by refugee support organisations and the National Audit Office examine changes to the asylum accommodation and support system
06 July 2020: Problems highlighted following replacement of COMPASS contracts in September 2019Foreign Secretary announces new immigration route after China imposes national security law on Hong Kong
02 July 2020: British Nationals (Overseas) to have 5 years limited leave to remain and path to full citizenshipCitizens Advice: Immigration rules stop people getting support during coronavirus pandemic
29 June 2020: Report reveals almost 1.4 million people have no recourse to public fundsUpdated guidance: Covid-19 and the immigration tribunals: a working guide for representatives
25 June 2020: 1MCB Chambers have updated their April 2020 guide for representatives dealing with the unprecedented changes to the procedures in immigration tribunals during Covid-19.Guest blog
A call to practitioners: Take the JCWI survey on the impact of the Minimum Income Requirement
When does a crime cause "serious harm"? Court of Appeal considers the application of Article 8 to foreign national offenders
R (Mahmood and Ors) v Upper Tribunal and Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 717: This judgment concerns the definition of "an offence that has caused serious harm" for the purpose of an appeal against deportation on private and family life grounds under Article 8. In this set of cases, the…
COVID-19: No clear plan on BAME vulnerabilities
Before 25 May, the COVID-19 pandemic might have made the idea of global mass protests seem unimaginable. But then came the video of the killing of 46-year-old African American George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Even more graphic than the choking of Eric Garner in New York in 2014,…
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A (A Child) [2020] EWCA Civ 731
Court of Appeal
Mahmood, R (on the application of) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 717
Court of Appeal
R (W, A Child By His Litigation Friend J) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2020] EWHC 1299 (Admin)
Administrative Court
R (on the application of Dzineku-Liggison and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department JR/2249/2019
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BH (policies/information: SoS's duties) Iraq [2020] UKUT 00189 (IAC)
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Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (July 2020)
Country Policy and Information Note - Pakistan: Background information, including internal relocation (June 2020)
Country Policy and Information Note - Pakistan: Actors of protection (June 2020)
Outcomes of the investigation into allegations of possible human right violations of the human rights to life, liberty and physical and moral integrity in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Advance Unedited Version)
Country Policy and Information Note - Iraq: Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns (June 2020)
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Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
SI 2020 No. 515. Amends the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 and the provision made for Immigration and Asylum standard fees, by adding two fees to enable payment of remuneration by the Lord Chancellor to providers of civil legal services where the HM Courts & Tribunals…
Tribunal Procedure (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020
SI 2020 No. 416 (L. 11). These Rules make temporary amendments to the various rules which apply in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal. Rule 10 amends the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014. Coming into force 10th April 2020.
National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
SI 2020 No. 59. These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 to insert coronavirus into Schedule 1 for diseases for which no charge is to be made for treatment. Coming into force 29th January 2020.
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